Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-04
FATE OF PERSONS
ABOARD CAROLINA
NOT YET KNOWN
Schooner Edward H. Coles
Captain and Crew Land 3
ed at New York.
GERMAN SUBMARINES SINK
AT LEAST NINE VESSELS.
More Survivors of Boats At
tackled Reach Atlantic
Ports.
TWO COASTWISE LINERS SUNK
One Steam Tanker and Six Sailing
Vessels Sent to Bottom by
Raiders.
TWO COAsTWIsE LINERS SUNK
One Steam Tanker and Six Sailing
Vessels Sent to Bottom by
Raiders. rs
IBv Associated Press. ]


NEW YORK, June 3.-Nine Ameri-
can vessels were known tonight to
have been sunk by German submarines
off the North Atlantic coast since May
%.
The largest to fall prey to the raid
ers. which are seeking to prevent the
sailing OF transports with troops for
the battle fields of France. was the
New York ard Porto Rico liner Caro-
lima. of 5000 tons. which was attacked
Sunday night about 125 miles south
east Of Sandy Hook. The fate of her
220 passengers and crow of 1870, who
took to the boats when shells began
to fall about the vessel. was unknown
late tonight. hut there was hope thoy
had been picked up By some passing
ship or would reach shore safely In
the small boats. Not life was lost in
the sinking of the other ships. accordSH
ing to late reports tonight.
Besides the Carolina, the known vic
tins OF the U-boats are the AtlantiA
Refining Company tanker Herbert II
Pratt. the steamship Winneconnie, OIL
1900 tons, and six schooners the
new ship of 1000 tons. and the Ed
ward II. Cole. The crews of these q
eight vessels have been landed at At
lantic ports. @lI
NEARLY ALL SUNK
Di SAME SUBMARINE
Reports brought ashore by the SUR
vivors Indicated that the Winneconnte
and nearly all the schooners were sunk
by the same U-boat which had been
lurking in the path of shipping off the
New Jersey coast and the Delaware
capes since late last month The
stories told by the shippers of the
schooners indicated that the COM
mander of the submersibe was un.
usually humane for German sub
marine officer In no instance so far
as known. was a lifeboat shelled, and
in all cases reported the crews were
given opportunity to escape or were
taken aboard the submarine, where
some of them were kept prisoner for
eight days before they were turned
adrift TO be picked up by a passing
vessel.
Out Of the flood OF reports which
swept through the maritime district of
New York. after the Associated Press
hrst flashed the news that two cruiser
submarines were operating seventy
hve miles southeast of the Highlands
of New Jersey, these facts stood out:<k
The steamship Carolina. of the New
York and Porto Rico Steamship Com
pany, has been sunk. Nothing is
known of the fate of the 22o passen-
gers and crew OF 1870 who took to the
boats when the underwater craft be-
gan shclling the liner.
The schooner Edward II. Cole, OF
Boston. has been sunk by bombs and
Captain III. j. Newco,nb. OF Boston. with
h:s crew OF ten has been landed at
New York after being rescued from the
boat in which they were given an op-
portunity to escape.
The schooners Jacob NJ. Haskell. OF
BOSTON; Isabel b. Wiley, OF Bath. Me-.
Hattie Dunn, of Thomaston, Me-, and
samuel w. Hathaway have been sunk
The crew Of the Haskell is reported to
nave heen saved. but nothing is known
OF the fate OF the three other crews
The Savannah Line steamship City
of Columbus is reported to have been
sunk. but no definite news of her fate
has been received.
Fifteen survivors OF U-boat attacks
were brought to an Atlantic port last
night on steamship which picked
them up from small boats.
FoIrrY-EIGHT MORE
SURVIVORS ARE LANDED
Forty-eight survivors OF vessels .~ink
by German U-boats. brought to port
yesterday by coastwise steamship
were landed tonight. About half OF
them had been prisoners for several
days aboard the submarines
The survivors were from the steam
ship Winnieconnie and the schooners
Hattie Dunn and Edna. Twelve moro
survivors Of the schooners Hauppaug
and Isabel 3. Wiley. who were MAX
ing for shore in a motor yawl Sunday
night. are believed TO have landed
somewhere further down the coast.
LIFEnOATS SIGHTED
FROM HYDRoPLANE
Life boats believed to be from tho
steamship Carolina were sighted bysa
naval hydroplane observer of Beaca u
Haven. ~ j.. last evening. and a.cut.
ter was sent out from the Beach Iia. s
ven lfe-saying station to help them