Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

New York, July 19.-German sub marines appear to have renewed oper- at1ons eff the American coast. The United States armored cruiser San LHego was sunk not far from the en- trance of New York harbor today Cir cumstantial reports reaching here in- dicate that she was torpedoed.
 There also were reports tonight, though not confirmed, that other ships had been attacked one being described as coastwise passenger ship.
 Whether there had been a toll of lives taken on the San Diego was not known. up to late tonight: Not more tEan 335 had been accounted for out of @ crew of 1. .144 men aboard the warship of which some 300 reached New York on a tank steamship at 10 O'Clock tonight Thirty-two, a lieu tenant, an ensign, and thirty sailors were landed in ifeboats this afternoon on the Long Island shore. Survivors were reported to have been picked up by other ships. however, and to be on their way to New York
 The San Diego was sunk at 11.30 a. m. about ten miles southeast of i Fire Island light, which is off the Long Island shore about fifty miles east of | the entrance to New York harbor and ! on the marine highway of trans-At- lantic ships bound in and out of the port
 Although the navy department an- nCunced that the cause of the loss of tie San Diego had not been deter mined, information received from re- 1 liable sources in the afternoon indi- c1ted that submarines had been oper- ating off the coast and that she had 1 been torpedoed There were rumors
 that the cruiser had been in collis- icn, also that she had struck a mine but reports current where survivors landed on the Long Island shore bore cut the indications that a German submarine had been responsible h.
 habitants of Bay Shore and Babylon
 said that they heard gun fire and ex- Iplosions at sea shortly before noon. The 320 officers and sailors came ashore in three boats between three and seven D. m. at Point O Woods
 which is on a remote sand spit. They
 were held at a coast guard statior
 where inquirers were barred.
 The firing continued during the af-
 ternoon and into the evening, the viii
 lagers reported. The reason for i
 could only be conjectured. Fleets O
 submarine chasers. it is known, pu cut from New York and other coas ports immediately upon the receipt o the news of the disaster and destroy CTS were also rushed to the scene
 Seven merchant steamers were re
 ported tc have responded to s. O. : calls of the San Diego and shore wire less stations and to have stood b. picking up survivors.
 . Crews of the Fire Island and ca
 Island coast guard stations left fo
 the scene of the disaster and had no r Ireturned at 10.30 o'clock tonight. l Details of the San Diegos destruc Q ton remained wholly yelled tonigh s except for a story told by an uniden
 tified naval aviator on patrol who ap
 Iparently witnessed the disaster fror :, the air. The story as obtained by tn = villagers was that while flying alon n the Long Island shore he saw the Sa S Diego suddenly list and later saw hun
 dreds of men struggling in the wate
 He immediately sped for the Point . Woods. where he landed and got int 7, communication with a wireless statiol S which he ordered to send out $. n S calls