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Show JAP CRUISER IS SENT TO BOTTOM) Tokio, Oct. 19, 6.30 p. m. It is officially of-ficially announced that the Japanese cruiser Takachlho was sunk by a mine In Klao Chow bay on the night of Oc tober 17. One officer and nine members mem-bers of the crow are known to have been saved. The Japanese cruiser Takachiho was built In 1885 and refitted in 1900. She was a vessel of 3.700 tons and was 300 feet long and had 46 feet . beam. Her main battery consisted of eight 6-Inch guns and her speed : about 18 knots. The cruiser carried a crew of 357 men, only ton of whom, according to the official report, are known to have been saved. |