Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-11
AMERICANS LOST
WHEN HUNS SINK
THE T|CONDER0GA
Only Twenty of the 25O
Men on Board Are
Rescued.
ALL LIFEBOATS RlDDLED
TO PREVENT ANY ESCAPING
Lieutenant With GUN Threatens
to Kill Sailor Pleading
for Mercy.
JAPANESE SHIP ALSO SUNK
believed 800 Dead When Hirano
Maru Goes to Bottom-British
Mail Ship Wrecked.
JAPANESE SHIP ALSO SUNK

Maru Goes to Bottom-British
Mail Ship Wrecked.
WASHINGTON, October lO-The
american steamship Ticonderoga, the
'apancsc steamer Hirano Maru and the
British mall boat Leinster were report
ca tonight as the latest victims OF the
berman C-boat. In the sinking OF the
i'conderosa. many Americans lost
,heir lives, according to the mcagcr in
formation received tonight
Ine Iicondcrosa was vessel OF 81
'io tons capacity. and was torpedocd
ana sunk while on her way to France
i"enty survivors Of the ship. wounded
or suffering from exposure. were land
90 al an Atlantic port tonight by
british vessel, having been transferred
ny another vessel which picked them
up.
There were $50 men aboard the ri.
conderosa. and all but the twenty who
arrived here arc believed to have per-
'shed. The survivors got away in the
oniy boat which was not demolished
by the she'll fire from the submarine.
they, said. Seventeen OF the men who
Ieached port were members Of de-
iachtnent Of soldiers detailed TO care
LOT horses which were being trans
The Ticondcrosa was attacked pre-
Surnahly on October .. when She fcll
hehind her convoy because OF engine
.ccordinS 10 the story OF the survi-
'oIs, the submarine was no, sighted
nnti! she had sent a torpedo crashing
INTO the Side OF the ship. The torpedo
old not strike vital spot, however,
and the captain crowded on fun steam
IN an enort to escape, at The same time
H. -.
asainst the. submarine, which appeared
about 4 mile on
Our gun crews did not nre more
,,vors said. "The forward gun was
shot away almost at once. The after
gun and It's crew was done for almost
boats but II was no use. as the flying
shrapnel was spraying the decks. and
men fell in scores, either killed or bad
TO PREVENT ESCAPE
Another survivor declared that all OF
ihe Ticonderoga's eight lifeboats, with
The exception OF one. were riddled with
4 number OF men who tried 10 set into
the eighth boat were killed by shrap
mel as they clambered over the side of
Finally" this survivor continued
ono OF our men. in desperation: swan
close 10 the submarine an6 hailed an
The lieutenant who answered him
did SO with loaded revolver. saying
that II he did not swim back he would
when our boat had only twenty
men in II. we were ordered alongside
while the Smelling OF the dead ana
dying on the sinking ship continued. :,
"Thc leader OF our boat was asked
some questions which he refused TO
submerged, and only the parting OF the
rope with which we were tied pre-
vented our going down with it,
One OF the survivors said the sub,
marine was of the cruiser type, and
had the largest guns he ever had l,n seen
of}ieers. oS e % he said, said whose room was
pierced by she'll from the submarine
declared that the shell was an eight
inch guns have been reported on sub
marines.
The survivors, who were rs.as adrift IT, for OF
,n. said that raft with five. wounded
men on 1t had put Off from the Ticon,
deroga. and that they had attem@ptea @
away during the night and had dis
appeared.
Rr,L1EyED 500 LOST WHEN
HIRANO MARU is SUNK
Reports were also received tonight
that the Japanese steamship Hirano
torpedoed and sunk. 1t is feared that
200 lives were lost.
The Hirano Maru was outward bound
for Japan and carried about 200 pas.
senCers The vessel was torpcdoed and
sunk by German submarine early on
Friday morning whch ABOUT -Vo hlies
south Of Ireland.
The few survivors who were picked
IN by the American torpedo-boat de-
s,rover Stcrrctt have been brought
ioIGaed 10 land. Thcy declare that the torpedo
struck the steamer in the forward en-
Nothing remained for those on board,
10 plunge into the ocean. large
nnnibcr however. went down with the
II .Gip. The vessel disappeared com
,,Ia,ely within seven minutes after be-
The scene was indescribable. The
weather was bad and rather hazy: The
,rirs OF the drowning were heartrend-
ing. Everybody had been supplied
With life belts, hut only the strongest
rcre able 10 stand the buheting waves
nd exposure.
COMMANDER OF STERRETT
HEARD THE EXPLOSION
rrovidentially the commander Of the
american destroyer StArrett heard the
explosion and steered his vessel for the
found the ship had sappeered, and he
saw mass of people struggling in the
water.
80 the destroyer in the bad weather
st.amed about, picking up those who
were still alive. The American war.
ship rescued thirty persons. one OF
whom died while being brought ashore.
work OF mercy and picking UP the men
and women STRUGGLING In the water.
The German submarine fired two tor
nodoes at the SWarship. Both missiles
bapnily missed their mark. After
making thorough search for surviv-
nrssthe Sterre:t headed for the subma,
Fine. firing several shots and dropping
dcpth charges, A i.
Among the survivors were these pas,
Isenzers In the first cabin: s.s 4ti
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