Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, May 251, 1904.
Vol. 6.
FORTYMILE FLOODED
Commercial Companies Lose Heavily—
The Worst of Several Similar Dis
asters—No Lives Lost—News Items
Special to the Forum. j
, Fortymile, Y . T., May io.—Big
flood here caused Ry jam below
towu. People ran for their lives.
Considerable damage done to the
commercial companies Telegraph
office completely put out ot busi
ness.
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v The Yulon broke at 4 o’clock
yesterday morning. Ice remaining
solid below town caused the worst
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flood ou record, water rising 14
teet in 20 minutes. The flood,
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caught many people in their slum
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ber, which made escape difficult,
’ and a desperate struggle was made
to reach dry land a quarter of a
• mile awav. No lives lost. Messrs. I
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Cordon, Hall and Walters, in their
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peterboro, which was crushed by;
floating wood, were only rescued
by gallant efforts of Captain Brown
ing, of Fortymile.
New York, May 7.—Ex-Secre
tary Root has been selected chair
man of the national Republican
convention to be held in Chicago.
Berlin, May 7.—The Vulcan ship
building company, of Stettin, is
.. rushing work on new torpedo boats
aud destroyers for the Russian gov
ernment. They will be made in
- sections and shipped in that shape
by rail.
Washington, D. C., May 7.—
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Col. W. F. Pitcher is being sued
for breach of promise by a promi
nent lady of this city, whom it is
alleged he jilted The war de
partment is asking the colonel lor
explanations.
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Preparatory to Evacuation of Dalny—
Property Destroyed Cost $20,000,000
Russians Heavily Handicapped
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Special to the Fjquum
St.Petersburg, May 12.—Viceroy
Alexeiff has telegraphed the czar
that the Russians have blown up
the docks and piers at Port Dalney
on the Lian Teung peninsula, pre*
sumably to render. more difficult
the contemplated Japanese landing.
Six million dollars have been ex
pended on these docks since 1902.
Loss to the Russian government is
over $20,000,000.
Tokio, May 12.—Admiral Togos
reports that since May 6 many ex
plosions are being heard in the
vicinity of Port Arthuv, the cause
of which is not definitely known, j
but the impression prevails here1
that the Russians are despairing of
their ability to defend Port Arthur;
and are destroying ships and forti- j
fieations before evacuating.
Manila. May ir.—Lieut. Win
field Harfari and thirty-nine men
of Company F, Seventeenth infan
try, were caught in an ambush on
May 6 by several hundred Moros.
Two American officers and fifteen
men were instantly killed and five
wounded.
Tokio, May 8.—Japanese cap
tured Wang Feng Chung. It was
on the second line of Russian de
fense and a stiff fight was expected,
but General Kuroks pressed for
ward and attacked before the Rus
sians had recovered from the de
moralization and confusion into
which they had been thrown by
their defeat on the Yalu.
RUSSIANS CORKED
Japan’s Fleet Successfully Bl©cks The
Entrance to Port Arthur-Many
Lives Lost—Great Bravery Shown
Special to the Forum.
Washington, D. C., May 7.—The
following cablegram was received
by the Japanese legation:
Admiral Togos reports his fleet
effected a thorough blockading Op
eration at Port Arthur on the morn
ing of May 3. On the day previous
the gunboat and destroyer flotilla
started for Port Arthur, but as a
strong wind was blowing the ad
miral ordered operations co cease.
The orders, however, did not reach
some ! earners in time.
consequently eight fire steamers
dashed into the harbor despite the
Russian searchlights, mines and
gatling fire. Five of the steamers
gained the narrqws, broke the
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boom and went inside, effectually
blockading the entrance. Three of
the steamers sank before reaching
the narrows. Our flotilla rescued
about half of the crews of the fire
ships. Losses among the crews of
the ships were heavy.
Tokio, May 7.—The sinking of
the Japanese fireships at the mouth
of the harbor at Port Arthur was
only effected by the most desperate
chances. Most of the volunteer
crews were either killed by intense
heat from the fireships or were
drowned when the ships sank. On
the entire eight vessels the crews
were volunteers, and the work—
while very successful from a point
of view— was the ieath of hundreds
of brave officers and men of the
Japanese army and navy.