The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-11
SURVIVORS PICKED UP
 FOUND TO BE WOUNDED
On Account of the Censorship Con- ditions Nothing Has Been Learned Where the Attack Was Made By the Submarine - Ship Became Separated From Convoy.

An Atlantic Port, Oct. 10-The American steamship Ticonderoga, a vessel of 5,730 tons, has been torpc-- doed and sunk on her way to France. probably with a heavy loss of life. Twenty survivors of the ship, wound ed or suffering from exposure, were brought here today by a British ves- sel to which they were transferred by another vessel which picked them up.
 The seasdnder of those aboard the Ticonderoga, said to number about 250, were reported to have perished. It was said that the ships boats were shelled by the submarine, accounting for the wounding among the survi- vors. Seventeen of these were American soldiers. detained to care for horses the ship was transporting. they were transferred to the British freighter about five days ago
 Exactly when and where the Ticon- deroga was torpedoed could not be obtained on account of censorship conditions She left an Atlantic port on September 22nd as a part of a convoy Presumably she fell victim to the U-boat without other protec- ton than her own guns, as, accord ing to previous reports received by the navy department, she became separated from the rest of the ships and was not thereafter heard from.
 Tine Ticondoroga was attacked, pre- sumably on october 2nd when she fell behind her convoy of engine trouble.
 According to the story of the sur vivors, the submarine was not sighted until she had sent a torpedo crashing into the side of the ship The tor pedo did not strike vital spot, how ever. and the captain crowded on full steam in an effort to escape, at the same time ordering the gun crews in- to action against the submarine which appeared about a mile off.
 Our gun crews did not fire moro than five or six shots," one of the 6ur- viyors said, "The forward gun was shot away almost at once. The after gun and it's crew was done for almost as quickly. Then the mon went so the boats, but it was no use as t;ie flying shrannel was spraying the decks and men fell in scores, either killed or badly wounded"
 Another survivor declared that all of the Ticonderoga's eight life boats with the exception of one. was rlddled with shrapnel before they could be launched A number of men who tried to get into the eighth boat were killed by shrapnel as they clambored over the side of the vessel. he said.
 Finally" this survivor continued. "one of our men in desperation sHam close to the submarine and hailed an officer asking him in Gods name to stop firing
 "The lieutenant who answered him did so with loaded revolver. saying that if he did net swim back he would shoot him.
 When our boat had only 20 men in 1t we were ordered alongside the sub- marine and made to tie up while the smelling of the dead and dying on the sinking ship continued.
 "The leader of our boat was asked some questions which he refused to answer and suddenly the submarine 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 an0
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