Evening journal., 1918-06-05
f6 Dead Believed to be the
Extent of Carolina Loss

NEW YORK. June 5.-.Ohlcials Of the
4 Porto Rican Steamship Line, following
, the receipt OF telegram from Cap
tain Barbour, Of the steamer Carolinl
and information from Lewes, Del, an,
e Atlantic City, OF the landing OF othei
survivors, announced their belief tha
all OF the passengers and crew Of th,
destroyed vessel had been saved. except
27 who are still missing.
Captain Barbour reported that he had
$50 passengers and ninety-four OF the
crew aboard the fOur-masted schooner
'l)va b. Douglass: Lewes. Del, sent
word that nineteen survivors were
landed there and Atlantic City reported
that one lifebOat with thirty-hve pas
sengers and crew had reached there
and that another boat was landing with
other Carolina survivors. This late
boat Is believed to contain the remain
der OF those missing from the Carolina
Captain Barbour reported TO his
owners through navy officials who
transmitted the message. He was not
aware apparently OF the nineteen sur
yivors landed at Lewes, Del, early in
the day
The captains message definitely con-
frmed the report that the Carolina has
been sunk
81 am aboard the schooner Eva b.
Douglass or , Ia certain coast light
house) have $50 passengers and nine
ty-fOur Of crew with me. Carolina sunk
Sunday night by German submarine
Send tug Immediately to tow vessel TO
IAN Atlantic port I am proceeding
up coast. Tell tug to look out for
schooner. Some OF passengers are rest
less and poorly clothed. Everybody
saved except two boats, motor launch
and Mo- lifeboat with eighty passen-
gers separated from other boats and
have not seen or heard from them. All
saved that were with me-"
This message was received by the
New York & Porto Rico Line today
from the coast guard service. All but
one Of the nineteen survivors were pas
sengers, the message indicated.
Evidence that the German submarine
that attacked fhe New York & Porto
Rico Liner Carolina shelled her life
boats was brought here by British
steamer from West Indian ports.
The British ship reported that she
had picked up at q O'Clock Monday Off
Cape May an empty motor llfeboat be
longing 10 the Carolina damaged by
she'll FIRE
The hull OF the motorboat had been
pierced by the flre OF the U-boat's guns.
One OF only three oars found lin the
boat had been splintered in a way that
indicated the use OF a machine gun.
There was found In the boat a mans
cap and a number OF biscuit tins.
Sixteen survivors from four vessels I
that We're victims OF submarine attack
were brought here yesterday by an
American coastwise freighter from
southern waters. Navy officials took
the men in charge after they landed.
but II was reported they We're addition
al survivors from the schooners Edna.
Hattie nun, Isabel B. Wiley and Haup-
pauge.
Like some OF the other survivors OF
those vessels who arrived Monday
night. a number OF the sixteen brought
in today were held prisoner aboard a
| U-boat, possibly a different one Full
details OF their experience could not
be obtained
The men told navy officials who qucs-
/ TONED them that they were we'll treat
ed aboard the U-i5i and that her COM
mander said TO them when he took them
aboard
II am going to hold YOU on board
because | do not want to let 1t be
known that | am operating in Ameri-
can waters am not the kind OF a
German that kills men II he doesn't
have TO-"
Upon setting them adrift. they quoted
az commander as saying:
u am letting you go because II Is /