Tuscania Sunk by U Boat. Two Boston Men Missing
In Londonderry Ireland on February 7 a destroyer attacked the submarine that torpedoed the Tuscania. An American officer who helped evacuate the ship reported the submarine’s destruction. The fate of two Boston soldiers aboard the Tuscania Thomas Carey 23 and John Connell 24 is unknown. Carey of Charlestown married recently and worked for Hornblower Weeks while Connell from Charlestown served in the 100th Aero Squadron. Carey and Connell enlisted in the medical service last August and had hoped to sail together after letters talked of soon departure.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Tuscania
Associated Press
Boston
Thomas Carey
Winthrop Street
Charlestown
John Connell
Belvidere Street
Carey
Rena Gilbride
Connell
100Th Aero Squadron
218Th Aero Squadron
Hornblower & Weeks
St. Andrew Road
Orient Heights
Joseph F
France
Rainbow Division
Anna Connell
SOS
John Bull
Submarine attack narrative from a wartime voyage
An American officer describes a second torpedo missing its target as a destroyer near a sinking liner fires bombs on the submarine. He praises the crew's endurance, notes a convoys’ overall safety, and recalls a dangerous Monday night followed by a calmer Tuesday. The account hints at enemy losses and resolve to repay aggression.
Tescum Promoted as Cure for Liquor Habit
An advertisement touts Tescum powders as a cure for drinking, with physician and druggist endorsements. It claims rapid craving destruction, numerous cured cases, and a money back guarantee, urging readers to try it through local druggists including Houghton & Dutton.
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New York
Houghton & Dutton
Drug Department
Sample Each Free by Mail Advertisement
A postal card offer from Cuticura Dept 11A Boston promotes free samples by mail for Soap and Ointment. It notes Soap 25 cents and Ointment 25 and 50 cents with nationwide availability.
Bodies of 44 Tuscania victims washed ashore in Ireland
In Ireland 44 of the 101 missing Tuscania disaster victims were found on rocks 15 miles from the torpedoing site. All were Americans. bodies were mutilated and lacking identification tags as none had been assigned to army units, so they will be buried in a single grave.
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Tuscania
Typhoon Typhoid Hits Tuscania Survivors Safe on Deck
Irish coast report details Typhoid and pneumonia cases aboard the Tuscania as it faced a submarine attack. Troops abandoned ship in darkness after a torpedo strike. British destroyers rescued men with orderly evacuations. The vessel slowly sank as further torpedo and bomb threats continued.
Rescue of Brooklyn Sergeants After Tuscania Sinking
Sergeant FE. C. Dubuque and Sergeant Muller of Brooklyn were rescued from a raft by a coasting schooner after the Tuscania listed heavily to starboard and lifeboats failed. They and other survivors were treated by Dr. Langers of New York.
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London
FE. C. Dubuque
Muller
Brooklyn
Dubuque
Dr. Langers
New York
United States Service
Awaited News for 213th Aero Squadron Members
Long Island towns paused business as relatives awaited word on the fate of members of the 218th Aero Squadron recruited from New York and Long Island families. The squadron trained at Mineola, left two weeks earlier, and relatives believed it had reached England.
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New York
Sea Cliff
Glen Cove
Oyster Bay
Sayville
Patchogue
Long Island
218Th Aero Squadron
Mineola
England
Allamance Sinks After Torpedo Attack. Crew Rescued
All members of the naval armed guards and the American crew aboard the steamer Allamance were saved after the vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the war zone last Tuesday as reported by a State Department dispatch. Six foreigners were among the rescued.
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Washington
Naval Armed Guards
Allamance
State Department
Inez
Tuscania sinks marking end of Anchor Line liners
New York reports Anchor Line records show the Tuscania with a 220 crew under Captain Peter McLean, loss sealing the destruction of five Anchor Line passenger ships totaling 57,818 gross tons. Other ships sunk include Caledonia in 1916 Cameronia on April 15 1917 Transylvania on May 4 1917 and California in February 1917.
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Peter McLean
Great Britain
Anchor Line
Caledonia
Cameronia
Transylvania
California
Protection for dependents of Tuscania soldiers
Every American soldier who perished on the Tuscania with dependents was covered by government insurance. Voluntary insurance up to 10 000 was available and all are covered by government compensation to a widow child or widowed mother. The automatic insurance totals about 4300 and pays about 25 dollars monthly for 20 years.
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Washington
Gorman Sailed on Tuscania After Furlough Illness
Vincent A. Gorman of 2 Windsor Road West Somerville joined the 1st Aero Squadron after marriage to Grace Gooding on January 9. Born in Weymouth and a Weymouth High School graduate, he left Hood Rubber in Watertown before enlisting October 12 and training at San Antonio with the 50th Aero Squadron.
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Vincent A. Gorman
Windsor Road
West Somerville
Grace Gooding
1Th Aero Squadron
Weymouth
Hood Rubber Company
Watertown
San Antonio, Tex
50Th Aero Squadron
Lieut Warren among rescued from Tuscania sinking
Second Lieutenant Warren of FE Company 6th Battalion 20th Engineers survived the torpedoed liner Tuscania and sent a message home that he landed safely. A Harvard 1910 graduate, he is a son of Nathan Warren of Waltham and is married to Edith Smith with one child.
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Richard Warren
Waltham
Warren
FE Company
6Th Battalion, 20Th Engineers
Tuscania
20Th Engineers
Foresters
Washington
American College
D. C
Harvard
Nathan Warren
Weston Street
Waltham Savings Bank
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Woodstock Lumber Company
Boston
New England
Quebec
Edith Smith
Pittsfield Athlete Missing After Tuscania Sinking
Charles Fasce known as Pep Fasce, a Pittsfield High School all around athlete who played football baseball and basketball, is believed aboard the torpedoed ship Tuscania. He wrote home ten days earlier that he was traveling with a Michigan contingent and has not been heard from since.
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Pittsfield
Charles
Pep” Fasce
Pittsfield High School
Tuscania
Michigan
Fasce
Start Tomorrow and Keep It Up Every Morning
A health advice item urges starting each day with a glass of hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It promises renewed appetite and vitality and claims many benefits for constipated or bilious individuals at low cost.
Real Veterans Reacting Amid Irish Port Torpedo Event
Gest Newton Hall of Los Angeles and Lieutenant Wallace Patterson led attempts to escape a torpedo strike off an Irish port on February 9. They helped men into lifeboats as chaos unfolded, with a misstrike causing a crushed lifeboat and a long rescue by a trawler.
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Gest Newton Hall
Los Angeles
No Man’s Land
Hall
Wallace Patterson
Cleveland
Spectators Recall Rapid Boat Launch At Sea Saloon Deck
A commander describes privates at attention awaiting orders to launch boats. Recruits quickly join to form a full crew and carry out duties with practiced cadence. The first boat reaches the saloon deck in swift sequence as the operation proceeds.
U boat fires on rescuers during night action
An American officer, reporting from an Irish port, says a German submarine attempted to attack British destroyers while rescuers were at work. Three torpedoes were fired at three destroyers, but lookout vigilance and seamanship kept targets safe and forced the U-boat to retreat.
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London
Associated Press
Relatives of Tuscania Crew Besiege Anchor Line Office
In Glasgow, anxious relatives besieged the Anchor Line offices after the Tuscania was sunk. Officials offered little information at first, but later several survivors arrived and more were expected to reach the city the following day.
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Glasgow
J. J. O callaghan dies in Brookline
J J O Callaghan, 56, longtime cloak and suit dealer on Washington Street, died last night at his Brookline home from arteriosclerosis. A West Springfield native, he leaves wife, Reginald Beach, and daughters Marguerite and Geraldine Calla the concert singer. he was 12 years trustee of the Boston Consumptives Hospital.
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J. J. O'Callaghan
Washington Street
Stearns Road
Brookline
West Springfield
Boston Consumptives’ Hospital
Reginald Beach
Marguerite
Geraldine Calla
Turriington recalls torpedo attack and rescue ordeal
James Alson Turrington of New Hampshire, a college student, described the ship disaster from the upper deck as the torpedo struck the starboard side. He said a huge explosion followed and the dynamo blew out while the auxiliary plant started, lifeboats were hard to lower, some capsized, and he survived three hours in the water after jumping from a filled boat.
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London
James Alson Turrington
New Hampshire
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213Th Aero Squadron
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Ackman Laboratory
Philadelphia
U. S
Geants
Gorman
Lieut. Warren
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Vorenberg
Nmien’s
Havelock
Washington, Hanover and
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