Show VESSELS VESSE LS WRECKED OFF PACIFIC AC FC COAST TWENTY THREE NAVAL MEN LOSE destroyers HIT ROCKS passengers and members of crew of liner cuba rescued after dis aster dence fog blamed for Wreck ings santa barbara seven united states navy destroyers and the pacific mall liner cuba wera a wrecked saturday morning and sunday night the navy vessels crashing on the rocks rock s in a denae tog fog oft off arguello light seventy five miles north of 0 santa barbara and the passenger steamer on a reet reef oft off the southeast end of san miguel island thirty ov ane e miles off oc tills this p port ort twenty three enlisted men of the destroyers lost their lives in the naval disaster and all the destroyers were reported as total losses the liner cuba was reported to have sunk during sunday night but all passengers and members ot of her crew either were landed at los ani geles celes by the deA destroyer royer reno reio or are on oil their way to san francisco on board the standard oil tanker IV S iiller with the exception of captain C J Il holland olland the purser steward and eight seamen vilio nho remained ed on board to guard a shipment ot of in silver laul bullion lion dense tog fog was the cause of both disasters the destroyers chauncey woodbury fuller S P lee nicholas young and delphy were nil all bleached within a few minutes rf ct one another according to naval officers the flotilla of which the wrecked craft formed a part was in command of captain edward watson commanding manding officer of 0 the delphy and was ou op a practice cruise the lead dead were all trapped in dietr bunks on the young when that vesel struck and were drowned hen the craft capsized within two minutes after striking more than men were from the wrecked destroyers which sunday night were reported to be pounding to pieces on the rocks all total losses of the sun ivors fifteen of the seriously injured were brought to vie the santa barbara county hospital li here one hundred others were cut and bruie bral hed shed i iu their swim to safety over the jagged rocks the destroyers were traveling in formation at twenty knots an hour in a heavy sea and dense tog fog when the leading vessel crashed carried ahead by a strong tide the others piled on the beah beach in succession lying in line along the shore at intervals of feet the boats were slowly breaking up one of them the chauncey was resting high on the rocks |