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Sinking of the Carolina by a German U boat
Survivors recount a dramatic encounter with a German submarine off the American coast. The Carolina was shelled after passengers and crew evacuated in lifeboats. The submarine, firing at the waterline and sides, sank the ship within about twenty minutes as lifeboats remained adrift in a squall. Passengers and crew endured a harrowing night at sea before being rescued by the Eva B. Douglas and later landed in New York with Red Cross aid and relief services assisting.
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Carolina
Jesse
B. W. Voge
Paterson
Sparks
Voge
Vogel
H. W. Werner
Isabell B Wiley
Isabel B. Wiley
Barbour
Cape May
Ehetter
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
I Uust
Colock
Justarolina
Sition
New York
Sandy Hook
Eva B. Douglas
Barber
Barnegat Light
New York Harbor
Spellman
United States Allen
Porto Rico
Red Cross
Third District
Usher’sa
Revoklyon
The
National League For Women's Service
Lewes
Del
Atlantic City
N. J
Robert F. Lebkicker
Philadelphia Inquirer
G. Lauro
Halsey Street
Brooklyn
United States Army
San Juan
P. R
J. P. O’toole
Clinton
Mass
F. D. Carpenter
Maplewood
R. J. Boyd
Syracuse
N. Y
G. Goldsmith
Pittsburgh
Bernar O. Weitz
New York City
M. Ortiz
G. Nadal
Leslie W. Arthur
Beaton
William Redding
Meshanticut
R. I
William M. Sides
Philadelphia
Robert K. Wright
Germantown
Penn
D. C. Crowell
United States Navy
Riverside Drive
West 41St Street
National Army
Arthur
Atlantic
Newport News
South America
Barnegat
Douglas
Motor Corps
Women's League For National Service
Litchfield
Red Crosa
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
M. Seckendorf
T. A. Mertz
Samuel Johnson
Woodhaven
L. I
Charlotte Perkina
Boston
Gertrude Lucian
Caroline E. Higne
Cambridge
Felix Apdeville
Baton Rouge