Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-02-14

in London. The rescued, there
fore. number e.2se Among the American
survivors are 76 officers.
The Tuscania, q liner Of 1l,sS gross
tons. was one Of q strongly guarded con-
voy and proceeding eastward OF the north
coast OF Ireland when disaster over
took her. The shore line was visible
from the starboard side through the dusk
Of oncoming night, and It was from this
direction that the lurking German SUBJ
marine discharged q torpedo that found
its mark in the boiler room Of the steamer.
A second torpedo was seen to pass HARM
lessly astern.
Apparently retribution at once befsll
the enemy underwater boat. According
to the testimony Of an American officer.
who was one Of the last men to leave
the Tuscania, British destroyer dashed
toward the evident location Of the
attacker and dropped depth bombs that
resulted. In the expressive phrase Of the
submarine hunters, in the enemy being
done i'm
The explosion Of the torpedo had inime-
diately caused tremendous list and made
the launching Of life boats and RATS
extremely hazardous in the heavy sea
and the darkness. Almost all the loss
Of life and the sustaining of injuries
occurred because Of this condition as there
was no panic among the Americans or
the crew, and the stricken liner remained
afloat for fully two hours. Many patrol
boats assisted the destroyers in the work
Of rescue and the survivors were landed
at various Irish and Scotch ports, where
prompt medical attention was given the
injured and the others were made COM
Portable.
Washington. Feb. --latest official ad-
vices to the war department tonight
accounted for all except 113 Of the 2.156
American soldiers who were on board
the British liner Tuscania when a sub
marine sent her down Tuesday night off
the Irish coast.
This figure was not Anal and high hopes
that the loss Of life would prove much
smaller were built upon cabled press
dispatches saying just 1Ol men. most Of
them members Of the crew, were missing
among the entire force Of soldiers, sailors
and passengers.
RELIEF WAS IMMEDIATE
The Tuscania was q part Of q large
convoy and Immediately the relief was
at hand.
There had been no mention in official
messages Tonight Of q report that q
conveying destroyer sighted and pur-
sued the submarine that made the at
British. ana nriti.h adnirsItv ranorts
on the incident will he await.d with
keen interest.
On board the liner were engineers.
military police and replacement de-.
tachments composed Of FORMER Mich.
iRan and Wisconsin, national guards.
men and three aero suuadrons. one Of
which was recruited almost entirely in
and around New York CITY. Members
Of the other two suuadrons came from
nearly every section of the country.
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THE sinking OF the Tuscania." said
Secretary Baker to-day, leaves us face to
face with losses Of the war in it's most re-
lentless form. It is the first challenge to
the civilised world by an adversary who
has refined but made more deadly the
stealth of the savage in warfare.
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win th,s war. LOSSES Ike this unita Tho
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