Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1905 — Ships in Harbor Destroyed. [ARTICLE]

Ships in Harbor Destroyed.

In accordance with Admiral Wiren’s orders the disabled battleship Sevastopol outside the harbor was blown up, and the other large Russian ships inside the harbor were destroyed ns thoroughly as possible. The half-sunken ships Itetzivau, Poltava and Pullndn enught fire ae the other ships were blown up inside of and near the entrance to the linrbor. During the siege it is estimated that the Japanese lost more men than the total number of the fortress defenders.