AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 122, 22 June 1909, Page 2

AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT.

. FHUXU OX A BHITISH SHIP. .; RUSSIAX EXPLAXAXiOXS. ' tin • St ' I>etvr sburg, Jtuit- »0. ' .iiie Russians blaniß the cargo steamer \\ uodburn which had a Finnish pilot, fur the unfortunate incident in ta c Gulf •>f I inland on Wednesday night, when she wasi fired on by a Russian torpedo. boat, They allege that she failed to pass outside the squadron anchored inshore, and thus infringed the regulation*. Jho Novo« Vremya states that thetorpedo boat acted in conformity wit* tlie law and instructions. -Renter states that the Czar ha 9 sent i-W to Uoyne, tho fireman who Was severely wounded in the leg -by a atoll. „., _., „ London, June 20. Jhe Daily News says that nobody aboard the Woodburn spoko RussiauL and consequently eoutd not understand the shouts summoning the vessel fr„ heave to. The Russian Admiralty declares* hat the British Board of Trade not*-," to manners, published in Januar, .mi April, is a translation of the Jcinila. tions applying to merchant? , en »1 proaeung naval anchorage* ir, Finn 4 Skerries, a„d that th terod a guarded zona and disrerarded . three blank shots. uwregaraea „ .