FIRING ON A BRITISH STEAMER.
THE RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOAT’S ACTION. ‘■•CLAIMED TO BE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE LAW. United Press Association—Copyright LONDON, June 20. a In connection with the incident of a Russian torpedo-boat in tho vicinity of Bjorko firing on the British cargo steamer Woodburn, winch had a Finnish pilot, for failing to pass outside the squadron, which was anchored inshore, and thus infringing the regulation, the “Novoe Vremya” states.that the ■torpedo boat acted in conformity with the law, and with the instructions •given. Reuter’s correspondent states that the Czar sent to the injured' firemen twenty pounds. The “Daily Mail” says that nobody aboard the Woodburn spoke Russian, aryl they were thus ratable to under-' ■ stand the shouts summoning them to Hieave to. The. Russian Admiralty declare that -the British Board of Trade notices to ■-mariners were published in /January •and April with a translation of the re"gulations applying to merchantmen approaching the naval anchorages at tho Finnish skerries. They add: “The Woodburn entered a- guarded zone and disregarded three blank shots.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2534, 22 June 1909, Page 5
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173FIRING ON A BRITISH STEAMER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2534, 22 June 1909, Page 5
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