New-York tribune., 1918-06-04

OF the eight craft known to have
been sent to the bottom by the guns OF
bombs of Uboats, six were sailing YES.
sells of the coastwise trade that had
neither the opportunity nor the ability
to escape.
The largest bag that the German
raiders are known to have made is the
steamer Carolina, of the New York and
Porto Rico Line, northward bound from
San Juan, with 22O passengers and a
crew of 120. She was a vessel cf SOFT
tons.
A still larger victim may have been
the City of Columbus, of the Savannah
Line, bound for Boston, which was
shelled off the coast of New Jersey
yesterday afternoon. No definite news
has yet come as to her fate She was
Of 1888 tons. The number of her pas
sengers and crew has not been deter
mined.
Carolina a "Hard-Luck Ship"
The Carolina was known to seamen
S hard-luck ship. until she entered
the New York; Porto Rico Line. Be-
fore that she had sailed as the Grand
Duchess and the City of Savannah.
Under neither of these names was she
marked success. She was built as an
experimental twin screw ship for the
old Plant Line in 1898 at Newport
News.
After she entered the service of the
line whose flag she carried when she
went down the Carolina was concerned
in one of the few contentious that the
United States has had with France
since the beginning Of the war. On
December 8, 1915, the French cruiser
Descartes fired a shot across her bows,
just off the harbor of San Juan, Porto
Rico. boarded her and took from her
among her crew and passengers six
German and Austrian subjects.
Only few months ago the Carolina
gave evidence that her old i'll luck had
not entirely deserted her. when she
was rammed by an unidentified vessel
in the Ambrose Channel on January
II, and beached at Bay Ridge to pre-
vent her sinking.
The vessel was built in 1904 and was
designed particularly for transporting
bulk cargo. She was 377 feet long,
u n
Diehl. of Maiden, Mass. Nearly all the
rest of her officers and crew are from
the South.
City of Columbus Had Rich Cargo
The vessel was due in New York at 7
o'clock yesterday morning. On Sunday
night she was sunk by a German sub
marine. The officers of the craft are
Lleutenant Commander T. R. D. Bar
bour, U. S. N. R. F., captain; Lieuten-
ant c. W. Hoffman, U. S. N. R. f., first
n. r. F., chief engineer; G. Johansen,
first assistant officer; G. Gautsen, sec
ond officer; G. W. Mussender, purser,
and B. +. Stockwell, surgeon
The Carolina was $50 feet long and
had beam of Al feet. Her speed was.
fourteen knots.
The City of Columbus, reported by
wireless as beingunder shell fire off the
coast of New Jersey yesterday after
noon, was northward bound from Sa-
vannah to Boston. She carried crew
to have been worth $l,000,O0O, apart
from the actual value of the ship,
which was close to that amount.
Several months ago her sister ship,
the City of Athens, was run down and
sunk off the Virginia capes by French
cruiser.
The Edward H. Cole and the Jacob
NJ. HASKELL four masted schooners,
sunk off the Jersey coast. were built in
Rockland, Me-, in 1901, and were virtp-
ally sister ships.
The Cole, of 1871 tons. was laden with
: 300 tons coal, consigned from Nor
folk to Portland. She was commanded
by, Captain H. B. Newcombe, of Somer-
VILE, Mass, who has been in the coast
wise trade all his life.
The Haskell, of 1,77S tons, was COM
manded by Captain W. II. Davis, of
Medford Mass, ala also was bound
from Norfolk to Portland
The Isabel 3. Wiley apparently was
sunk further south than any other
vessel yet reported. According to in
formation obtainable yesterday. she
with coal from Newport News, Va, to
Montevdeo. She was of ITO tons, car
RED crew of eight and hailed from
Philadelphia. The Samuel w. Hatha-
way. four -masted schooner, hailing
from Boston, which also was sunk off
the Jersey coast was of 906 tons. The
Hattie Dunn, a three which
met the same fate, was of 365 tons.
carried a crew of five and left New
ork Tor Charleston early in May.
The Herbert l.. Pratt. tanker, also
is. reported sunk, as we'll as the
schooner Edna, of Machias, Me, 1926
tons. She was found bottom up off the
Jersey coast. and is believed to have
been destroyed by U-boat
Others that are believed to have
fallen prey to the undersea killers are
two more tankers and numerous fishing
craft
The Winneconne, according to the
Maritime Register, is a steamship of
l,lol tons net. and has been in the
trade between Newport News and
buenos Ayres. She was in command of
Captain Rasmussen.
The schooner Haupaug is not listed
IN Lloyds or the American Shipping
Register re
I.oScoc of Ch.sr,