The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-15
TAssociated Press Dispatch.l

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.
London, February 7.-ApproXimate
figures of those saved on the Tus-
cania are 2,O11 of the 2,179 American
soldiers on board. The total loss of
life given by the admiralty is 210.
Washington, February There are
indications that 1913 American officers
and men ere missing from the Tus
cania The British figures estimate
the American loss at nearly 100 under
the Washington estimates of last
night
Additional dispatches say six hun
dred survivors are at Larne, Ireland,
and twenty seven at Islay, Scotland.
The British authorities are doing ev-
erything to make the survivors COM
Portable and sent supplies to points
where they landed.
Loss Placed at 101 Now.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch
London, February lie o Sl-The
Tuscania loss of life is placed at only
101, according to an Associated Press
correspondent in Ireland, and this is
confirmed by the American embassy.
The majority were members of the
Icrew. Three men died from exposure
lin one of the boats. The survivors
condition was pitiable Many had cast
aside all clothing and had been SWIM
ming two hours when rescued.
Women Are Highly Praised.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l
Londonerry, Ireland, February T.
Proof of the order which prevailed on
the Tuscania is given in the landing
without injury of two typhoid and two
pneumonia cases. Forty survivors
were taken to the hospitals, mostly
suffering from injuries as the result
of accidents in lowering boats, or
sliding down the ropes. The surviv-
ors are proud of the behavior of the
only two women on board They went
laughing.
Rush British Hospital Ships.
UNITED Press DispatcnI
Washington, February six hum
dred survivors of the transport Tus-
cania have been landed at Larne, Ire
land, according to dispatches received
by the war department today The
names of twenty-five survivors that
were landed at Islay have been for
warded to this department. Those 600
are believed to be included in the
| LOO survivors that were reported
last night to have been landed at
Buncarnie and Larne.
British hospital ships have been
rushed to the waters were the Tus-
cania was last reported. The sea is
being secured in that vicinity to pick
up survivors.
Tuscania FIoated Some Time.
Wireless announcements were re-
ceived at London last night that the
Tuscania was still afoat 1t is re-
ported to have been conveyed by de-
stroyers. Whether these were Amer
lean or British destroyers is not yet
known.
The Tuscania had on board 2,17s
American soldiers 1t is now estimat-
| ed that 260 of these have been lost
| This news, coming from 5000 miles
away, is the very first of the kind
bringing information of a successful
blow, struck by the power of the kali
ser against the transport service that
conveys American troops to Europe.
| The troops on board that vessel
| include the headquarters companies
d, E and F, of the twentieth engi-
| neers; the 10th military police; the
10th supply train men; the 138th and
213th air squadrons, and fffty-one un-
assigned men, of whom thirty-tw(
were members of the Wisconsin ma
tional guard, and the rest were of the
regular army.
| Was Torpedoed Tuesday Night.
ASSOCIATED Press Eispatch.l
Washington, February IA London
dispatch says that the Tuscania wa.
| torpedoed Tuesday night.
A revised list of the American unit:
| follows:
| Headquarters company and Com
panies d, E and F of the Twentieth
Engineers, Forestry regiment not at
tached to the Thirty Second Division
i, regiment especially organized TO
! work in France and included, it |!
!, thought, some men fsom Minnesota
/; The 10th Engines train, compos
ed of the First battalion of Michigan
Engine ers and First battalion of Wis
'consin Engineers. This unit is dis
tinct from the 10th Engineer regi
ment
i The 1G7th military police, made Vi
the Fourth and Sixth Wisconsin in
fantry.
The 107th supply train made III
from the Fourth. Fifth and Sixth Wis
consin infantry.
No. 100 Aero Squadron. 158th Aer'
Squadron. 21s Aero Squadron.