New Britain herald., 1918-02-07
|CONVOYS AND RELIEF SHIPS| PREVENT MID-OCEAN HORROR
Loss of Life Might Have Been Heavier But for Quick Action of Accom- panying Warships.

Washington, Feb. 7-With 2,179 American troops aboard the Cunard liner Tuscania, conveyed by British warships has been torpedoed and sunk off the north coast of Ireland
 Nineteen hundred and twelve of1i- cers and men, according to the state department dispatches from London, have been landed. and officials today, anxiously awaiting further details of the first disaster to American soldiers enroute to France, believe that most 1 of the 267 missing have been saved First news of the sinking came in a report to the war department early last night announcing that HOO sur- vivors had been landed at Buncran2. and Larne, two widely separated Irish ports. This was made public about 10 o'clock and until the arrival of the state department dispatch two hours later it was feared that more than 1,400, including the Cunarder's crew lad perished, The state department message said 2179 troops were aboard the Tuscania. ! No mention of the fate of the crew was made in the state department ad- vices nor was the landing points of the rescued troops indicated, but the
 
 '1,1O0 survivors, had been put ashore at Buncrana and Larne indi- cated the convoy vessels got along side the sinking transport quickly arxsys relief ships made the scene of the dis aster within a few hours
 Buncrana lis on Loueh SwilIy. on the north coast of Donegal, not far from Londonderry, while I.arnc is a North Channel port on the east coast of Antrim, near Belfast. The land ing points indicate the Tuscania Was taking the northern route around Ireland to England and tho distance between Buncrapa and I4arne leads officials to believe the number of rescue ships searching the vicinity is large.
 No mention of the time of the sinking was made in either of the messages. but news was received in London at p. m. yesterday. A coded list of survivors was coming into the war department expected today as soon as it is de- coded.
 Mid-Westcin Troops Aboard. The troops aboard the Tuscania were mainly former Michigan and Wisconsin National Guardsmen now attached to the Thirty second di- vision trained at Camp McArthur, Texas. Several aero squadrons and several companies of the Twentieth Engineers a Forestry regiment, were aboard. The list of units as made public by the adjutant generals of fec last night is as fellows: 107th engineer train. 1Q7th military police. forth supply train. Number 100 aero squadron. 158th aero squadron. 2l3th aero squadron. Replacement attachments numbers 1 and } of the 32nd division. Fifty-onc casual officers. At first there was some confusion at the va" department as 10 whether the goth engineers or the 107th en- 2ineerS Wcr aboard.
 It finally was established that the i 707th engineer regiment was not on i board. CThis is a separate organiza- ton from the forth engineer train which was on board.)
 A Headquarters company and com- panies D. E and F of the goth en- gineers were on board. These units ; comprise the 9th battalion of the goth, which is a forestry rcgiment not attached to the 32nd division. It is one of the forestry regiments | specially organized for work in 1 France
 l The forth engineers was composed C1 the first battalion Of Michigan en- gineers, the 10Sth military police was made up from the fourth and sixth Wisconsin infantry and the l07th supply train from the fourth, fifth and sixth Wisconsin infantry { The goth engineers, forestry regi- ment. and the aero squadrons prob ably were recruited from Naious sec