Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-08
TuscGnid s American List Of
 Victims Reduced to Hundred
 and One; Yanks BrdUe in Crisis
North Irish Port Is Crowded
 With Survivors of Sub marine Atrocity. U. s. Sol diers Praised for Fortitude.
CRr Review I.easei WirnA


 of swiriing wreckage on the calm neck of the sea along the Irish coast marks the grave of the Tuscania. the first American troops transport sunk by a German submarine. A few bodies Of the one hundred men who perished have been washed ashore. and some of the injured now in hospitals are ex- Peeted to succumb. The survivors. numbering s.sSs. are Quartered in ho- tels. homes and hospitals along the north Irish coast.
 Two groups left today clad in mis- fit clothing for Belfast by rail. and thence by boat to England. The sur viNorS are agreed that no one saw the wake of foam as the torpedo came to- ward the vessel.
 IL was a black night and no alarm came from anyone of the fifteen look outs The torpedo struck the Tuscan ia vital blow amidships. in the boiler room. and there was a untitled crash. which told everyone what had happen ed.
 The possibility of being tOrpedoed was discussed almost daily since the vessel left the American shore. Sew eral hundred lumberjackS from the southwest and Pacific coast states were eating their evening meal at the time the disaster occurred. Hundreds of other American troops were waiting for theirs when the general alarm was sounded.
 Alarm Genuine
 False alarms had been sounded for boat drill every day of the trip but all knew that this one was genuine. Of ficers shouted instructions tO the men. Many of them were husky youths and. despite their brief military training they displayed wonderful cOOlneSS as they marched to their boat stations. There was no running about. nothing resembling a panic. In few isolated eases. there were signs of nervousness on the part of some of the youngsters as the ship took a heavy tilt Co star board. and they slid tO the railing. to which they clung for dear life. But that was all Veteran British officers in the crew. who had been torpedOed several times. marveiled at their cool ness.
 Survivors do not agree as to wheth- CT the submarine emerged after tOrpe- doing the steamer. Several of the ships officers said they saw the peri scope and coming tower once. A tiny trawler. which remained with the TuScania to the last. saw a small fire break out amidships as the ves- sers back appeared tO break in two. With hissing sound she disappeared beneath the water.
 Most O the crew who lost their lives were killed in the boiler room One of the survivors of the engine room force said the second engineer check ed the speed of the vessel after the impact by throwing the engine levers over to null"
 This probability saved many lives, a SOtherwiSe the vessel would have plOwed on smashing the iifebOat davits as happened in the case of the LUsitan- ia. One of the remarkable escapes was that of fireman who had walked to the upper deck to get 8 drink of water. He never saw his fellow lire men again.
 Trawlers Save Hundreds The first trawler load of survivors arrived in port four hours after the disaster and the last eight hours after ward. One trawler rescued the record number of S4O. and an were Americans i The feat earned the warm praise Of lut American officers and privates were rescued while swimming about in search of wreckage on which tO cling. A few of these could not swim. but they had on their life belts which they had kept close at hand throughout the voyage.
 The tOwnspeOple were very Sener- ous in extending aid and sympathy to the Americans.
 Long before any survivors were brought in. the tOwnSfOlks had thrown open their homes. The wife of the : British commodore commanding the port helped prepare a number or the homes close to the waterfront for the receptiOn of the Americans. some or whom were suffering from pneumonia. bruises. exposure and the humps. The first thing the tOwnSpeOple did ! in the morning was Co serenade the Americans with brass band and to organize a parade to the town hall where there was special display ot | American-made motion pictures.