Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-08

A story o1 disaster at affecting the hearts and hopes of America. altho they have been schooled to expect 1t
 ever slnce the first contingent of their fighting men left an Atlantic port to become brothers in arms to the entente Warriors, who are entrenched against the German hordes, fortunately has
 dwindled in the telling. I01 lives were lost in the torpedoing of the British troop ship Tuscamia off the Irish coast at dusk Wednesday eve nln2, according to the latest reports. She carried 2,397 souls, including D.
 l79 United States army foresters engineers, supply train mer. military police and aero units, and the first meagre details Wednesday night i1- dicated that the death list due to the steamers sinking might be approxi- mately 1000. Thursday morning the figure was reduced to 210, and this in turn was lowered to 1O1, thru infor- nation obtained by correspondent of The Associated Press in Ireland, confirmed by the American embassy in London.
 The Tuscania, liner of 14.348 gross tons was one of strongly guarded convoy and proceeding east ward off thes north coast Of Ireland. When the disaster overlook her the shorelina was visible from the star board side, thru the dusk of the on coming night, and it was from this direction that the lurking German submarine discharged a torpedo. It found it's mark in the boilei- room of the steamer. A second tcrpero was seen to pass harmlessly eastern.
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 Apparently retribution befell the enemy underwater boat According to the testimony of an American or ficer, who was one of the last men to leave. the Tuscania, British destroy CT dashed toward the evident location of the attacker, and dropped depth bombs that resulted in the expressive phrase of the submarine hunters, in the enemy being "done in'. The ex- plosion of the torpero had immediate ly caused tremendous list, and made the launching of the lift boats and rafts extremely hazardous in the heavy sea and darkness.
 Almost all the loss of life and the sustaining of injuries occurred be- cause of this condition, as there was no panic among the Americans or the crew, and the stricken ship remained afloat for fully two hours. Many pa trol boats assisted the destroyers in the work of rescue, and the survivors were handed at various Irish and Scottish ports, where prompt medical attention was given the injured, and the others were made comfortable.
 Officials Advices Show l13 Lost
 Washington, Feb. 7.--Latest official advlces to the war department to- night accounted for all except 113 of the 2,156 American soldiers who were aboard the. British liner Tusc- ania when submarine sent her down Tuesday night, off the Irish 1! coast. This figure was not final, and high hopes that the loss of life will prove much smaller were built upon cable 1prdss dispatches saying 1O1i 1 men, most of them members of the | crew, were missing among the entire | force of soldiers, sailors mad passen- gers.
 No attempt was made tonight to 1 prepare a list of the lost or missing. | Only few names of survivors have | been received, and indications were that it would be impossible to an nounce them all before tomorrow. at l the earliest.
 The rescued were landed at wide f ly separated Irish and Scotch ports, and. while all reports teld of 'elaborte