Taiban Valley news., 1918-02-15

CANA was attacked by q destroyer
An American officer gave an intima
tion that the submarine was destroyed
This officer was next to last to leave
the Tuscania. He gave a vivid &C
count of the disaster. The second tor
pedo fired by the submarine missed
its mark, he said. Thereupon a de
stroyer which was near the sinking
liner dashed off toward the subma
rine, using a bomb-dropping device
The claim is made that the submarine
was done in" by the bombs thus ex
ploded.
London, Feb. S.-Sergt. E. c. Du
buque and Sergeant Muller, both OF
Brooklyn, who were on the Tuscania
were rescued from a raft by a coasting
schooner.
The sergeants say that the Tuscania
took tremendous list to starboard al.
most as soon as she was hit. Almost
all the lifeboats on that side were
either blown into the air or otherwise
rendered useless.
The soldiers were Immediately lined
up, and while standing at attention as
one man, began to sing my Country,
'Tis of Thee" and "The Star Spangled
Banner" The crew, which lined up on
the opposite side, sang God Save the
King"
An Irish Port, Feb S.-Most of the
Americans were lost through the Tus-
cania's sudden heavy list after being
torpedoed, which caused faulty launch.
ing of the lifeboats.
The German torpedo struck the Tus.
cania vital blow amidships, causing
her to list almost to starboard.
Instead of plowing forward in this
fashion, as most vessels do under the
circumstances, the Tuscania stopped
dead. A shiver ran through her, and
she heeled over at dangerous level.
The list to starboard so elevated the
lifeboats on the port eide as to render
them practically useless, and only a
few of the boats on that side we're
launched The first of these struck
the water unevenly, capsizing and
throwing the occupants into the sea-
Many donned lifebelts and jumped
overheard. Hundreds of others were
preparing to follow this example when
a British destroyer boldly drew up
right alongside the Tuscania. When
the men saw this many of them leaped
from the boat and salon decks to that
of the waiting destroyer.
The destroyer took off several hun
dred men, all she could carry, and
moved away. She had come up along
the starboard side of the Tuscania
AS she steamed away with her deck
loaded down with Americans, another
British destroyer emerged out of the
darkness on the Tuscania port, now
high out of the water.
All the time this rescue work was
cool heads were getting |
the few other lifeboats afloat. Despite
The many difficulties the crew behaved |
we'll and the GOODNESS of the American |
soldiers was the subject of commenda-
lion in affidavits by the boats officers.
Forty of the survivors were taken to
hospitals. In the majority of cases,
hey are suffering from injuries as a
'esult of accidents in the lowering OF
ifeboats or in consequence of sliding
lown ropes.
Proof of the order which prevailed
IN the Tuscania is given by the land
ng of two typhoid and two pneumonia
Eases without bad effect.
New York, Feb. S.-The Cunard
iner Aurania, 13,4OO tons, was tor
,edoed by German submarine while
'ound for the United States, it was
earned from officials of the Cunard
inc. Although badly damaged by the
explosion the ship was not sunk and
) believed to be making hSr Wpv back
o port.