Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-06-05
Isabel B. Wiley, in ballast; net

Isabel B. Wiley in ballast; net
tonnage Gil; crew 8.
Hattie Dunn, Of Rockland. Me-;
net tonnage, 1895; in ballast, bound
for Norfolk; crew of II.
IL. Pratt, steamship oil tanker;
sunk about Ave miles south OF Over
falls lightship, off the Delaware coast,
3S on board; 81 OF the crew rescued
and landed at Lewes; lost.
"The crews of the above named
vessels, except the one man lost from
the Pratt, were rescued.
ct appears that the schooner
Edna which was found bottom side
UP several days ago and towed into
Lewes, Del, was also q victim Of the
subma' inc. The crew Of the Edna
have been landed at New York. The
up the crew OF the Hattie Dunn.
Nothing further has been heard
from the Carolina, which sent out S.
o. S. calls Sunday afternoon, stating
that she was being shelled by sub
marine. The Carolina at the time
was reported In the same general Vi
cinity as that in which the schooners
were sunk the same day.
Meanwhile, departmental reports
from naval districts along the whole
Atlantic coast showed feverish activ-
ity among the patrol fleets.
One Sub. Captured.
An Atlantic Port, June Slower
ing for two days over the sea where
the American tanker William e.
Rockefeller had baen sunk by a Ger
man submarine, a flotilla of destroy
ers and two seaplanes finally sue
ceeded in capturing the U-boat, ac-
cording to naval officers, survivors of
the disaster, who landed here to-day
The sea for miles about the spot
where the fatal blow struck the
tanker was closely watched by de-
stroyers and their accompanying sea-
planes for any sign of the U-boat
speeding from The scene of its en-
counter Evidently no trace OF the
submersible was seen, for the boats
stayed in the neighborhood and wait
ed for the U-boat to make it's ap-
pearance. At last the submarine,
which had stayed below the surface
so long that It's air tanks had be-
come exhausted, rose to the surface
and was netted.
Survivors from Carolina.
Lewes, Del, June Nineteen sur
vivors, passenger and crew, Of the
summarized steamship Carolina, were
landed here to-day and brought q
narrowing tale of the sea, the news
Cof the loss Of 16 Of their number and
remarkable rescue OF girl while
they drifted helpless on the ocean
during severe thunderstorm Sunday
night. Ten boats left the Carolina
before she was sunk by the German
submarine U-37 All passed through
the same storm, and the survivors
here said they had felt sure all were
lost. They expressed great Joy when
Informed that most of the Carolina g
company had been saved.
The 10 persons landed here were
brought In by British vessel, which
picked them up more than rs miles
off the Delawafe> capes. They were
taken in charge by the naval authori-
ties and for a time no one except
these were permitted to see them.
They made full statements, however,
to naval officers. None of the survi-
vors had any knowledge that the
submarine had shelled the libefoats.
The story Of the survivors did not
become public until they were taken
to the railroad station late this after
noon and left for New York. One Of
their number, however, was detained.
He Is a German member of the crew
and will be held pending an investi-
cation.
Sixteen Lost in Storm.
One Of the survivors, speaking Of
tho storm that overlook the boats
Sunday night, said:
"She storm came; quicker than
we expected 1t. The wind blew like
gale and kicked up nasty sea. The
boats pitched and soon became sepa-
rated. We who were in motor
launch seemed to be alone In the
storm. Rougher and rougher be-
came the water and the boat rolled
and pitched Finally she capsized
and all Of the 35 in her we're thrown
into the sea. She was righted and
capsized again while we clung to her.
This occurred several times. The
storm passed and the sea began to
calm. 1t was pitch dark.
"Finally we kept the launch right
ed, but she was full OF water. we
chung to her and bailed out the wa
ter with our hands. Some could not
stand the strain, became exhausted,
let go their hold and sank. 1t was
terrible. We bailed out enough wa
ter to let one of us in. Then he BAIL
ed furiously and enough water was
scooped out to permit a second to get
Into the launch. we kept on bailing
until the launch was able to bear the
weight OF a third and a fourth.
1--WE kept. this up all night until
finally all those who still clung to
the sides OF the motor boat wore able
to get In. When the last was helped
over the side we found that there