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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
3
Through a cooperative with several American papers the Roanoke Rapids Herald is served by about two hundred photographers. More than a hundred cover armies and navies of the warring nations, and select photographs will be featured weekly for Herald readers.
A wartime report describes American ambulances and signaling efforts aboard ships. A nurse recalls a chat with a patient about appetite, while a medical officer notes a bottle habit and a barter joke. The piece highlights electric welding advancing naval shipbuilding and its role against German submarines.
Lieut Francis Mitton of New York receives the French War Cross for tending wounded during a major battle. Lt Patton, also in the medical corps, removed his gas mask to aid others and later recovered from gas exposure. He served with the One Hundred Sixty Fifth Infantry of the Rainbow division.
A fatal vehicle wreck claimed eight soldiers, with most victims from the Carolinas and Tennessee. The event left several others injured, highlighting a toll among military personnel from multiple states.
A wooden coaches car derailed on a trestle near Camp Jackson as troops from the 221st Infantry entrained for Camp Sevier. Eight soldiers were killed and 26 injured. A military inquiry led by Lieut. Col. Matsundt will investigate the crash, with a list of the dead and injured detailing names, hometowns, and units.
An official statement says the attempt to block Ostend failed. A German submarine raid on the Ostend harbor was repelled. An obsolete cruiser and other ships were involved, but the harbor entrance remains clear. The latest naval action is described as unsuccessful by authorities.
Two North Carolina soldiers, Private James R. Callam of the 120th Infantry and Geraver Woodring of the 105th Ammunition Train, were reported dead Wednesday at Camp Sevier divisional HQ. Next of kin listed include Mrs. F. A. Fragle of Durham and H. B. Woolfin g of Sands.
German submarine actions from Omend harbor Belgium were seriously disrupted as the outlet channel was blocked by the old cruiser Vindictive’s hull sunk after heavy fire. In Georgia Atlant a general conference authorized a four year fund of 4 million dollars for relin tion training of American sailors and soldiers with church war work commissions to follow and a 1 million annual target.
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