MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1918, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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ORDER FOB. SHIPPING. (Received this day at 12.3 U a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 16

Tho United States lias let contracts for a hundred million dollars worth of shipping to bo constructed in Japan and China.

LOSS OF SAN DIEGO

COOLNESS OF CREW

(Received this day at 12.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, July to. The remarkable coolness and disci

pline shown on board tho San Diogr when she was sinking, made the resell-

<ng of the officers and crow easy. Tlk • ship sank in fifteen minutes after the explosion and the survivors wore land i cd by passing vessels, i There are conflicting stories. Some | said that the cruiser was torpedoed and | the gunners flrod at an object, thought ’ to be a periscope until the deck wa« lawnsh. Others said it was an internal explosion or a mine, and many of the crew woro compelled to jump into tho water because they strayed aboard until tho ship commenced to settle down. One petty officer took ~jii bat-tlo station at tho captains order when the explosion occurred not ..being ordered to leave, bo stood stiffly to attention while the ship sank under him. Then he 'swam to a lifeboat. Many hydroplanes, and U boat chasers and other naval craft swept the surrounding seas for a possible lurking Boat. Somo members of the crow said that three lost their lives in the explosion, but the Navy Department reports no loss of life.

THE BAR,UNO A LOSS. (Received This Dav nt 950 a.m.* ** LONDON. July 21st. The Barunga was sunk at day-break with over seven hundred incapacitated Australians. Destroyers immediately wont to her assistance and surrounded . the sinking ship. Remarkable order was kept throughout while tho men were being transferred to the boats and ■ rafts. Tho submarine was seen two hundred yards away and the Barunga’s guns turned, upon her, but she'Mivedand escaped. The Barunga floated tor ten hours. Those aboard lost everything. '