SUBMARINES STILL REPORTED OFF VIRGINIA COAST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16876, 14 June 1918, Page 5

SUBMARINES STILL REPORTED OFF VIRGINIA COAST.

Australian ,in 1 X.7. (Eeccivoti '.30 n 111.1 NEW YORK. Juc> n. Many unofficial reports arc being circ ated of the "vploit.; ••' the «:". l Jinar'.iies, but Live-*; are not confirmed by the Navy J v oartmen.; ':••., ■'■•. -iiers report, that they were attacked by si.hmarii <.■« rff the •">-'i •■ oast Mi. .'-'n:H..v, Pa.-seMgors ny a Brazilian vessel renort " -! ":'- r , yjft the ruasi on Tuesday morning. It is suggested thai the i" her ship may be concealed in the Sargasso Sea. The totai or ships sunk to date is IS. A submarine looted and sank the Norwegian steamer Vindeggen in American writers on Monday, and also sank the Norwegian steamer Hendrik Lu id. The Washington correspondent of the United Pre<>s states that it is practically certain that a submarine-chaser sank a submarine on Saturday off the Virginia coast. The chaser suddenly encountered a submarine with the periscope showing. The vessels circled each other for several minutes at a hundred yards' distance. The chaser then made a dash over the submarine and dropped a depth bomb. The periscope disappeared, and oil rose to the surface. The explosion lifted up ihe chaser. It is reporter] that three German sailors' caps were found in the vicinity.