Show BLEW UP HIS VESSEL russian commander determined to foil japanese advices from chetko state that the nu salans have blown up the torpedo boat destroyer the hus klaos with the exception of one man left the destroyer during the alter noon this last man lit slow fuses and blew ap the vessel there were three dull explosions which were scarcely discernible a hundred yards from the place where they occurred almost simultaneously the Rasto rophy sunk and settled on the bottom A single spar marks her grave it Is impossible to secure an ex plan atlon of the action of the hus but it Is believed that they were determined not to allow a repetition of the incident prior to the destruction of the destroyer the had officially noti alm tha T T n congui her dla armament had been completed the breech blocks ammunition being removed and the machinery disabled during the afternoon the russian consul officially notified the that the destroyer had been driven towards chefko by a heavy sea and that it had been decided to disarm her because her machinery had been injured this Is looked upon in some quarters as the throwing of a transparent veil over the purpose of the vessel visit |