Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-07
VESSEL CARRIED 2,179;;
CONVOYS RESCUE MANY
British Admiralty Figures and
Those Received at Washing
ton Differ a. 10 Number Lost
q, As,oc,stet Prcss 10 E,cr, Fvcn,ne

Rs Associstet Prrss 20 Every FvCusue
Washington, Feb. :.
Torpcdocd and Sunk by German
submarine. the unard liner TusCania.
bearing 2.I1g officers and men Of the
THIRTY second National Guard Division.
lies AZ the bottom of the North Atlantic
ocean. OF the northeast coast Of Ireland,
toda, and Al least los troopers prob
ahly more are missing
en- the basis of figures reported 10
thr War and State Departments here,
The missing would ne 2h7; the figures OF
the British ,dmirslls received here. as
they stood early today, however. placed
the missing American troopers at los.
Member, ~ tho crew missing bring the
total uuac,0untcd fof up 10 2i0
There j. every hope that the lower
number will prove 10 be correct.
British conveys nearby 10 the torpcdoed
ship closed IN quickly and did heroic
work. a. the comparatively small number
IT losses show. The position of the
Iuseanis of the Irish coast, evidently
headed for England. also was such that
J numbers of British patrol ships and other
vessels rushed 10 her side and in that
vas the losses were minimized.
such reports as we're al hand early
today gave No details of how the trans
port, supposedly heavily conveyed, fell in
9Th the submarine. but IL was regarded
A. more probable that the ship stumbled
an the suhmersible, rather Than the
disaster vas the first shot in the much
advertised German offensive against the
line of American troops and supplies.
40 rIRsI RlroRTEp LOST
ilrst news of the sinking came IN at
report 20 the War Department early last
night announcing that ! 100 survivors
had hccn landed 10 Runcrana and Larne
tWo widely separated hi ports This
WsAs made puhh about 10 clock and
until the arrival 81 the state Department
dispatch two huurs later ii was feared that
NOR than 400 including the Cunardera
crew had pcrishcd to State Depart
meni message SAID = l73 troops were
s'oard the Iuscsnla
No mention II the fate 81 the crew
.as made IN the state Department ad-
vices nor were the landing points of the
rescued American troops Indicated, but
the war Department message saving
n 100 SURVIVOR had been put ashore At
Buncrana and Larne Indicated the con
VoN vessels got alongside the sinking
transport quickly and rehef ships made
the scene - the disaster within q few
hour
Buncrana j. on Lough Swllly on the
north coast Of Donegal not far from Lon
donderry while Larnc Is a north channel
port on the east coast Of Antrim near
l.elfas, The landing points indicated
the Tuscana was taking the northern
route around Ireland - England and the
distance between Buncrana and l-arne
eads ofiiclai, to believe the number oi
rescue shlps searching the vicinity *
|arrc
erRNINo oIt- PROMPTLY NDED
SO mention of the u,0e Of the sinking
vas made n either II Ia. official messages.
bat news was received IN London at 3
= NJ YESTERDAY
The War Department today ISSUED the
following statement
British authorities have wired Instruc-
lions % their commands IN Scotland and
Ireland % silord our troops from Tuscania
rterN possible assIstanc and to furnish
then With clothing requirements Of
hcer haS' been dispatched from Liver
pool and Glasgow and London 10 points
~ ireland where SURVIVORS now are and
they vii wire names inmcdiatelv Ameri-
ezln consul a. belfaSi reports 900 survivors
- Larne A. -,pn 81 thes af, Quilted
property thcs vii l., brought to Win
chester