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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1918
Page
9
A hospital ship carrying 258 people including 80 Canadian Army Medical Corps members and 14 nurses was attacked while en route from England to Canada. Only 24 survivors, including the captain, are reported. U boat actions after the strike raise suspicions of shelling lifeboats. The commander claimed the ship carried American aviation officers to Europe.
The article recounts the torpedoing of the Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle near Halifax on the night of June 27. It notes lights remained burning, many nursing sisters lost in engine rooms, and German submarine officers questioning Major Lyon in the conning tower. One survivor boat reached port. 258 aboard including 80 medical corpsmen and 14 nurses. The admiralty condemns the attack as deliberate cruelty and calls it Germany's growing debt to the world.
The hospital ship Llandovery Castle is torpedoed near the Irish coast. Twelve nursing sisters aboard drown as the vessel sinks stern first in darkness. Survivors report a brutal German submarine crew delaying rescue and firing on lifeboats before the destroyer Lysander arrived.
A battered crew recounts the sinking of a vessel after a torpedo strike. An exhausted sergeant boarded a nearby submarine boat, but was seized and thrown back. The commander says Captain Sylvester knew nothing of the submarine and wireless failed before the wreckage vanished. No wreckage or lifeboats have been found despite patrols.
Washington bulletin reports no improvement in Senator Tillman of South Carolina as cerebral hemorrhage leaves him unconscious since Sunday. At his bedside doctors say recovery remains unlikely though his heart action runs steady and he has taken some nourishment.
Mrs Frank H Stewert told the Women’s Municipal League at the Common cottage that whale meat can substitute beef in nutrition. She explained fats wheats and meats and urged food conservation noting whale meat is as good if not better than beef in value.
President Matthew Brush and Chairman Louis A. Frothingham met with the Boston Street Cars Union and visiting officials to discuss wage demands of 60 cents an hour for motormen and conductors. The board said it would not reply until Monday, July 8, with another conference planned.
The United States formally presented to Turkey a report that Turkish troops attacked and sacked an American hospital in Tabriz Persia and detained the American consulate. Corroboration via Spain supports Tehran's rumor. State Department says the Turkish troop conduct could affect US stance toward Germany’s ally.
Margaret Greskrep, an animal trainer, was mauled by Julius the lion after turning away in a new cage. She had just purchased three lions from Edward Schell and entered the cage with him for the first time. Surgeons warned she might lose her right arm after the attack at a New York hospital.
Kearny N J July 1 A Ford representative announced the Henry Ford plant to be built here for submarine chasers and patrol boats will be the world’s largest of its kind The government approved plans for a 2 million dollar factory and ground breaking is planned this week.
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