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Show HOT SHOT FOR f FISHING FLEET 1 Russian Warships Fire j I . on English Craft. jjl No Motive Can Be Assigned .f for the Extraordinary (1 Attack. ;H Ono Vessel Sunk, .Two Men Killed, j and Others Wounded '"by Shots " From Baltic Squadron. ; HULL, England, OcL 23-A. M. Jackson & Co., solicitors for the owners j j of fifty Hull fishing boats-, have noti- 'j jH fled the Foreign office and admiralty j'l of an attack on the Hull fishing fleet 1 j by the Russian Pacific fleet, commonly ' ' designated the Baltic squadron, com- manded by Vice-Admlral Rojestvensky. ; Tho official information is that short- . -M ly after midnight Friday the Russian 1 squadron fell in with the Hull fishing ! fleet in the North sea. The first por- L'on of the fishing fleet passed safely. : Then thp Russian ships turned thelrl ' searchlights on tho British vessels for ( some time, and a little later opened ! Are. j ' The steam trawler Crane was sunk, and the decapitated bodies of her skip- ( . per and mate have been brought to '! Tl Hull. The boatswain and other mem- j, .M bers of the crew-, who are understood r to be seriously wounded, are on board j -H the mission ship. The only slightly In- '! Jured member of the crew has arrived ' at Hull. . . ( The steam trawlers Moulmcin and fl MIno have arrived at Hull seriously J damaged by shots, the latter having sixteen holes, in her hull. It is feared that other damage was done to trawlers . . H and that at least one more was lost H i ll with all hands. ! ' H Another Account of It. , According to other reports, the affair I iM occurred 200 miles oft Spurn head. The f lH Russian shlpa were steaming in line. 1 ' ll The leading 6hlps of the fishing fleet , passed without incident, although most ' 'M of tho Russian vessels turned search- i lights on the trawlers long enough to I . prevent any mistake as to identity. '1 After the bulk of the squadron had passed it opened fire, nearly all par- ' tlclpatlng In the firing. ' The Crane was struck below the water , lino and raked above deck. Skipper . ;H Smith and Third Hand Loggott had I their heads carried clean away by a shoL many of the crew being seriously . wounded. Another trawler also was- ' ounk, but the Seagull, which brought tho news to Hull, has no particulars as i to her fate. j . Tho news has created an intense , j JM sensation and indignation In HulL The , ' 1 Moulmeln arrived with her flag at half j maBt. Her skipper says that the trawl- j H err? were Ashing about 220 miles east l of north of Spurn head at 1 o'clock U Saturday morning, tho weather being , razy, when the outlines of sevoral vet- H 9els, apparently warships, sailing in a ! 'H line, were dimly seen. Whilst the crew were watching the warships searchlights were flashed upon '' ''H mein's crew observed what they took ' ' HBb to bo torpedo boats approaching, ap- ' 2 Hll parently with the Intention of board- t lng- the Moulmeln- - They steamed away and soon the fishermen were horrified iHBl to find they were being fired upon. t HHJ Struck the Trawlers. IhVJ First one and then another trawler HhI wae struck by the flying shot. What - fj'HHl seemed to bc a round shot went through ' ) HBb the Moulmeln galley. The Mino, lying ' , near by, also waa struck with many i (j HBfl shots, but fortunately the damage was ''-J above her water line and none of the '( 'iHHl crew was struck. The bombardment u ')H lasted about twenty minutes. I When It had ceased the fleet sailed . j southward and some oC the trawlers 1' ',! HBh sent up rockets. The Moulmeln steered A In the direction of the rocket. Soon cries were heard, and the Crane wns ') HBh found sinking, with another trawler " HBfl taking off some of her crew. Those ' ' seriously injured were removed to a . ' . mission ship and the bodies of Smith J' HHfl and Loggott were placed abroad the I HBfl Moulmeln. The other men with minor ? HBh Injuries were put aboard the travlcr lKiVJ Seagull, which at a late hour had not . j jHHH arrived at Hull. , Crowds have gathered around the ' JHBl dock here, but no further information Is " I BSJ available. t HBh Representatives of the fishing fleet ' j HHJ started late tonight for London to con- . i j; HBV suit with the authorities there. jj IH No motive can be assigned for thc '' ' HBV extraordinary procedure of the Ru.v- rM slan warships. j, j j 'H |