Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-13


A SCOTCH SEAPORT. Monday.
Feb. IA correspondent Of the ASso-
ciated Press who reached here this
morning with two American officers.
after a perilouS voyage from Ireland.
is able TO give the first account OF the
last moments Of many of the Ameri-
can victims who perished as = result
Of the Tuscania disaster and OF patnet-
ic incidents attending their burial on
the bleak and rocky shores of this bar
ren coast
The correspondent today assisted in
the burial Of sixteen Americans. bring.
ing the total of those buried thus far
to las. Fourteen bodies Of Americans
were recovered today and win be bur
led tomorrow. The bodies OF eight
members OF the crew also have heeb
recovered.
Villages in Mourning
Today's burial was at the waters
edge NJ the base of rocky cliffs and
was picturesque in the extreme. Al
the tiny villages for miles around
were in mourning for the Americans.
and farm and fisher folk came great
distances TO attend the ceremonies.
Twenty-Five American survivors OF the
disaster who had been left behind for
the purpose. assisted the natives in
digging the graves into which the kha-
ki clad troops tenderly placed their
dead comrades
Looking down from the top OF the
cliffs 500 feet above stood the mourn
erS. headed by British colonel and
an American private carrying an ~0ld
group OF Scotch women. who on learn
ing the Americans had no large Tag.
obtained a small silk handkerchief edi-
tion OF the flag from a sergeant and
remained up all night copying il on
large scale.
Two ciergymen came many miles
and read the Scotch and Episcopal ser
vices. after which volunteers fired
three volleys. which re-echOed against
the hillSideS While this was going on
the only photographer within twenty
miles photographed the scene.
The ceremony was much the same
as was carried out AZ the same spot on
the previous day. when thirty-four
Americans were laid AZ rest in two
other graves. So BADLY mutilated
erican army officers who were sent
here from London expressly for the
purpose. found il impossible to take
finger prints for identification pOrpoS-
eS.
Wooden crosses. with distinguishing
numbers. have been placed on each
grave. all OF which are enclosed BY
temporary fences.
Washed Ashore
The bodies OF the Americans have
come ashore thus far at eight widely
separated points along the coast. An
but fourteen. which were recovered
today have been buried at threa Of the
most central points. or where the
greatest number were recovered. For
instance. AZ one point alone the funer-
al rites were carried out over sixty
soldiers who were washed up withH a
stretch OF coast line not longer than
two city blocks.
Among the treacherouS. lOw-lyinS
rocks twenty miles farther north. the
next greatest number were found
forty-nine. Midway between these two
cred in a small cove. sixteen Of which
the correspondent helped 10 bury to-
day.
When a few bodies were found az
scattered places they were brought to
q more centralized point and buried
with many others in one or two large
trenches. A majority OF the dead were
identified through the metal discs
which the men wore. There were
about twenty instances Of men wear
ing blank tags. but in spite OF this fact
a majority Of them were identified by
a general description Of the body and