Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-09-13

stating that IA British liner carrying
American troops was torpedoed Sep
TENDER s off the English coast. All
on board were saved.
London, Sept. 12-An American
troopship with $500 men on board has
been torpedoed. All hands were saved.
The ship was beached.
IThe United States navy depart
ment announced last night that ,ae
vessel was the White Star liner Persic
of 1908 tons.l
In order to save time, instead OF
launching the boats the men ciamDered
down ropes to destroyers which sur
rounded the stricken vessel. The troop
ship was one of large convoy APP
preaching the English coast and was
about 200 miles out. The torpedoing
took place Friday at 3 p. m.
No Sign of Panic.
There was no sign of panic on board.
Many of the troops were from Chicago
and Cleveland. None was injured.
Several soldiers told the correspond
ent that they saw the submarine forced
clear out of the water after a depth
bomb exploded. 1t then disappeared.
Ship Was Tagging Behind.
Something had gone wrong with The
troopship's engines. which compelled
her for time to lag behind the rest
of the convoy, but the trouble had been
fixed up and she was fast catching up
with the other transports when tor
pedo hit her just forward of the en-
CINE room.
The vessel at once began to sink by
the bow. Many of the soldiers at the
time were taking baths. They did not
wait to dress, but made for the deck
with what little clothing they could
hastily lay their hands on. The wa
ter was rushing in at such a rate that
1t was thought the steamer would
quickly founder.
In Rest Camp in England.
An Inland Rest Camp in England,
Sept 12-The majority of the $500
American soldiers from the troopshlp,
which was torpedoed last Friday off
the English coast, but was not sunk,
and upon which there were no casual
ties, have arrived here none the worse
for their thrilling experience.
The men are finding some consola-
ton for the loss of their vessel in
the assurance that the submarine that
attacked has suffered far worse fate
ut the hands of the avenging destroy
ers, which We're speedily on the scene
hunting the U-boat with depth charges.
To the surprise OF most of the sol
diers. the troopship did not sink Some
means apparently were found to check
the thrush of water and she got near
enough TO the shore to be beached. II
is hoped that the vessel ultimately
can be salvaged.
To aid in caring for the men here
the American Red Cross rushed large
quantities of supplies from London.
Steamship Dora Sunk.
London, Sept. 1.-THE American
steamship Dora, formerly under the
Austrian flag, was torpedoed and sunk
on September 4, Approximately 400
miles off France, as the result of an at
tack ON cargo convoy. The crew was
saved
The steamship was struck Mt eco
o'clock in the morning. A calm sVa
enabled all the crew of 50 to escape.
They were picked up by destroyers.
The submarine daringlv took up
.~sition about $50 yards from the star
board side of the convoy column and
about I'm equal distance from the near
est destroyer and fired at She Dora,
which was heading a column of three
vessels.
The lookout reported seeing peri.
scope just after the wake of the tor
pedo was discovered, but nothing more
was seen of the submarine. The tor
pedo struck Mt, throwing the cargo
of army supplies as high as the mast
tops, but only one member of the crew
was hurt.
The escorting ships Immediately
dropped numerous depth charges
where it was believed the torpedo
came from.