River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-02-14


show the number of dead 70 be nearer
200 than 100. AS the list of Ameri-
cans on board the Tuscania was lost
when the vessel went down, it will
be impossible to ascertain the names
of those lost until the names of the
survivors have been cabed to the
United States.
An Irish Port, Feb. 9.-The bodies
of "A of the missing 101 victims of
the Tuscania disaster have been wash
ed up on the rocks Is miles from the
scene Of the torpedoing. All were
Americans and their bodies were mutt
lated beyond recognition. Although
all the soldier victims wore tags, no
Identification numbers had been put
on them because these Americans had
not as yet been assigned to definite
army units. Therefore there is no
way to identify them and they will be
buried in one grave,
London, Feb 9.-The British admi-
rally has informed the Associated
Press that latest figures available on
the Tuscania, torpedoed and sunk by
a German submarine, showed 2,235
persons had been saved and about
1G6 were missing, of whom 147 were
American soldiers-four officers and
143 enlisted men.
The saved, it was added included
113 American officers and ], 917 Amer
tho crew, and six passengers.
The bodies of 126 American troops
have been recovered
OF 148 survivors landed on the Scot
fish coast, 134 belonged to the United
States army, including seven officers.
Of these, one officer and % men are
remaining where they landed to at
tend to funeral arrangements for
American dead
Washington Figures Vary.
Washington, Feb. -Seventy-two
hours after the Tuscania was torpe-
doed and sunk the War department
last night still was unable to relieve
increasing anxiety of relatives of
those on board by announcing the list
of survivors.
Even an unofficial report on cir
cumstances attending the sinking
was lacking and official figures still
failed to accord with press accounts
of the number lost
The War department has had moth
ing to change the report that 210
persons were missing, 113 of them be-
ing American soldiers.
Despite realization that the loss
was remarkably small, considering the
number carried by the liner, the re-
vised report of the British admiralty
was received here with bitter disap-
pointment. Press dispatches Thurs
day night indicating that the dead all
told might not exceed 100 had led
to the hope that possibly not more
than 80 of the soldiers had persisted
Washington, Feb. g. - Carrying
2.179 American soldiers, the Cunard
liner Tuscania has been tor
pedoed off the Irish coast, but late
official reports said 207S of the Of
ficers and men had been saved, indi-
eating the loss OF 101 lives. These
reports suggested the list of rescued
might prove even larger.
The troops were composed chief
~ of attachments of Michigan and
Wisconsin National guardsmen.
The Tuscania is British vessel,
and was under convoy of British war
ships.
Greater Loss First Reported.
brief dispatch to the War depart
ment from London early in the even
ing announced the disaster and re-
ported the landing of only LOO sur
viyors and for more than two hours
it was feared that probably 1,400
men. including members of the lin
er's crew, had gone down.
When message came to the State
department from the embassy at
London later saying 1912 of the
Americans had been accounted for,
the joy of officials almost swept
away the distress occasioned by the
earlier news.
The first LOO survivors were land
ed at Larne and Buncrana, two wide
~ separated Irish ports, and this,
coupled with the evident fact that
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