The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1918-06-05
ESQ CAROLINA SURVIVORS BROUGHT
|. TO BROOKLYN; TELL THEIR STORIES
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from perils. Others shivered a bit in
the recital and cast many n mental
backward look TO that moment when
the crash OF bursting shrapnel
brought them face 10 face with the
stern reality OF war.
The Brooklyn pier was guarded by
men from the regular army and by
police reserves all night. Relatives
and friends, some OF whom had been
waiting for hours, were turned back.
There were In waiting ambulances
from most Of the Brooklyn hospitals
and 100 automobiles from the wom-
ems Motor Corps.
Capt: Barbour OF the Carolina and
DR.. Stockwell. surgeon OF the ship.
were taken on the schooner at Quar-
antine early to-day by q patrol ves-
sci and consequently did not land In
Brooklyn.
First Lieutenant J. p. oToole Of
Porto Rico took two photographs.
ono Of the submarine and one OF
the Carolina as she sank. He found
on reaching Brooklyn that they had
been stolen or lost from his pocket.
PASSENGERS NOT ALARMED At
THE FIRST SHOT.
Il was In the dining saloon" he
said. at s;iS p. N. Sunday when I
heard q snot The passengers were
not alarmed. thinking II was an
American patrol destroying q derelict.
reached the deck after the nrst shot.
and another followed. The shots were
across the bow. over the top OF the
ship. one TO the stern and one that
fell short. BY that time every one
realized that u boat had overtaken
us. Captain Barbour finally ordered
the wireless 20 stoo and ordered the
abandon ship signal hoisted.
There were about forty Germans
on the deck OF the submarine. all
wearing yellow slickers. Mono of
them boarded the Carolina The sub
marine appeared 10 be $50 or 800 feet
long and carried two six-inch guns.
one forward and one aft, the barrels
being about thirty-h -hve feet long.
The German ordered every one into
the boats. When everybody was on.
the u boat circled the ship and fired
six shots into the Carolina. placing
sn,Gn,v sns% apparently I,DS s.ly so they would
Arthur Curtin OF No. 7N Greene
Avenue. Brooklyn. fruit commission
Street. New York. was returning from
Porto Rico. He said:
About 9 o'clock Sunday heard
a noiss that proved to be n shot. We
were soon ordered TO don life pre-
servers and got away In ten boats.
Two OF the boats later became sCpn-
rated from ns. Sunday night theTo
was q terrible storm and Monday at
II A. M. the Douglas picked us up"
Some OF the other refugees we're
Street, westchester: Robert Wilson.
No. 81 East l32d Street, New York:
r. q. Holliger. No. rs West Paterson
Avenue, Columbus. o.. c. N. Dawes.
San Juan: Lieut.. +. +. A Carpenter,
Oficers' Reserve Corps; Left Endre,
No. its East 22d Street. New York:
Ernest Cox. Washington. ID. c.; Lieut..
Robert J. Boyd. Syracuse. N. Y, who
was called home by the death OF his
mother.
SURVIVORS IN eEpRAooLEp
FiNERY ON LANDING.
The survivors were wet bedragglod
and hungry when they landed. They
had been dressed In finery In prep1ra-
ton for night of gpyety when thoy
put out in the boatS and their eve
ming clothes. ballroom gowns and silk
stockings, now tattered and drench.d.
made a pitiful picture.
q. T. Gonzales OF No. $50 st. Nlcho-
las Avenue. New York. said the pas
sengers had Just finished n fire drill
on the Carolina at o'clock and were
preparing to sit down to dinner when
the hrst shot was heard. They had
discussed the possibility OF meeting
" boats, hut did not think Il was like
ly. and nobody paid any attention to
the shot. There was another shot,
and when a third was heard the stew
ard came running up and said u sub
marine had been sighted on the stern.
I'VE were all ordered to the decks
ana got there In perfect order" said
Mr.. Gonzales. we saw the sub
marine. which apeared 20 be about
about thirty men on the upper part OF
the " boat. Members OF the German
crew boarded our ship, and In fluent
English told us IL was going to be
sunk.
1--WE put out In eight iifeboats.
lashed together. and pulled away,
There were twenty-eight men. in
Guiding Capt Barbour, and two wom-
en- IN my boat. At 7.55 o'clock we
could still see the Carolina. and a
few minutes after that we saw her
blow up and then sink.
"We rowed all Sunday night, and
toward morning a storm came up. We
had 10 separate the boats to KEEP
them from being dashed TO pieces
against one another, and then we had
TO night with the oars 20 keep them
from crashing together. One man
broke six oars at this work.
I'VE had a terrible night. but at II
o'clock Monday morning we were
picked up by the schooner Eva Il
Douglas, which took lb5 passengers
and 90 OF the crew aboard. A wire
less was sent from OF Barnegat
Light, and on Monday afternoon a
patrol boat picked us up"
One survivor was Louis Daneil. a
member OF the 47th Artillery. OF the
French Army. He was on his way
from St Thomas. where he spent a
leave, to the French Consulate In
tA o.. la.