ANOTHER "NORTH SEA BLUNDER."
I LONDON, June 18. ! The strict precautions to guard the Ozar during his cruise led to an unfor- , tunate incident on Wednesday night in the vicinity of Bjorko. A Russian torpedo boat fired a blank cartridge on the British cargo steamer Woodburn, Captain Robertson, from Friedrichshamn for Helsingfors. Five seconds later two shells were fired. Some of the Woodburn's steam pipes were damaged, and the bulwarks and stokehold casing were holed. A fireman named Boyno was badly wounded in the leg, and was sent to Viborg Hospital. The Woodburn had a pilot aboard. It is surmised in London official circles that the warships were instructed to prevent vessels approaching too closely to the squadrons. The newspapers are of opinion that Russian sailors, owing to the strain of watching, were seized with an attack of nerves. One telegram reports that besides Boyne three men were slightly wounded.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7826, 19 June 1909, Page 2
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150ANOTHER "NORTH SEA BLUNDER." Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7826, 19 June 1909, Page 2
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