Los Angeles Herald, Volume XXXII, Number 55, 25 November 1904 — RUSSIAN BATTLESHIPS REACH PORT SAID [ARTICLE]

RUSSIAN BATTLESHIPS REACH PORT SAID

PORT SAID, Nov. 24.—A division of the Russian Second Pacific squadron has arrived here. All precautions have been taken to prevent any untoward incident during the passage of the vessels through the Suez canal. The division consists of the battleships Sissoi, Veliky and Navatrin, the cruisers Jemtchug, Almaz and Svletlana, the torpedo boat destroyers Bodri, Blesstiaschy, Bezumprechnl, Bystrai, Rravi, Bedovi and Buiny, and the transports Cortschakoff, Voronej, Kitai. Tamboff. Kleff, Jupiter, Merkur and Vladlmiroff. The divisions exchanged salutes with the town on entering and the Russian bands played the British national anthem in honor of the presence of the British guardship Furious. The local Russian representatives visited Rear Admiral Volekersam's flagship. All the warships are fitted with wireless telegraph apparatus. The ships are not ordered to coal here, but will take water, fresh provisions and hay for their livestock. The Russian admiral exchanged visits with the commander of the Furious. Though the last warships were not ordered to come here, the torpedo boat destroyers are coaling from the transports and will enter the harbor at dawn tomorrow, and the rest of the division an hour later. Admiral Volekersain indignantly denied that the Russian officers or sailors created disturbances at Canta, Island of Crete. He says that a few drunken sailors were carried on board, but no one was killed or wounded, and there were no desertions, as reported by an English newspaper.