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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1918
Page
2
The British transport Carpathia formerly of the Cunard line was torpedoed and sunk Wednesday off the Irish coast by a German submarine while outward bound. All passengers were saved, including 36 saloon and 21 steerage. survivors total 215. Five were killed when the torpedo struck the engine room.
London cables report survivors state the liner was torpedoed twice then sunk about two hours after the first hit. Three firemen and two trimmers likely perished in the engine room. passengers and most crew escaped in small boats. The vessel, 13 603 tons gross, built 1903 at Newcastle, had aided the Titanic in 1912.
The Carpathia brought 866 Titanic survivors to New York where her captain received Congressional honors. The ship had also been among the first merchant steamers in American waters to be armed against submarines.
The American Red Cross mailed seven tons of surgical dressings and five tons of special diet foods to evacuation hospitals of the American army in France. Medical storehouses and pharmacy will operate day and night during the offensive drive. A supply trip included alcohol tetanus anti toxin and surgical instruments. Beds were added to Red Cross hospitals at St Pol and a tent hospital outside Paris now holds 300 more beds.
Washington reports all Navy Department agencies for hunting submarines are active and officials remain confident in protecting the coast. They say any new raid aimed at stirring public opposition to keep American naval forces in the war zone will fail.
Fire Island marks the sinking of the cruiser San Diego about 10 miles off Long Island’s south shore and 50 miles east of New York Harbor entrance. A lighthouse and a nearby lightship guide transatlantic ships in and out of New York.
Ensign John Stewart, junior deck officer aboard the U S S San Diego sunk off Fire Island, was formerly with the Boston Post editorial staff. A Quincy native, he enlisted in the Naval Reserves after war began, trained at Harvard ensign school, and was assigned to the San Diego shortly after commissioning. He made one voyage to Europe and is the son of Mr and Mrs John Stewart of 30 Beale Street Quincy aged about 22.
The San Diego once the California and flagship of Rear Admiral W B Caperton’s Pacific fleet, now patrolling the Atlantic coast after wartime service. Built with 4 inch, 6 inch and 3 inch guns, it displaced about 13 680 tons normal and 15 138 full load, cost around $6 000 000 and measured 602 feet in length with a 69 12 foot beam.
Funeral services for William Carter 89 founder president of the William Carter Company knitting mills Needham were held yesterday. In tribute the town's business houses were closed at noon as a sign of esteem.
Survivors recount a heavy explosion wrecking the cruiser San Diego after a possible torpedo or mine strike near amidships. Thirty five men including six officers landed here, while crews launched lifeboats and improvised rafts. Rescue ships and airplanes assisted. colors saved, others evacuated to West Sayville and New York.
Reports from New York indicate German submarines renewed activity off the coast. The armored cruiser San Diego was torpedoed near Fire Island Light, with 32 officers and sailors surviving after landing at Point o’ Woods. Coast guard stations and destroyers rushed to the scene as seven merchant ships aided survivors.
The Navy announced the armored cruiser San Diego was sunk today 10 miles southeast of Fire Island near the Long Island coast. German U boats may be operating in American waters though the loss is not viewed as a major military blow. Casualties and causes were unknown at late hour.
News reports of the disaster stir national sentiment as naval officials say no confirmed submarine activity and despatches to the Navy Department lag behind events. Warnings were issued to coastal shipping but no submarine sightings are confirmed.
An unidentified aviator flying along the Long Island shore saw the San Diego sink and arranged an S O S call from Fire Island wireless station. He landed at Point of Woods and directed nearby vessels to assist as up to a thousand men reportedly struggled in the water.
Reports from the Third Naval District say the U S S San Diego was sunk ten miles southeast of Fire Island Light at 11:30 this morning. One officer and two boat crews were landed at Life Saving Station 82 on Long Island. other survivors are in boats and four steamers stand by. No confirmed loss of life yet. cause undetermined. The San Diego, an armored cruiser of 13 680 tons displacement with 1114 officers and men, is the first major warship lost since the U S entered the war.
Paris dispatch describes air operations with British squadrons. Twenty German aircraft were shot down or disabled, two balloons burned, and seven German planes destroyed by British pilots. Bombing targeted Marne crossings and troop concentrations while rear stations saw fires and heavy explosions. A total of twenty two tons of bombs used that day and 21 tons the next night.
London reports a British sloop was sunk by a submarine on Tuesday. Only twelve crew members survived the attack, per admiralty confirmation.
All boats from Fire Island and Oak Island coast guard stations were ordered out to assist in rescue and transfer of survivors from the San Diego. It was reported the ship sank off Cherry Grove seven miles east, and survivors were being landed at Point of Woods, with crews not yet returned by 10:30 p m.
The San Diego bound for New York from Portsmouth navy yard was sunk. Captain H. H. Christy commanded a crew of 51 officers, 1030 enlisted men, and 63 marines. the ship had been undergoing repairs at the yard.
After an S O S call, seven or more ships rushed to the scene. Circling the San Diego they searched for survivors as hundreds were taken aboard rescue vessels including tankers and a naval ship.
King George approves honors for Admiral Sims commander of American naval forces with the Ground Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman is named honorary knight commander of the Order of the Bath and Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss is named honorary knight commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.
Anderson South Carolina woman Mrs Sallie Jaynes credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending her crippling organic displacement and pain after doctors advised surgery and infertility. She gave birth to a healthy baby boy the following September after using the medicine. The ad cites widespread letters from women praising the product.
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