The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
U. 5. Transport Sunk And 1912 Of 2179
 Men Knoun SaUed

guarding of transports, there was ai- ways chance that a troop ship would stumble upon a lurking submarine and the general belief tonight was that this
 was what had happened in this case. The same regulations as to lie saVlns apparatus govern the movement of Amer ican troops on British vessel as would govern their passage on an American craft. Those regulations, which are rig idly enforced, provide for sufficient ilte- boat and iiferaft capacity for every man aboard the ship. even if one-haf or the boats are rendered useless through the listing of the ship when she is struck. The Tuscania was a British passenger and freight steamship of 14,34S tons gross register She was built at Glasgow in 1914, and was owned by the Anchor | line.
 The last report of the Tuscania was her arrival at an Atlantic port January r last.
 The Tuscania during her days as a passenger liner was one of the best equipped vessels in the transatlantic service. She made her maiden voyage in February, 1915, and for time was in the service of the British admiralty, but later was restored to her owners for regular service.
 She was 567 feet long with 66-foot beam and was equipped to carry 2oo0 passengers in cabin and steerage accom- modations The ship had twin screws and a speed of about Is knots. On sew era1 occasions since the war began she was the object Of torpedo attack, bat managed to escape through her speed, assisted by defense guns
 PLACE OF LANDING Buncranna, at which survivors from the fsrY Ia Lough Swilly on the northern coast of Ireland. 12 miles from Londonderry, Lough Swiliy is long, narrow bay rum ming in from the Atlantic ocean. Larne, where other survivors were landed from the vessel, is on the north east coast of Ireland, 23 miles from Bel fast. It is north channel port. The approximate distance by water between tie two ports is 100 miles.
 For sometime the Tuscania has been under charter to the Cunard line and she is the fifth big vessel of the Cunard company lost since the war began. Although prior to January 1 of the pres- ent year, there were more than 0,000 American troops in France, according to the statement made by Secretary of War Baker, the Tuscania was the first transport to be torpedoed on the voyage from an American port to France. Sev- eral American transports, however, have been torpedoed on the return journey, after having debarked troops. When the Tuscania was first put into service her appointments for first cabin passengers, of whom she could carry 350 were sumptuous The paneling of her main lounge room was in olive wood inlaid with a line of sycamore. The floors were of polished oak.
 A veranda, cafe and gymnasium
 smoking rooms dining saloons, and ven
 1 tilation were features of the new liner
 I The first and second class state rooms
 were situated on the bridge deck ant
 l shelter deck ainidships and were large
 lin size and well furnished
 1 Ii is probable, however. in view of thu
 Iexigencies of the situation. that s1the
 steamer has been stripped of most Of hel
 luxurious fittings in order to take as
 great number of troops as possible or
 each voyage.