Show 4 f r y i IT tl f W I 1 H U sa PA I 1 I 1 S FIRE 0 11 ing BRITISH ST A g M M ah incident which shows the extreme measures taken to insure the safety of the czar after failure to answer signals of russian commander the british steamer woodburn is made a target by russian boat alborg Vl borg FlO finland and the british steamer woodburn was waa alred upon at night by a russian torpedo boat near the island of birke for approaching too close to the bay on oil the finnish coast where emperor nicholas and emperor william were to meet the p projectile tile from the tor torpedo p edo boat pierced a steam pipe and one mem her ber of the crew of the british was wounded the incident shows the extreme nervousness for the safety of emperor nicholas the first was a blank charge but this was followed by two shells portions of the shells penetrated the bulkheads and the boiler of the wood burn the engineer was wounds wounded in the leg and was taken aboard the russian cruiser aisla where ills his wounds were dressed after making repairs the woodburn sailed for her home port according to the reports received irom from copenhagen the reason given by the russian commander for tiring firing on the british steamer woodburn was that the latter was signaled by the he russians but gave no signal in return |