The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-06-05
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CAROLINA NOW
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the lives Of women and children
aboard the vessel ~.
Arrival Of $50 survivors here today,
1856 Of whom were passengers and ~
members Of the. crew, apparently 1eav-
q 20 pers6i ITO be accounted for.
This calculation by officials OF the
News XorxlPorto, Rico steamship com
peny, owners Of the Carolina, Is based
q On iadViees that Is are known to have
seen lost from q lifeboat which reacn>
cd. ,Lewes, Delaware, yesterday with
Only 10. Of its original burden Of -
porsons; and that % were landed
Yesterday at-Atlantic City. h.
The arrivals here today and at Al
lantic City and Lewes yesterday to-
Ratker with the sixteen dead accounts
}or 313 persons. The officials of the
Carolina who reached here today said
the vessel carried SAP passengers ana
crew. . -,
checking up the names of the passen,
gers who arrived here today on a
schooner and they who reached Lewes,
Del, and Atlantic City, N. J., yester.
day, with list Of passengers furnish.
ed by Captain Barbour, commander OF
the vessels. The names Of the miss.
ing, it was said, would be gwen out
later.
Names Of the crew are also being
checked up.
All but ten Of the 34S passengers
aboard the New York and Porto Rico
liner Carolina, sunk by q submarine,
have been accounted for, officers OF
the line announced this forenoon.
Passengers were unable to under
stand why the commander OF the Y.
hoat chose to let go unfnOlested ten
newly commissioned lieutenants from
the second United States army Off
GERS training camp, at San Juan. 1t
was manifestly impossible for these
men to escape the notice OF the nun
captain, 1t was said, but he evidenced
no more interest in them. seemingly,
than in any others aboard.
Storm at Raid.
Eve sighted submarine" Captain
Hanson said, "ab0ut six p. m. Sunday
at first I thought it was an American
or a British war vessel 1t looked SO
biz being 200 feet long. I went below
to get my glass and by the time !
reached the deck again, the submarine
was about fifty yards away.
"She hoisted the signal flags NJ .
NJ which meant stop at the same time
showed q German flag, and the off,
Ger on her deck sang ouN ease ship.
Iknev then for sure he was German
for an American or Britisher would
have said 'heave to-.
:'The commander, accompanied Dy
his lieutenant came on board >my
vessel and brought With him six greasy
sailors armed with revolvers and bay.
onets. l was told that was to be
sunk, and to get my men into the
boats. The German spoke good Eng
lish, and he said not to hurry as there
was plenty of time saying you fel-
lows first, US afterward'.
1.-THE captain wanted al my papers,
but I told him l needed the ships
articles as that was all l had with
which to reckon the time and pay due
me and my crew. I had an extra
crew list however and when produced
that he let me keep the ships articles
lie took with him all other papers.
!..sWhile waiting for my crew to get
their clothing together the submarine
CAPTAIN said that the day before (Sat-
urday) he had sunk three schooners
and three steamers, one Of which he
said was q large passenger ship, but
rs did not tell me their names. Mel