Show I ARMORED CRUISER BREAKS MOORINGS AT MARE LAND ISLAND I Cal Aug AuS 20 Tho armor armored ed ld cruiser South Dakota broke Its moorings at the th Mare More Island n quay ny I wall traIl today and drifted down the chan channel nel colliding with tho the naval tug tin Un andilla and coming to a tOJI on the tho mud Hats flats Tho The w wa badly damaged a n hole hol being stove In her hr I side and her deck sprung Sho She Is hi leaking Ical badly antI and has been lenn moored to the tho quay wall though the officials of or the navy yard rard say sa she ia iS in no danger dan er of sinking and can bo lie repair repaired ed oJ The South Dakota is i believed to I have sustained no damage beyond a n ahole I hole holo In her side Tho The tug Active is s ss standing s by b the thc which it Is I will be lie floated at high tide The Ibe accident In Is attributed to tho the moorings 5 giving way war owing to the lie I hua strain of oC the tho strong tide tug tu tug tugging ping ging at the vessel The vessel sel was to have been be n docked today toda I r |