The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-13
MONTANA BOYS NOT
YET WITH SURVIVORS
Only Few More Added to
List of Saved in Wreck.
Continued From Page Onc.s

twelve others reported from hospitals
In Ireland are.
Private George r. Baker. Carter
Valley Texas: Sergeant Oliver Cote,
| weldon Station. Canada; Private FL
iner Holden. Fort Worth. Texas; Priv
ate Halle NJ. Hosclton. Coburg. Cana
da: Private Gus Johnson. Recdsport,
Ore: Private Robert Moody, Cam
bridge. Mimi: Private Joseph T.. Nc
Donald. Springfield, CAL: Private John
f. Mcdonald, Hinton. Okla: Private
Albert !. Nauman. Minneapolis. Mimi:
Private Sidney r. Hall. Gainesville,
Texas: Private George A. Stierlen.
Ferndale. Wash: Private Lester l.,
Smith, Calico. Ore; Private Ernest
Linthicum Oklahoma City. Okla;
Private John Ridge. Pleasant Hin,
Okla: Private Walter T. Larson, War.
rem. Ore; Private John Kemper, Fair
fax. Okla: Private Virgil J. Roberts.
III Reno, Okla: Private BENJAMIN
birmingham, Corpus Christi. Texas.
and First Lieutenant Clifford yelling
ton Allen. Fenton. Mich.
i Taken off at Halifax.
/ The safety OF 81 men who sailed on
the Tuscania was assured today by an
announcement from the war depart
ment Of men taken from the ship at
Halifax. because they were III. The
names of the II men, who now are re-
moved from the list of missing and re-
duces the number of unreported to 3O4
includes:
1 IT, vr.
bert Diaz. Mission. Texas: Henry r.
Forshee. Hayward. Okla: William r..
George. Waverly, Tenn; Fred ].
Groomcr. Horse Bend. Idaho; Carl V.
Jacobson. Elk City. Ore; jefferson
Davis Jones. Winfield. Texas; Jesse
Robert Kline. Deer Park. WASH: Rod
erick d. Mcdonald, Bcllingham. Wash.
, Jacob w. Martin, Fort Worth, Texas
, Stephen i. Mead. Reed. Ore; Howard
w. Mencly. SaskaWa. Okla: Herbert
/, Erwin. Grants Pass, Ore: Edward X
Parker. 4O3 w. d. street, Grants Pass
!. Ore: Theodore Pollack. Adkins. Texas:
Roy r. Powclson. Hin City. Ore.
Archie +. Roberts. Salem. Ore; George
II. Rogers, u. +. d. No. q. Dallas, Wis.
:. Elvin o. stephens. Springfield. Ore;
:. Rufus w. Taft. San Saba. Texas; Joe
Taylor. San Antonio, Texas.
e Attends Burial.
! A Scotch Seaport. Monday. Feb. II
A correspondent of tho Associate,
Press. who recalled here this morning
:, with two American officers after IL per
ilous voyage from Ireland, Is able I,
give the first account of the last mo
= ments of many Of the American vic
:, Tins who persisted as n result of tn
: Tuscana disaster and of pathetic incl
= dents attending their burial ON tn
bleak and rocky shores of this barrel
:, coast.
:, The correspondent today assisted Il
!, the burial Of 16 Americans. bringin
!. the total Of those buried thus far 1
= i45. Fourteen bodies of American
were recovered today and will be bur
led tomorrow. The bodies of eish
:. members of the crew also have bee
!, Recovered. f'a
Immediately after the torpcdoing @
:, the steamer the men were thrown int
:, the sea, by the faulty launching of life
= boats and swan about in the oil lade
waters before giving up the struggle /
1.-THE darkness. Many of the men. how
ever. were within IA few yards of tn
land after hours Of rowing. when tn
seas crushed their lifeboats against tn
= rocks. ...
n, Life Beats Break.
3 Private Wilbur Mutt. Spring Vale,
'e Ohio. was in lifeboat II. which cap
!, sized when IL struck against the rock.
u emptying 80 occupants into the swirl
'' ing sea. Hrr
y II was carried over the rocks on
y great wave" said Mutt today, IAN
wandered for six hours up and dow
. the cliff. l have just seen the name
OF all the other occupants OF the boa
among the dead" -
Mutt is i'll here.
Long Struggle in Water.
Another survivor was looking haS
gard and worn as a result of his lon
Istruggle in the water. He told nue.
the same terrible tale as his comrades
He was Boyd Il. Hancock. who says h
owes his life to Sergeant George Wolf
Hancock, who is q patient in the hospi
tai here. had been in the wafer 70
an hour or more when VolZ pulled hin
into life boat 10-A.
The only member of the crew VIII
was then in the boat was later washe
. overheard. but they safely negotiate
the rocks along the coast, reachin
shore about the middle OF the nigh
and slept on until daylight. t
/ Heroes also appeared among tn