Show JAPS LOSE WARSHIP vessel S aks shortly after striking a mine which burst under stern A dispatch from tokio says the japanese dispatch boat miyako was destroyed in kerr bay by striking a submerged mine the miyako was lost while assisting in the operations of clearing the kussian mines from kerr bay northeast of wan bay on which port daly is situated admiral katako commander of the third squadron protecting two flotillas of torpedo boats which had been detailed to complete sweeping the harbor by the removal of the mines five mines were discovered dib covered and ex plodded and the worl was being sus for the day when the biyal struck an undiscovered mine which exploded with tremendous foice un der her stern of the port side and in flirted immense damage to the 1 nil the sunk in twenty two min utes two sailors w ere killed and twenty five men were wounded the rest of the crew were rescued |