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Ashton Gazette in Ashton, Illinois

13 May 1915

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Ashton Gazette

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Ashton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1915

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Lusitania Sunk After Torpedo near Ireland. 1100 Dead

London May 11 British steamship Lusitania torpedoed off Ireland sank at 2:33 PM. 1,251 passengers and 816 crew aboard. 1,100 believed dead including 115 Americans. Notable identified dead include Charles A. Plamondon of Chicago and Charles Frohman of New York. Survivors describe the explosion and rapid sinking as rescue efforts launched from Queenstown.

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London Ireland Cunard Lusitania Plamondon Frohman Charles A. Plamondon Chicago Charles Frohman New York Queenstown Town Hall F. 8. Pearson Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Elbert Hubbard The Philistine East Aurora N. Y Hubbard Charles Klein Justus M. Forman Queenstown George Arthur C. T. Broderick Harvard University May Brown W. H. Brown Buffalo Hugh Crompton Booth Marie Depage Belgian Red Cross Edward Ellis J. Fellman Arthur Foley Bessie Hare Orr Jacobus P. L. Jones T. B. King David Samuel J. Spillman R. D. Shymer J. B. Turnbull Bridgeport Conn W. Walker Willis Robert Buswine Mary Grunston Charles BH Laurlat Boston Ee’. W. T. Turner Aitania Germany Great Britain British Isles White House Washington Tumulty Berlin
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Identified Dead From Lusitania Disaster List

Long list of identified victims named with origins including New York Buffalo Chicago and Bridgeport with notes on survivors and dramatic accounts from passengers and witnesses. Details include a baby survivor Billy Dougherty and remarks from Robert Rankin Ithaca and Fred Gauntless Washington.

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Robert Rankin Schuyler Place Ithaca N. Y Thomas Bloomfield New York Isaac Lehman Bloomfield Billy Dougherty Fred J. Gauntless Washington Lusitania New York Stock Exchange
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Lusitania Sunk by German Submarine Off Ireland

The Lusitania was torpedoed 12 miles off Ireland and sank in 15 minutes. About 1,000 died, with 291 first class passengers among the dead. many survivors and bodies recovered by trawlers at Queenstown. Among aboard were S. M. Knox and Elbert Hubbard, with several notable Americans.

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Liverpool Kinsale Queenstown Admiral Coke Lusitania Stormcock Steward Turner New York Ireland Cunard S. M. Knox New York Shipbuilding Company Camden William Sterling Hodges Paris Baldwin Locomotive Works
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