Show MUCH HOISE BUT general engagement in rio harbor the passes malonff the et j government forts more than shots fired from guns 3 laree and small with the result of four killed and one wounded da camas blaz ship fire three shots into the City His vessel unharmed by the fusillade from the forts rio da janeiro feb 7 copyrighted 1894 by the associated press alie comparative quiet which has prevailed here for ten days waa interrupted yesterday by an encounter between the Aqui Jaban and atie forts followed by an attack by the rebel fleet and ahn batteries upon alie shore de fences of the city later in the day another fight took place at santa anna and ponta da areia all the fighting however only resulted in the killing of four men and J the mortally wounding of a fifth the loss that alie rebels sustained is not known the arrival of the Aqui daban was something of a surprise to all the night of january 11 was unusually cold under cover of a foe the Aqui daban approached and was almost under alie shadow of fort santa cruz before she wa seen a m in bantly firing began from fort santa cruz and a moment later fort st john joined in the fight little fort lage further inside the bay also sent her quota to increase the hail of missiles which rattled around the daring aqui daban at that range however not a shot reached its mark and without 1 deigning to reply the big black ship passed silently on into the narrow channel between alio fortresses further on fort santa cruz not yards away from the her guns furiously sending a plunging f lire down upon the decks of the war ship fort st john a mile away ent its heaviest projectile against the rebel ships broadside fort lago swept her decks with a raking fire the ship could hardly be euh jector to a more severe test and the Aqui daban was apparently uninjured aks for half achour the fight continued y until the Aqui daban dropped anchor alongside of the Ta mandoc out of range of all the li ostile batteries 7 perhaps shots had been fired at manees of from yards to two miles with guns from nine calibre down to r eix yet absolutely no damage as done to the Aqui daban which though struck heavily several times was practically unhurt while not a single shot either from her batteries or from fort Villega ignon struck any one of the government borts torts later the guanabana guanabara Gua one of alie rebel torpedo cruisers cruis ere opened fire at on the shore batteries erected to protect the custom house later cobra island and the cruiser trajano joined the guanabana guanabara Gua and still later the libertad with da gamas flag flying also came fr into action the latter however contented lier self with firing three heavy projectiles which passed over the shore defenses and buried themselves in the libart of the city alie only fatalities reported were caused by the explosion of a heavy shell hird by the guanabana guanabara Gua killing four men namely Pedre Mainetti a policeman manuel de jesus Gad areia a shoemaker americo duarte an apothecary and manuel gonzalez de silvara Sil vama a medical student etu dent the alre ceased after a while only to te renewed again at 3 p m against s santa anna and ponta da areia which waa replied to by alie batteries there and at madama and do velho the action was desultory little damage being done later in the evening a few more small shots were fire dinto the city and an unknown man badly injured centre admiral jiulio de bw assumed command of the govern naval forces here and elsewhere lor an feb 7 the submarine sub marine torpedo boat destroyer and five of the torpedo boats from germany left luiere today it is believed for bahia where they will join the rest of peixotos otos preparatory to a movement in force upon kio de janeiro duncomb house destroyed by fire london feb 7 duncombe house yorkshire the seat of the earl of faversham with nearly all its stores of art treasures 1 burned the members of the household escaped with difficulty |