Lusitania Sinking Details Cited By Eye Witnesses
The Lusitania’s loss near the Irish coast is recounted with witness notes from London and Queenstown. Survivors and officials estimate hundreds saved but many perished, as torpedoes struck the liner and chaos followed. The British admiralty later gave casualty figures and inquiries continue. Captain Turner was among the saved and the ship’s passage to Liverpool ended abruptly off Cove.
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Itta
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Irina Tae
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Thermane
Retteer
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Russians Retreat In Galicia As War Rages On
AP reports heavy fighting continues in Galicia with Russians yielding to Teutonic forces. Austro German troops claim repulsed Russian assaults in the Eastern Carpathians as Petrograd and Berlin offer conflicting accounts. Submarine sinkings noted near Prestat, and delays shift Italian party plans from May 12 to May 20 amid rising Italian tension. Japan and China signal tentative openings to end stalemates, Tokyo hopeful for peace moves.
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Japan
China
Sinking of Lusitania and global turmoil cited in terse update
Fragmentary news brief notes the Lusitania sinking impact and global tensions. Mentions Washington, Russian retreat, Japan crisis, stock market shake, labor and road issues, and court cases including a divorce and a law violation.Contains scattered items from state and mining news, plus advertisements.
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Lusitania sinkings stir U S grief and resolve to hold Germany
Washington reacts to the Lusitania disaster as President Wilson, Secretary Bryan, Counselor Lansing, and lawmakers await details of casualties. Officials stress accountability for American lives and vow careful investigation in the days ahead. The event marks the gravest U S war-era crisis to date.
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Plans Connected Lusitania Sinking Stir Washington
Washington today reeled from the Lusitania torpedoing with many American lives feared as the United States weighs steps to protect citizens at sea. Reports say German authorities warned travelers and private letters warned ships, with officials noting the incident as the climax of allied and German warfare anxieties.
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Germany
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Leon C. Thresher
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China agrees to Japan's terms in eastern crisis
Attaches at the Chinese foreign office spent the night translating Japan's draft terms for compliance. The Chinese will submit them to Yuan Shikai and the state council this morning, with a reply to Hioki due tonight or Sunday morning. Japan's proposals include concessions in Fukien, a partial settlement in the Shantung dispute, and other conditions, while China rejects certain points such as supplying arms and Japanese advisers. Officials say a favorable settlement between Japan and China is in prospect and peacetime talks may proceed.
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China
Yuan Shi Kai
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Carman Testifies Again in Freeport Murder Trial
Mrs Florence Julia Carman testified in her defense at her murder trial over the June 30 shooting of Mrs Louise Bailey in Dr Edwin Carman s Freeport office Her account was nearly identical to her first trial testimony and she sought to bring in Celia Cole the former maid as a witness.
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Five or Six Hundred Saved Officiating Estimate
New York May Cunard steamship company reports at 9 10 o clock that First Officer Jones estimates from 50 to 600 saved from a disaster. The message notes passengers and crew, says they are seeking hotel lodging and will wire more details tomorrow. Injured and dead dominate attention as search continues.
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Cunard Steamship Company
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Lusitania warnings and the editor's puzzled reflection
London editors reflect on the Lusitania voyage amid warnings issued in New York. The piece questions how such warnings and ample opportunities to act were overlooked and the ship sailed despite precautions.
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London
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Transylvania Sails With 879 Passengers For Liverpool
A passenger filled liner the Transylvania departed New York for Liverpool after Lusitania sinking news. Captain Jona Black, recently moved from the Columbia, commands a ship carrying 17 in first class 310 in second 452 steerage. Most travelers are Canadian as tensions rise in the war zone.
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Lusitania Sinks After Torpedo Attacks, Stewards Say
Stewards describe the Lusitania disaster as torpedoes struck near the engine room and forward starboard. The ship immediately listed and sank in about fifteen minutes, with lifeboats launched and four boats reaching land as survivors were rescued by the Stormenck. many officers reportedly perished in the rapid catastrophe.
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Stead
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Unclear Submarine Incident Raises Neutral Port Tension
Fragmentary report hints at a submarine incident involving captain decisions and alleged breaches of international law. Readers see claims of attacks, the threat of internment as a warship, and calls for firm response against such acts by merchant vessels and neutral ports.
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Ady Mackworth Saves Donned Life Preserver
London dispatch reports Ady Mackworth daughter of David Thomas, linked to Welsh coal towns and militant suffragette circles, as the preserver who wore a life preserver and was later picked up by one of twenty two people who died after the incident. details are unclear due to the damaged text.
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Survivors of Lusitania Reach Queenstown in Night Report
May reports from Dublin describe 79 survivors taken to Queenstown after the Lusitania sinking. Lifeboats could not launch fully due to listing, with many aboard including women and children. Families of Titanic and Empress of Ireland crew gather outside Cinard office awaiting news. conditions remain grim as details unfold.
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Nand
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Age of Cruisers Opinion Sparks Shortage Theories
A confused fragment suggests a discussion on cruisers and a perceived shortage of trails or routes. The text references Londo and Ahm a mwa, with unclear context and no clear event or dates.
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