The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-05
800 Passengers and Crew OF
Carolina Picked Up at Sea
BY Schooner.
BOATS WERE SHELLEO
City Of Columbus Feared to Be Sub.
marine Victim, Safe In Port-But
Few Now Missing as Result
of Enemy Raids.

An Atlantic Fort, June o-Ihree
hundred of the passengers and
crew OF the torpedoed steamship
Carolina were picked up at sea In
open boats by the Schooner Eta
a mile off Barnegat Inlet, appar-
emily awaiting order regarding the
disposition Of its shipwrecked
cargo.
An Atlantic Port, June 5.--Three i'm
portant liners are overdue in this port.
They include two big transatlantic
ships and one In the coast trade.
One carries more than 300 passengers.
On account of submarines operating
off the coast, anxiety is felt for thir
safety
Germanys submarine raid on ship
ping of the American coast has des
troyed probably IL vessels, including
two liners, and more than $50 persons
are missing, according to the best In
formation.
That the commanders of the sub
mersibles intend using frightfulness
on any Britons caught off the coast
was indicated when the under officers
of one under sea pirate boarding the
Winneconne, demanded to know il
there were any Englishmen aboard,
threatening to kill them.
Two U-Roats Active.
New York. June 5-The long expect
ed visit of German armed submarines
to American waters has resulted in
the destruction of at least 10 vessels
flying the stars and stripes, according
to reports from various ports along
the North Atlantic seaboard
The attacks we're made by two gu
per-submersibles and most OF the ves-
sells were bombed and sent to the bot
tom last Sunday, although 1t is known
that two of the craft were destroyed
prior to May 26. So far as known
there has been no loss of life.
Fate Of Passengers In Doubt.
Chief interest aside from the coast
patrol by airplanes and navy craft
to prevent possible recurrence of the
| raid, centered on the fate of the 220
| passengers and crew of the 5000 ton
steamer Carolina of the New York
and Porto Rico line.
| The liner was attacked when within
200 miles off Sandy Hook and as moth
ing has been heard since its "S. o..
S." signals were picked up its owners
assume ii is lost
! The crew and passengers. in small
boats, were reported 35 miles out to
sea. headed for the New Jersey coast
and coast guard cutters were on their
way to verify the report and pick up
the survivors, II possible.
Divers Of Large Size.
Members of the crews of the shat.
/ tered vessels on their arrival here
and at other ports, agreed generally
| that the German submersibles were
| of great size and well armed. Some
| reported that the craft were about the
same size as the U53, which conduct
ed "a raid off Newport. r. l., before
Americas entry into the war.
/ Ports along the coast are still
closed by order of Secretary of the
Navy Daniels. AS soon as the pres
ence of the raiders became known the
navy took prompt measures to endeav-
or to locate the hostile craft, while
more than 100 airplanes and dirigibles
kept up their unceasing vigil of the
sea for suspicious looking vessels
New York Not Alarmed.
News that the war had been
brought almost to the door of the city
has excited New York more than any
news happening In recent years.
There was no disposition to be
alarmed, however The police depart
ment, In conjunction with military Of
ficials, long ago made protective ar
rangements in the event of either ar
attack by submarines or airplanes.
| Vessel Safe In Port.
| Vineyard Haven, Mass, June g.
The City of Columbus of the Savannah
line, which IL was feared had beer
sunk by German submarine, is saf'
in an Atlantic port.
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