New-York tribune., 1918-06-05

The women passengers on
by them at sea.
took the women to an uptown hote,
and the men were cared for by the
community service at the Morris
| guards armory.
and Felix Capbegille, of Baton Rouge,
were sent to the City Hospital The
woman recovered, but Capbegille is
still under physicians care.
! Lieutenant John j. McClaren, 442
Sterling Place, Brooklyn, chief en-
gineer Of the Carolina, was in COM
mand of the lifeboat. II was one of
ten which had put off from the liner.
Lieutenant McClaren expressed the
opinion that the submarine which sunk
the Carolina was <he same which
| passengers had been given ample time
to get off. The ship, he said, was
struck at 6:10 o'clock Sunday evening:
Four shots we're fired, the first, across
the bows, serving as a warning.
Boats Filled Leisurely
"The submersible which captured US
was the same THAT sank the TeXel," the
lieutenant said. "We were told by the
officer who came aboard from the SUBJ
marine tina. no harm was intended the
passengers and crew. Get into your
boats with all possible speed we were
told. 1T is our intention to destroy the
ship.
owe dropped our ten boats and filled
them leisurely. TAcre was nothing like
panic. The women and children be-
haved admirably. We were allowed to
take supply of food and water in each
Of the boats"
Miss Lillian Dickinson, eighteen
years old, of Arlington, Mass, speak
ing of her experiences, said:
we placed our water supply in
charge of Mrs. Rachael Hamilton. She
was our commissary department.
Those who said they were hungry or
thirsty received enough to keep them
going. We agreed upon that before
! hand, because we did not know how
long we were going to be out there.
The men, however. insisted that all
the women receive double supply of
rations. consisting of ships biscuits
and water"
II shall never forget the real heroine
of the OCCASION" said one of the sur
vivors. "She was Miss Lillian Dickin-
son. Although we tried to dissuade
her, she insisted upon taking her regu-
lar turn at the oars. 1t was Il case of
one hour on and one hour Off. Miss
Dickinson inspired us BIZ her conduct"
Drove Ambulance in France
Miss Dickinson, it was later learned,
had returned but a few months ago
from France, where she had been driv-
ing an ambulance for many months.
She was still cheerfuliy doing her bit
when the boat came upon the beach
and she jumped out unassisted.
90
Fifty eighth Street, New York. another
survivor, was high in her praise of the
officers, crew and men.
Il had just started for the dining sa-
loon when somebody called my atten-
tlon to the zigzag course we were TAX
ing. We discussed it among ourselves,
and had concluded that this was due to
the fact that we were ahead Of sched-
ule time. and that the commander was
adopting this course rather than slow
up to cut down danger. Then there
came a sound Of an explosion SO close
that it frightened us all.
I'VE were ordered not to rush fol
the deck. Everybody obeyed. We went
out when we were told that a German
raider was about to board us
Thoughts of Hun atrocities filled m.
mind. 1t was terrible moment.
Orders came to get aboard boats
German officer and his men were al
ready aboard. They smiled at us ant
did not catch Then we were placed
aboard boats, women and children so
ing first while men stood BY
Steamer Soon Ablaze
after we had been towed some dis
tance off the submarine came between
the boats and the Carolina. They tireo
several rounds of shells into her They
then went around on the opposite side
and shelled from that direction. The
steamer was soon ablaze. 1t was darl
then.
"Soon terrible storm broke and we
were torn loose from our tow We
could hear people calling, whethe
from fright at the storm or because
they had been swamped or WASHED
overheard | do not know. 1t was too
awful to picture. | cannot think of i
without shivering. 1t was torture al
night long.
Daylight brought relief and the ses
had calmed down. From then until We
landed was just monotony."
Samuel johnson, of 1850 jerome Ave
nue., Woodlawn, Long Island, a passen
ger, said he believed many persons per
ished during heavy blow on Sunda,
night, several hours after leaving The
ship.
II was in the dining room when the
submarine fired its first shot TO hall
our ship" he said. There was rush
for the decks, and The officers passet
word for everybody to get into the
boats. Few of US stopped for anything
Our boat was the las; to leave. Some
thing. happened 10 the tackle as we
were being lowered, and those who hae
scrambled into the craft were dumped
into the sea.
The submersible fired three shots
into the Carolina as we were drawing
away from the ship. Then there were
two more shots.
Boat Guided by Stars
"For time we we're in tow OF
one Of the lfeboats that had an en-
gine hut ua hrnke au.n.. Glurincz h q