The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
l66 PERSONS MISSING
1z7 OF Missing From Tuscania
Are Americans.
2,235 PERSONS WERE SAVED
Raider Apparently Was Sunk
No Surprise Over Incident.

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on the loss of life in the torpedoing
Of the troop ship Tuscania, changed
the figures given in the summary of
the 9th, printed below. It was then
indicated that 166 persons were miss
ing, of whom lat were Americans. In
that estimate it was stated that 2,235
persons had been saved, among these
being 113 officers and 1917 Of the
American foresters, engineers, supply
train men, military police and aero
units, total of 5000. AS the ships
company had included Pitt Ameri-
cans, only 10 Musings remained to be
apportioned among the 218 members
OF the British crew and passengers.
According to the British admiralty
figures, the total number of persons
on the Tuscania was 2.4O1.
Press Summary, Feb. 9Th,
A story of disaster at sea, affect
ing the hearts and hopes of Ameri-
cans, although they have been school
ed to expect it ever since the first
contingent of their fighting men left
an Atlantic port to become brothers.
in-arms to the Entente warriors who
ere entrenched against the German
hordes, fortunately has dwindled in
the telling. One hundred and one
lives were lost in the torpedoing Of
the British troopship Tuscania off the
Irish coast at dusk Tuesday evening,
according to the latest report.
She carried 1897 souls, including e.
179 United States army foresters, en-
glneers, supply train men, military po-
lice and aero units and the first mea-
gre details Wednesday night indi-
Gated that the death list due to the
steamers sinking might be approx
mately 1000. A later estimates that
night, however, gave 267 as the num-
Der of men missing.
Thursday morning the figures wa:
reduced to 210 and this in turn wa!
lowered to 101 through information
obtained by correspondent Of tn,
Associated Press in Ireland, confirmed
by the American embassy in London
The rescued, therefore, number 1926
| Among the American survivors are Z,
officers.
Land Was in Sight.
TIL Tuscania, a liner of IA ,348 gros
tons, was one Of strongly guarde
convoy and proceeding eastward Of
the north coast of Ireland when dis
aster overlook her. The shore line wa
through the dusk Of the oncomin
night and it was from this directio
that the lurking German submarin
discharged a torpedo that found il
mark in the boiler room Of the steam
err. A second torpedo was seen
pass harmlessly astern.
Raider Apparently Sunk.
II Apparently retribution at once b.
fell the enemy underwater boat. 4
cording to the testimony of an Anne
lean officer who was one of the la
men to leave the Tuscania, BIRTHS
destroyer dashed toward the evidel
location Of the attacker and droppe
= depth bombs that resulted, in the E.
pressive phrase of the submari1
> hunters, in the enemy being "done in
| Remained Afloat Two Hours.
The explosion of the torpedo had in
nediately caused tremendous Ii
and made the launching of lifeboa
and RATS extremely in the heavy Sc
and the darkness. Almost all the 10:
of life and the sustaining of injurit
/ occurred because of this condition ;
there was no panic among the Amer
cans or the crew and the stricke
liner remained afloat for fully tv
hours. Many patrol boats assisted Il
destroyers in the work Of rescue al
the survivors were landed at warrior
Irish and Scotch ports where prom
medical attention was given the i
iured and the others were made cor
Portable.