Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-02-14

ed whether any American destroyers
were concerned in the conveying of
the Tuscania.
WOMEN LAUGH AS
THEY SLIDE DOWN ROPES
Three from the Tuscania died from
exposure in one boat. Proof Of the
order which prevailed on the Tuscania
is given by the landing of two typhoid
and one pneumonia case without bad
effects. Forty of the survivors were
taken to hospitals. In the majority of
cases they are suffering from injury
as result of an accident in the lower
ing Of lifeboats, or in consequence of
sliding down ropes. The survivors are
proud Of the behavior of the only two
women on the Tuscania. They went
down rope in fine style laughing.
SHIP WAS SUNK
ABOUT O'CLOCK p. M.
At an early hour Thursday morning
500 survivors, including troops and
members of the crew of the torpedoed
troop ship Tuscania were landed in
Ireland. Survivors have been landed
at several Irish and Scottish ports, so
it is difficult to estimate the exact
number of casualties, but it is believed
i they will total less than 200 a large
part of this number being members of
the vessels crew.
The Tuscania was part of a we'll
guarded convoy and was in sight Of
, the Irish coast, when just as darkness
dropped on Tuesday evening and with
out sign of a submarine of any sort,
a torpedo struck the line full admid-
ship. The track of another torpedo
was Immediately afterwards noticed
aStern.
TWO TELL HOW THEY
WERE SAVED BY RAFT
Sergeant E. C. Dubuque and Ser
geant Mueller, both of Brooklyn, were
rescued from a raft by a coasting
schooner.
I Sergeant Dubuque said the boat to
which he had been assigned was shat
tered by the explosion. He clambered
over to the port side the best way he
could and was placed in. a boat with
ten or twelve other men.
When they had been lowered about
half way down the ropes became dis
arranged. They were all thrown into
the water There was a rather heavy
sea, but the sergeant was able to swim
to the stern Of the liner and climbed
on a raft There he found Sergeant
Mueller
Sergeant Dubuque said he saw many
men IN the sea. COllapSible RATS
were thrown overheard to enable those
who were struggling in the water to
save themselves. Some of these RATS
struck loaded boats. The sergeant
said he believed a number of them
must have been killed in this way.
FORTY-FOUR BODIES ARE
WASHED ONTO IRISH SHORE
The bodies of forty-four of the miss
ing 101 victims Of the Tuscania disas-
ter were Thursday washed up on rocks
fifteen miles from the scene of the
torpedoing. All were Americans and
their bodies were mutilated beyond
recognition.
A pathetic feature is that, although
all the victims wore tags, no identifica-
ton numbers had been put on them
because these Americans had not as
yet been assigned to definite army
units.
Therefore there is no way to iden-
tify them and they will be buried in
one grave.
NO PANIC AMONG THE
AMERICAN FORCES
American officers among the Tus-
cania survivors landed at Glasgow on
Thursday declared there was no panic
aboard the torpedoed transport.
Even before those aboard the Tus-
cania realized the situation, British
destroyer was alongside.
The rescue work was handled in
splendid style, the officers said, and
perfect order was maintained.
I. '"The Tuscania floated three hours,
but her steering gear fouled and she
smashed some lifeboats," declared a
young Ohio engineer officer who was
among the survivors.
Several Of the occupants were
thrown into the rough freezing water
j "In the dark it was difficult to To-
cate the Iifeboats and almost impossi
BILE to find any swimmers.
/ MANY were lost by jumping into
the sea with lifebelts where they were
floated out of the range of the rescue
craft.
i zone bunch of soldiers in lifeboat
began singing, oh, They'e Got to Cut
That Out
81 was in a leaking collapsible life
boat with thirty others. We sat fol
five hours waist deep in the water
that had washed over the gunwales ot
our boat.
!, "Our only light was a pocket fasf
lamp. BY signalling with it, we man
aged to attract attention and finally
| were nicked M