Great Liner Lusitania Torpedoed by Submarine Off Irish Coast
The Lusitania was struck by two torpedoes from a German submarine off the Irish coast during lunch hour, breaking the ship apart within minutes and sinking in about a half hour. About 2000 aboard, 400 saved in dire condition. many died from burns, wounds, or exposure as rescuers braved submarine danger to haul survivors ashore.
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Cunardet
Lusitania
Kinsale
Queenstown
Elbert Hubbard
Roycrofters
Berlin
East Aurora
Turner
Lusitania Disaster Report From Ocean Sinking Speaks
Eyewitness accounts describe lifeboats capsizing after the torpedo strike and passengers drowning. Survivors recount chaotic efforts on deck and in engines rooms as rescue ships tow lifeboats to safety.
Lusitania Torpedoed Off Ireland in Submarine Attack
A Toronto newspaper man aboard the Lusitania describes a submarine sighting near Queenstown on May 8 at 3 18 am as torpedoes struck. He recounts calm crew action guiding passengers to boats and a rescue of Miss Helen Smith while noting many deaths among second cabin passengers including forty children under one year old.
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Byrne
Hussey
Admiralty
Queenstown
Toronto
Ireland
Helen Smith
Wear on Americans Roosevelt's Stand After Lusitania Sinking
Theodore Roosevelt, learning of the Lusitania disaster, denounces the attack as piracy on a vast scale and warfare against innocent travelers. He argues action is owed to humanity and national self respect, citing Belgians Louvain Dinant and civilians harmed.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Louvain
Dinant
Belgium
Famous Passengers on Cunarder Sailing List
Aboard the Cunarder liner were notable travelers including Alfred G. Vanderbilt of New York, Charles Frohman theatrical producer, Lindon Bates Jr. Republican leader, Justin Miles Forman playwright, Sir Hugh Lane art critic, Charles Klein playwright, Charles E. Lauriat Jr. Boston books, Lathrop Withington genealogist, Dr. F. S. Pearson financier, Lady Mackworth suffragette, Rev Basil Maturin of Oxford, D A Thomas coal operator, Elbert Hubbard Roycrofters head and wife, and Bowring Bros. Charles Bowring.
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Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
New York
Charles Frohman
America
Boston
Lindon Bates, Jr
Justin Miles Forman
Playright
Sir Hugh Lane
Lady Gregory
Charles Klein
the Lion and the Mouse
Charles E. Lauriat, Jr
Lathrop Withington
Newburyport
F. S. Pearson
Springfield
Lady Mackworth
Basil F. Maturin
Oxford
D. A. Thomas
Elbert Hubbard
Roycrofters
Charles T. Bowring
Bowring Bros
Lusitania Sinking Reported After Lunch Served
QUEENSTOWN May 8 The tug Starr Cock returned with about 150 Lusitania survivors mainly passengers including women and crew. A steward recalled the torpedo attack as passengers sat to lunch and the ship listed and sank bow first within 15 minutes. boats were launched and many were saved, though officers fared poorly.
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Queenstown
Starr Cock
Destruction Planned Long Ago Say Big Washington Officials
Washington officials and diplomatic quarters confirm plans for the Lusitania’s destruction were formed weeks prior. The German embassy allegedly urged warnings against belligerent ships and private letters claimed the ship would be torpedoed today.
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Washington
United States
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Lothrop Withington
F. A. Pearson
International Fame
Stockbridge
Mass
David A. Thomas
Scity
Tnto Queens Town
Cork
Atlantic
Reland
Southampton
Cardiff
UCLA
Bristol
London
Birdseye
Liverpool
Cunard
Flo
Clonakilty
Warrior
Ernest Cowper
Roosevelt
Cunarder
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