RUSSIAN UNREST.
BLACK SEA FLEET. ' SENT TO SIIA,. TO AVOID MUTINY. OFFICERS SENTENCED. DV TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Rcc. Jan. 8, 8.E6 p.m.) St. Petersburg, January 8. ■The recent dismissal of BQOO doclf labourers created great insubordination at Sebastopol, In order to prevent an outbreak ip tho Black Sea fleet,, the fleet was sent to sea. - When the sailors', barracks were searched :a list was found dividing tho officers ipto three categories,, with varying degrees of 'punishment allotted to each. ■ Powerful pyroxylin bombs have been diqcovered at-.Sebastopol. It is. believed they wero designed to destroy tlio fleet. . • Pyroxylin is defined as' "gunedtton or ..a ,similar substance obtained' by immersing vegetable fibre in nitric or liitrosiilphurie acid, and then suffering, it to dry;'such substances are nitro-derivatives of cellulose." The Black 3ea fleet'lias been in a more or less disaffected' .state .'(jince X9QS, when a memorable mutiny staged on the battleship Kniaz Ppteinkine.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080109.2.23
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 90, 9 January 1908, Page 5
Word Count
150RUSSIAN UNREST. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 90, 9 January 1908, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in