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NATION MOURNS GREAT
SEA HORROR OF THE WAR
About 140 Americans Lost When the
Lusitania Was Torpedoed by
German Submarine.
It Warning Given tn 111
Fated Craft by the
Attackers.
The nation Is recovering slowly from
the shock and horror caused by the
sinking of the steamship Lusitania of
the Cunnrd line, off the Irish coast, a
few miles outside of Queenstown har
bor. The loss of more than 1,400 lives,
about 140 of whom were American
men, women and children, and all of
whom were noncomhatants. has caused
one of the greatest sensations of mod
ern times. The submarine which
caused the catastrophe is believed to
be one of the powerful U cluss craft,
which are held responsible for the loss
of the steamship Falaba and other pas
senger and freight ships In British wa
ters.
The suddenness of the attack is held
nssponsibie for the terrific loss of life,
as the deadly missiles came without
warning while the passengers were
dining, and the Lusitania disappeared
beneath the waves within fifteen min
utes.
What Burvivors Say-
Survivors say that the first torpedo
struck the hull of the ship directly in
the space occupied by the engine room.
OAITAIN TURKISH AND SALOON OK VESSEL.
The second lilt her cargo section, and
is thought to have exploded an enor
mous (|iiautity of ammunition said to
have heou stored there. At any rate,
several explosions occurred us the
steamer listed and sank bow tirst.
Survivors united in declaring no
warning was given. So desperate were
conditions that only ten lifeboats could
be launched. Indescribable scenes were
enacted as the helpless passengers
struggled for their lives in the sea.
The otllcial British press bureau in
Loudon guve out the following report
from the admiral in command at
Queenstown:
"The torpedo boats, tugs and armed
trawlers which weut to the rescue of
the Lusitania passengers from Queens
town are all In, with the exception of
the Heron.
Fw First Class Passengers Saved.
“Only a few of the first class pas
sengers were saved. It is understood
that they thought the ship would float.
She sank in from fifteen to twenty-five
fninutes.
"It Is reported that she was struck
by two torpedoes.
"The Canard agent gives 2,180 as the
total number aboard.
"The Cunard company reported the
nationalities of the passengers as fol
lows: Saloon—British, 179; American,
106; Greek, 3; Swede, 1; Mexican. 1;
Swiss, L Second class—British. 031:
Captain Criticises Failure
of British Warships to
Protect Liner.
AmerflTah, 65; 'ltussTrfn, 3; Belgian, 1;
Hollanders, 3; French, 5; Italian, 1; un
known, 2.
“In the steerage there are said to
have been thirteen Americans.
The tragedy took place about ten
miles off the Old Head of Kinsale. As
soon as the Lusitania’s wireless call
for assistance was received at Queens
town Admiral Coke, in command of
the naval station, dispatched to the
scene all assistance available.
The tugs Warrior, Stormeock and Ju
lia, together with five trawlers and the
local lifeboat in tow of a tug. were
hurried out to sea.
Weather conditions aided in the work
of rescue, but the suddenness with
which the liner plunged to the bottom
of St. George’s channel made it impos
sible to get off all on board.
From the reports thus far received,
officers and crew acted with the ut
most bravery. In the greatest sea dis
aster since the sinking of the Titanic
they went expeditiously about their
task of getting us many as possible of
the passengers away before the inevi
table moment when tho great hulk
they trod must make its final dive to
destruction.
Meanwhile aid had started from a
dozen directions, and soon the boats
were picked up by steam vessels and
smaller craft But before this hap
pened the stricken liner, with so many
human souls still aboard, had gone
down.
It Is known that among so many
victims there are many Americans, and
in the view of those in authority here
the death of these presents to the Unit
ed States the greatest problem she has
faced during the present war.
Bodies Brought Ashore.
One hundred bodies were brought
nshore at Queenstown on the Cunard
wharf from the rescue tug Stormcock
and other steamers, which brought over
000 survivors. It is stated that these
persons died of exhaustion while on
their way to Queeustowu from the
scene of the disaster. The bodies were
removed to the town hall.
When the survivors reached the
wharves doctors and ambulances were
waiting, and pitiful scenes were wit
nessed there. There was a large pro
portion of women among the arrivals.
Their clothes were soaked with water.
They were hatless and shoeless, and
many were unable to walk.
Most of the survivors had suffered
severe injuries to their legs and other
parts of their bodies, and many had to
be placed upon stretchers and removed
to the quarters which had been spe
cially prepared for them.
What the Captain Says.
Captain William T. Turner of the
Lusitania expressed no fear for the
safety of his ship when he sailed from
New York.
“1 wonder what the Germans will
do next?” was his only comment when
he read the advertisement sent out by
the German embassy, warning Ameri
cans that they sailed at "their own
risk" on British ships, which were lia
ble to destruction in the war zone.
When Captain Turner was questioned
regarding the ship being met off the
Irish coast by British torpedo destroy
ers he replied:
“The admiralty never trouble to send
out to meet the Lusitania. They only
loo) after the ships that are bringing
the big guns over, like the Orduna and
the Transylvania, last voyage. * On the
last eastward trip I never saw a war
ship until we reached Liverpool.”
One of the Cunard officers who was
on the Lusitania on her last voyage,
confirmed Captain Turner’s statement
that the liner had not sighted a single
warship on her voyage.
Captain Turner stood at his post on
the bridge until his ship went down
and was rescued three hours afterward
wearing a life belt, according to D. A.
Thomas, the Cardiff (Wales) coal mag
nate.
“Our course was shaped for shore
Immediately after the torpedo struck,"
he said. “There Is a difference of opin
ion as to whether the steamship was
struck by more than one torpedo, but 1
heard only one.”
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Photo by American Press Association.
THE STEAMSHIP LUSITANIA AS SHE APPEARED LEAVING FOR
ENGLAND ON HER LAST TRIP.
PRESIDENT WILSON IN
SERIOUS SITUATION.
A dispatch . from Washington
says:
Grave fears are felt by the ad
ministration that the torpedoing
of the Lusitania will lead to a
wave of anti-German feeling that
will sweep the country. Presi
dent Wilson thus far has man
aged to keep public opinion
well within bounds, and the spo
radic evidences of pro-allies’ feel
ing have not been serious. The
next few days are certain to be
anxious ones for the White
House, for they will show
whether the American people
will keep their balance or become
partisans in their resentment
The fact that many Americans
were known to the Germans to
be aboard the Lusitania Is calcu
lated to excite the populace, it is
feared. The sinking of the ship
without warning to the unfortu
nate passengers and crew, it is
pointed out, does not leave a
good impression and tends to the
belief that the kaiser’s govern
ment holds America and Ameri
cans in cool contempt
WATCHED TORPEDO
AS IT STRUCK SHIP.
Ernest Cowper, Toronto Writer, De
scribes Attack, Seen From Deck.
A sharp look out for submarines was
kept aboard the Lusitania as she ap
proached tbe Irish coast according to
Hrnest Cowper, a Torouto newspaper
man. who was among the survivors
landed at Queenstown.
He said that after the ship was tor
pedoed there was no panic among the
orew, but that they went about the
OCEAN TRAVEL.
NOTICE!
TRAVELLERS intending to
embark on the Atlantic voyage
are reminded .that, a state of
war exists between Germany
and her allies and Greatßritian
and her allies; that the zone of
war includes the waters adja
cent to the .British. Tales; that,
in accordance with formal no
tice given by the Imperial Ger
man Government, vessels fly
ing the flag of Great Britian, or
of any of her allies, are liable to
destruction in those waters and
that travellers sailing in ■die
war zone on ships of Great
Britian or her allies do to tit
their own risk.
IMPERIAL SERMAN EMBASSY.
WASPfUSTQJ*. D C. APRIL JX 191 V
THE GERMANS’ WARNING AD.
work of getting passengers into the
boats in a prompt and efficient manner.
"As we neared the coast of Ireland,”
■ said Mr. Cow per, “we all joined in the
lookout, for a possible attack by a sub
marine was tbe stile topic of conversa
tion.
"I was chatting with a friend at the
rail about 2 o’clock when suddenly I
caught a glimpse of the conning tower
of a submarine about 1,000 yards dis
tant I Immediately called my friend’s
attention to it Immediately we both
saw the track, of a torpedo followed
almost Instantly by an explosion. Por
tions of splintered hull were sent fly
ing into the air, and then another tor
pedo struck. The ship began to list
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“The crew at once proceeded to get
the passengers into boats in an orderly,
prompt and efficient manner Miss
Helen Smith appealed to me to save
her. I placed her in a boat and saw
her safely away. I got into one of the
last boats to leave.
“Some of the boats could not be
launched, as the vessel was sinking.
There was a large number of women
and children in the second cabin. For
ty of the children were less than a year
old.”
From interviews with passengers it
appears that when the torpedoes burst
they sent forth suffocating fumes.
THE FIRST CLASS
PASSENGER LIST
Noted Men Among Those on
111 Fated Liner.
VANDERBILT, FROHMAN, ETC.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Heir to
Vast Millions; Charles Frolvnan,
Greatest of Theatrical Managers;
Elbert Hubbard, the Author, and
Charles Klsin, Playwright.
The list of first class passengers on
the Lusitania follows:
A.
Adams, Henry, Boston.
Adams, Mrs. Boston.
Adams. A. H., New York.
Adams, VV. McM., New York.
Allan, Lady, and maid, Montreal,
Allan, Miss Anna, Montreal.
Allan, Miss Gwen, and maid, Montreal.
Alles, N. N., New York.
De Ayala, Julian, Cuban consul general
at Liverpool.
B.
Baker, James, England.
Baker. Miss M. A.. New York.
Baldwin. H. P.
Baldwin, Mrs.
Barnes, Mr.
Bartlett, G. W. 8.. London, England.
Bartlett. Mrs.
Bates, Linden. Jr., New York, ex-assem
blyman and author.
Battersby, J. J., Stockport England.
Bernard, Oliver, Boston.
Bernard, C. P., New York.
Bilicke, Albert C., Los Angeles, Cal.
Bilicke, Mrs.
Bistis. Leonidas, Atlanta, Ga.
Black, J. J., New York.
Bloomfield, Thomas, New York.
Bohan, James. Toronto.
Boulton, H., Jr., London, England.
Bowring, Charles W., New York.
Braithwaite, Miss Dorothy, Montreal.
Brandell, Miss Josephine. New York.
Brodrick, C. T.. Boston.
Bcodrick-Cloete. W.. San Antonio. Tex.
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U TYPE OP GERMAN SUBMARINE THAT SANK LUSITANIA.
Brooks, Jr. li., New lore.
Brown, H. H.
Brown, Mrs. M. C., New York.
Burnside, Mrs. J. S., and maid, New York.
Bruno, H. A. Montclair, N. J.
Bruno, Mrs.
Burgess, Henry G.
Burnside, Miss Ivis, New York.
Buswell, P.
Byington, A J., London, England.
Byrne, Michael G.. New York.
C. i
Campbell-Johnston, Conway S., London.
England.
Campbell-Johnston, Mrs.
Campbell. Alexander, London, England.
Chabot, D. L„ Montreal.
Chapman, Mrs. W., Toronto.
Charles. J. H., Toronto.
Charles, Mies Doris, Toronto.
Clarke, Rev. Cowley, London, England.
Cohen, M. t New York.
Clarke, A. R., Toronto.
Colebrook, H. G., Toronto.
Conner, Miss Dorothy, New York.
Copping, George R., Toronto.
Copping, Mrs.
Crichton, Mrs. William, New York.
Crompton, Paul. Philadelphia.
Crompton. Mrs., infant and nurse.
Crompton, Steven
Crompton, John.
Crompton, Miss Alberta.
Crompton, Miss Catherine.
Crompton. Romelly.
Crooks. Robert W.. Toronto.
Cross, A. B
D.
Daly, H. M.
Dearbergh, R. E„ New York.
Depage. Mrs. A., New York.
Dingwall, C. A., Chicago.
Dougall, Miss C., Quebec.
Drake, Audley, Detroit Mich.
Dredge. Alan, New York.
Dredge. Mrs., New York.
Dunsmuir, James. Toronto.
E.
Emond. W. A., Quebec.
F.
Fenwick, John, Switzerland.
Fisher, Dr. Howard, New York.
Forman, Justus M., New York.
Fowles, Charles F. H., New York.
Fowles, Mrs.
Freeman, Richard R., Jr., Boston.
Friedenstein, J., London, England.
Friend, Edwin W., Farmington, Conn.
Frohman, Charles, and valet, New York.
G.
Gauntlett, Fred J., New York.
Gibson, Mathew.
Gilpin, G. A., England.
Gorer, Edgar, New York.
Grab, Oscar F., New York.
Grant, Montagu TANARUS., Chicago.
Grant. Mrs.
H.
Hammond, Frederick S., Toronto.
Hammond, Mrs.
Hammond. O. H., New York.
Hammond, Mrs.
Hardwick, C. C., New York.
Harper. J. H.
Harris, Dwight C., New York.
Hawkins, F. W., Chicago.
Hill, C. TANARUS., London, England.
Hodges, William S.. Philadelphia.
Hodges, Mrs.
Hodges, W. S., Jr.
Hodges, Dean W., Philadelphia.
Holt, W. R., Montreal.
Home, Thomas, Toronto.
Hopkins, A. L., New York.
Houghton. Dr. J. TANARUS., Saratoga.
Hubbard, Elbert, East Aurora, N. Y.
Hubbard, Mrs.
Hutchinson. Miss P., Orange, N. J.
J.
Jeffery, T. C., Chicago.
Jenkins, Francis B.
Jollvet, Miss Rita, New York.
Jones, Miss, New York.
K.
Keeble, W., Toronto.
Keeble, Mrs.
Kellett, Francis C., New York.
Kempson, M., Toronto.
Kenan, Dr. Owen, New York.
Kennedy, Mrs. C. Hickson, New York.
Kennedy, Miss Kathryn, New York.
Keser, Harry J., Philadelphia.
Keser, Mrs.
Kessler, George A, New York.
King, T. 8.. New York.
Klein, Charles. New York.
Knight. C. Harwood, Baltimore.
Knight, Mis3 Elaine H.
Knox, M. N., Philadelphia.
L.
Lane, Sir Hugh, England.
Lassetter. Mrs. H. 8., London, England.
Lassetter, F., London, England.
Lauriat, Charles E., Jr., Boston.
Leai-oyn C. A.. Sydney, Australia.
Leu. L'/d. Afrsi nnd maid, Sydney Aus
tralia. ’
Leary, James, New York.
Lehmann. Isaac.
Leigh. Evan A., Liverpool, England.
Lells, Gerald A, New York.
Levinson. Joseph.
Lewin, F. Guy.
Lobb, Mrs. Pophain, New York.
Lockhart, R. R., Toronto.
Loney, A D., New York.
Loney, Mrs., and maid.
Loney, Miss.
Luck. Mrs. A C.. Worcester. Mass.
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