Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-08
SUBMARINE is B0 N 3 { {
Uncle Sans Soldiers Act Cool
and Orderly as Big Ship
Sinks Into Sea.
TOLL OF LIFE CUT TO l0l
Brilliant Work of English Con-
Yuys Take Men Off in
Splendid Style.

LoNboNnEURY. Ireland Feb =.
ne submarine which torpeducd the
iuA'Hhih was attacked by II destroy E.
An American officer gave nm intim,
u"h that the submarine was de,
slroycd
Ths officer was next to last 20
l'HNe The Tuscanin lie gave the As
ho'iaied Press vivid account OF the
dnnAtcr
The second torpedo fired by I'M
submarine missed its mark. he said
Ihoreupon "A destroyer which wal
near the sinking liner dashed OF To-.
ward the submarine, uSiag "A bomt
dropping device. The claim ls made
th'I tho submarine was done In" by
the bombs thus exploded
The American officer said,
Ga One of Powerful Convoy.
Everything went well with ua dur
lne the voyage Many OF our men
had never been To sea before ana
must say they stood Il like soldiers
We were one of n powerful con.
VOy.
II must not tell you our position In
the convoy or how the various ships
were Nimed but you may take ID that
an the other boats have got thru Az
ihr as I know As for Ourselves. we'll
The Huns succeeded in getting only
traction of our fine fellows In add.
ton to our boat, but II they have,
'hey have put the iron into our souls
ana we Will he ready TO repay them
When the chance offers.
The first intlmation We had OF pos.
aible danger was an order for all men
to 30 on deck with life belts II was
about a'sO o'clock AZ the same time
Ia Ln rptx .ls
o'clock, Just as the darkness WAS set.
ting well In. We got the blow. Nobody
saw the periscupe nor could ono have
been seen we'll
Some soldiers describe having
heard a hiasing sound Immediately be-
fore the torpedo struck
Instantly Disabled.
We were instantly disabled All tho
lights wfnt out An order rang out
sending The troops t0 their boat sta
lions and To get the life boats out
The shock was not severe. II was more
of crunching In feeling that went thru
the ship than OF n direct blow There
was good deal OF confusion.
You cannot lower q score OF life boats
from the height of an upper deck In
the darkness without some confusion,
but at no time was there a panic.
There was great excitement, how
ever but II lasted only few minutes
Then all the men pulled themselves
together MegRphone calls were given
all over the ship saying there was no
danger, that the vessel would not sink
before all we're taken off In the
meantime 4 o, =. signals were sent
out
Even before some OF US had
grnspeh the situation British destroy
ers were dhshing up alongside. Such
soldiers aa had been lowered In life
A few men who Jumped overheard in
the first excitement were picked up
believe one or two life boats were
smashed In launching
Trust John Bull
SThe dcatSoyerR took off uur men In
splendid style with perfect order An
this time the Tuscanla was slowly
sinking For minute | did not know
whether 10 go into a life boat or to
stick by the ship
"Onc, of the members OF the crew
urged that we stay on board and trust
John Hulls deHtrQyers He yelled this
In my ear took his advice and
waited for my turn 90 come 10 go on
board a destroyer
"No sooner had we cast or with 500
men on board than o torpcdo was
fired at us II missed Another de-
stroyer dashed or operating bomb
dropping device and the claim was
3fterwnrd made that the submarine
had been done la "