Shellfish Kill Fouls Shore of Long Island
<i> United Press International</i>
FIRE ISLAND, N.Y. —
A mass of black sludge 20 miles long, believed to be algae, washed up on Long Island beaches Monday and left the shoreline littered with dead shellfish.
The odorless scum, which the Coast Guard at first thought might be oil, was spotted early Monday in the Atlantic Ocean off Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island, 20 miles east of New York City. Hours later, the slick had reached 20 miles east to Smith Point, authorities said.
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