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

BoltaSt, ireland, wednesday, reu' w.
The liner Tuscania, torpedoed last night
as she was proceeding as one unit Of
convoy, received no warning and had no
sight OF the submarine that sank her. Just
at dusk torpedo struck her full amid
ships. Immediately afterwards another
torpedo was noticed to pass her stern. She
Immediately took big list and the men
were called to their boat stations. The list
of the vessel. however, prevented the
proper lowering of the lifeboats and many
mon jumped into the water.
Many Of the casualties occurred during
the lowering Of the lifeboats from the
upper deck.
The survivors, on landing, were received
with great hospitality by different or
ganizations which fitted them out with
clothing and supplied other comforts.
They were lodged in the largest hotels
where hot meals were Immediately pro-
vided.
Several bodies were brought ashore from
the steamer. They were those Of men who
had succumbed to their injuries or to
exposure. The bodies were deposited In
the morgue
There was no panic on board the
steamer.
London. Feb. 7.-News Of the sinking Of
the Tuscania reached the American mill
tary authorities here Wednesday morning.
Additional machinery for relief work i'm
mediately was put into action and several
score ofhcials of the American army and
navy left here during the day for Ireland.
vice-Admiral William 8. Sims. command
or Of the American destroyer squadron in
rlphn Ia u,
for a few days, was notified by telegram
| Of the disaster.
The night boat train. which goes direct
| to the port where the majority Of the sur
| vivors was landed, was crowded to over
flowing. The passengers included many
American Red Cross workers, representa-
| tives of the Y. M. G. A. and large num-
Der Of military and naval men. A CORE.
spondent Of the Associated Press, travel
| ing on this train, found every seat taken
a half hour before leaving time and a
| number of passengers standing in the
aisles for the all night trip.
New York. Feb. 7.-Both the north ant
south entrances Of the Irish sea have beer
favorite hunting grounds for German sub
marines Of the big fighting type and mine
layers.
The most formidable German submarines
Of which there 10 any definite record were
armed with the new German Is oentimstrt
go inches) gun brought out during thu
war. which Is a more powerful. longer
ranged gun than the u centimetre CUR
mounted in the main batteries Of the Ger
man light cruisers at the outbreak OF thu
war. The newest submarines carried two
Of these guns, forward and aft. A grsa
deal has been heard Of giant i've Thousand
ton ''submersible cruisers but none o.
these had been definitely identified accord
Ing to the latest information In posses
sion Of the correspondent
| The numerical production Of subma'
rines in Germany last summer ant
autumn had fallen of decidedly, due IL
part perhaps to difficulties with raw ma
terial, but chiefly to decision to sus
pend the manufacture Of small submarines
Of the canal" type. These boats. small
enough to proceed to the sea through
the canals Of Belgium. had been bull
in comparatively large numbers and ship
ped to salt water. but were found to b.
too small for effective use under pres
ent conditions in the war zone. wher
destroyers and armed patrol boats com
| pei the representatives Of ruthlessness +
operate chiefly submerged and to carr,
armament heavy enough to outrange tn
light guns on the armed merchantmen
German experts believed in fact that
serious mistake had been made in dc
signing and constructing these boati
which were credited with little effectiv
service at Constantinople whittier
squadron was shipped by railroad. o
| elsewhere.
New York. Feb. IA story Of disaste
at sea, affecting the hearts and hopes o
Americans. although they have bee
schooled to expect 1t ever since the frs
contingent Of their fighting mon LEI
an Atlantic port to become brothers Il
arms to the entente warriors who ar
entrenched against the German hordsi
fortunately has dwindled in the telling
One hundred and one lives were lost i
the torpedoing Of the British troop shi
Tuscania of the Irish coast at dus
Tuesday evening. according to the lates
report. She carried 1887 souls. includ
ing 2.179 United States army foresteri
engineers. supply train men. mtlitar
police and aero units, and the first meagr
details Wednesday night indicated tina
the death list due to the steamer
sinking might be approximately 1000.
later estimate that night. however, CAV
267 as the number Of men missing. Thi
morning the figure was reduced to q
and this in turn was lowered to II
through information obtained by cor
respondent of the Associated Press
| Ireland and confirmed nv the America