Show SHIP SUNK GENERAL MAKAROFF AND goo MEET DEATH Ru aucin cin squadron lad had gone out to meet fleet fizz when bat strike strikes mine min and sink sinks while going out to meet the japan ese fleet off port arthur says a cable from st petersburg the Petro struck a mine in the outer road stead heeled over turned turtle and bank practically the whole of her crew were lost only four officers were saved among them being the grand duke cy cyril ri ll 11 7 the he P Petro e trap waa was flying alv flag gag 0 of vico admiral maka loff tho the result of 0 the naval battle which according to the mist reliable relt ablo stu harlly was in progress according to the last reports ro porta haa has not mot been received it ie is officially announced that vice Adm lal makaroff tf was drowned at the time of the sinking of the battlo ship Petro the awful disaster to the battleship Petro at port arthur with the loes loss of almost her entire crew at 0 over 60 men and the death of vice admirel makart has been a terrible blow it woul have fallen leas less heavily it 1 the ship and the commander in chief of at the fleet had len boen lost in bat tie but to be the result of another accident following upon the heels ot at a abc eiroa of tragedies of ahl h i the port arthur fleet haa has been the victim hae has created something like consternation he correspondent of the paris parts matin at st Peters buil telegraphs the followings follo following A high personage at court has hu given the detail details received receive 1 by the emperor according to which vice admiral makaroff went out on the petro lovak to ascertain the position of the japanese fleet after afler he had been out tor for an hour he saw several vessels which retired shortly afterward he perceived the japanese squadron of thirty vessels and not mot being strong enough to attack he returned to port arthur when two miles outside tho the entrance entrance an explosion liter literally aliv burled hurled the battleship out ou of the vater water completely overturning ber her grand duke cyril five other officers and a couple of scare of nen men alone managed to swim to vice admiral ahn at 0 campaign ww van lost with him grand duke cyril ii Is buttering suffering only from alight slight contusions it Is not known whether the catastrophe ta was due to a il hooting mino mine or to a japanese vessel tho the japanese certainly witnessed tho the catastrophe |