The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-08
FIFTY u. s. men
STILL MISSING
FROM TUSCAN|A
Fifty-0ne Others Believed to
Have Perished on Transport
a. Bodies Recovered.
U.BOAT IS REPORTED sunk
British Destroyer Believed to Have
Sent Raider to the Bottom With
Depth Bomb-Eighty-On Ameri-
cans in Hospitals.

cans in Hospitals.
London. Feb. S.-The total lost on
the Tuscania is 1O1. The saved in
clude 2,106 troops and 1870 of the crew.
Eighty-one American soldiers are in
hospitals.
Of the missing so are soldiers and
81 members of the crew.
The bodies of Al were washed up
during the day on the rocks 15 miles
from the scene Of the torpedoing.
All were Americans. Their bodies
were mutilated beyond recognition.
Although all the soldiers wore tags
no Identification numbers had been put
on them They had not been assigned
to army units. There is no way to
identify them and they will be buried
in one grave.
Three of the men who were landed
have died from exposure. 1t is not
known whether they were Americans.
Total Loss Is 101.
Washington, Feb. S.-Latest figures
from an authoritative source place the
total lost when the troopship Tuscania
was torpedoed off the Irish coast Tues
day night at six o'clock as 1O1.
This figure, given by correspondents
in Ireland, has been confirmed by the
American embassy in London. Among
the survivors are rs officers.
Disaster in Figures.
Total number aboard. .2,397
Troops saved z, LOG
Grew saved $50
Total lost loI
The troops aboard numbered 2,179
and the crew 21S.
How many of the missing were men,
bers of the Michigan-Wisconsin Ma
tional Guard division units it is i'm
possible to state, for no list of casual
ties has been received by the war de-
partment and only a meager list Of
survivors.
The rapidly dwindling estimate of
casualties from the 1,079 originally re-
ported missing brought relief to the
anxiety of officials.
Relief Sent Survivors.
w lille aTIIy anu ulOSL udN dI OulCCIS
are of the opinion British destroyers
alone were conveying the transport,
Secretary Daniels was inclined to the
belief American vessels also were in
convoy, although he said none had left
this side with the ship.
The official report to the war de-
partment giving the first List of sur
vivors started the British authorities
had telegraphed their commands in
Scotland and Ireland to afford every
possible assistance and to supply sur
vivors with fresh clothing and other
comforts.
Report Raider Sunk.
Unofficial reports show that a de-
stroyer, presumably British, gave
chase to the submarine which sank
the Tuscania and possibly sank the
raider with depth bomb.
No details of the attack had come
from official sources. They are await
ed eagerly.
Sorrow over the first loss of trans
port laden with American troops is
tempered by the growing total of sur
vivors, and the dominant emotion
among army and navy men now is the
desire to strike back.
Overcoming the Foe.
Navy officials see no reason to
change their opinion that the subma
rine menace is being overcome. The
Tuscania incident is regarded as an
Isolated case. which may serve to de-
velop additional methods for repelling
the undersea craft and improving the
convoy system.
No detail of the action will be
passed over when full reports from the
British admiralty are available.
Many devices enter into the battle
against the U-boats, some of which
have been evolved by American invent
Ors. Others have been greatly i'm
proved since the United States entered
the war and the detection apparatus
now installed on American craft is so
successful that British craft are being
similarly equipped.
Blast Skaters Boat.
London, Feb. 8.-Sergeant e. G. Du-
buque and Sergeant Muller, both of
Brooklyn, were rescued from a raft by
a coasting schooner.
Sergeant Dubuque said the boat to
which he had been assigned was shat
tered by the explosion. He clambered
over the port side the best way he
could and was placed in a boat with
ten or twelve other men.
When they had been lowered about
halfway down the ropes became dis
arranged. They were all thrown into
the water. There was a. rather heavy