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73 U. S. SOLDIERS ARE STILL MISSING IN SEA TRAGEDYDEATH TOLL IS NOW 101KIGHTT-ONE ADDITIONAL SOL-HI/IBS LN HOP IT ATS: FF.AH-ED SOME DILL DEE.MISSING LIST UNCOMPLETEDLONDON. Feb. S.—'The cooloees I i of the American loldicre on lb* ) Tuscan!* was shown by an Inc!- ( : dent that occurred after moat of | tb« lifeboats bad l*eu lauccbcd. ! The oarsmen I 02c heavy ladcr. life boat tad Just begun to pull J ] away froia the sinking transport \ when Hie doughboys crowding the ; boat began to sin* lustily: ‘•Whore i do e so from Bore?©--MEN ON SHIP BEHAVE WELLBodies of Forty-Four American Soldiers Washed Ashore; U-Boat May Have Been Sunk-14 HOOSIERS ON TORPEDOED SHIPNO SIGN Dr PANIC Wnr.N GERMAN SUDXABCfF. TORPEDOED TRANSPORT TUSCANIAATTACK COMES IN DARKWASHINGTON. Feb. 3—Latest reporta reaching Washington today Indicated that the death toll of the torpedoed transport Tuecanla remains at 101. Of thi* number 73 wore the uniform of the United States army. There were eighty ono additional ao'-dlers In hospitals, ot whom it fe feartd some at least wilt die from exposure. These figures were accepted t* authentic by the war deportment, they harm* been forwarded by Uie rabuiy fu London which received them directly from Belfast.The war department's ficuiea. however. differed an on yedonlay. being considerably higher. This was- due. official! explained, to tbo fact thut Major General George Bartlett, commanding the American forces la Great Britain, was haring difficulty lu getting reports from tbo scattered ports where the units are now congregated. . Slate Department Figure*.TUo figures us sent through- tho state department were us follow*: Tour on board Tusca -a when attached. 2,397. . • , .•■ s Total rescued, 2.306.Total mtsslPif. sol-OM.y ONE OF INDIANA SOLDIERS KNOWN TODAT TO HAVE BF.KN SAVED.Moo of Hooslor State on Honor Roll Both at European Front andI Just aa Indiana soldiers have ■ been ou the honor roll !o every • battle with the bochas on Woevre ],plain, so bvo Hooeler lighting | i meu paid tbo toll !u Germany's | ,■* latest “victory in bar undersea : 1 war rare.Thirteen of tho 301 vtcUma of | tho Tuscan la sinking—and only 73 wore tho United StUea uniform | —wore Indiana soldiers.Homes Thrown Open for Snrr-hors; •Many Men in Had Shape From Exposure in Water.LONDON, Feb. S.—Wife ibe number of lives lost on the transport Tus-cacta placed at 101. the bodies of twenty-nine American soldiers were still unaccounted for today. The latest estimate of the American dead was semity-lhrec and of these forty-four badly mutilated bodies had been washed up on the Irisb jnoet about sixteen miles from tbo scene of tbe disaster.According to flgures compiled at the American embassy. the lost aud saved totals follow:Total on hoard...Hissing ..........Nrscoetl ..........Be dies recoveredAmerican Soldlcn 2.I71I 33....2,10(1.... . MSe«-MOD.218•6wWASHINGTON, Fob 8—Thirteen of tho 101 men unaccounted for in tho torpedoing of tho transport Tuscuuia worn Indianans, according to advice* retching.the war deportment.Fourteen IIcooler soldiers were on tho irucspon when the was ntnic* by a llua torpedo and only one was known early today to have bean saved.A number of Americans were injured and about ninety arc in hospitals suffering from exposure and wounds. None of tho dead was Identified. Their features wero 11arecognisable and. as none Had been nssiga-ed to deiinitc army units they did not wear She regulation . identification discs.
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Logansport Pharos Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Fri, Feb 08, 1918
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