Prominent American Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Dies in Lusitania Sinking
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt of New York, heir to the Vanderbilt estate valued at over 70 million in 1899, perished after the Lusitania explosion. Born October 20 1877 he studied at Yale and married twice, with a son from his second marriage. He split time between England and Newport and was known for automobiling and coaching.
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New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Alfred
House of Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
This City
Cornelius
Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt
Yale
Vanderbilt
Smith Hollins
McKim
Margaret Emerson
Baltimore
England
Venture
International Horse Show
Newport
Hubbard
Garcia
Bertha C. Crawford
Hudson
Alice Luanne Moore
Concord
Emerson College of Oratory
Roycroft
Harry Taber
East Aurora
Harvard Summer School
Boston
Bowles on Lusitania sinking and German torpedoing
Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles explains in a detailed interview how the Lusitania was likely torpedoed by multiple submarines near the Irish coast. He says the ship’s double bottoms and design limited flooding, and that torpedo range and periscope sighting made evasion nearly impossible.
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Francis T. Bowles
Lusitania
United States
Germany
Admiral Bowles
New York
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Gether
Hamburg
Irish
Lusitania Passenger From Newburyport Named Withington
Lothrop Withington noted genealogist and uncle of Harvard athlete was aboard the Lusitania voyage from Newburyport. He is part of the famed Withington family and born 59 years ago in Newburyport. Brother of David Withington of Honolulu, father of Paul and Lothrop.
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Newburyport
Harvard
Lothrop Withington
Atlantic
Lusitania
Mr. Withington
Withington
David Withington
Honolulu
Paul and
Notable Lusitania Passengers and Art World Figures
A. S. Witherbee heads Mexican Petroleum Solid Fuel Co with big England trade and prior $1,009,000 contract. Lusitania passengers include Charles Frohman, theater impresario, born in Sandusky in 1860, with a long career in New York and Chicago theater. Also aboard are El on D. Loney and family, Sir Hugh Lane, Irish art promoter and National Gallery director, and Hubbard of the Roycroft press with ties to art and literature.
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A. S. Witherbee
Larchmont
Mexican Petroleum Solid Fuel Company
Fifth Avenue
England
Mr. Witherbee
Elon D. Loney
Guils Brothers House
Northampton
Virginia
Loney
Catherine Wolfe Browne
New York
Bruce Browne
Catherine Wolfe
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Harry Abbott
Pelham Manor
National Gallery
Ireland
Dublin
South African National Gallery
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Elbert Hubbard On Lusitania Ship Passenger Fame
Elbert Hubbard a 59 year old lecturer and philosopher aboard the Lusitania is noted as founder of the Roycrofters at East Aurora New York.
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Elbert Hubbard
Roycrofters
East Aurora
N. Y
Americans in London Excited Over Lusitania Disaster
The Times notes Americans in London react with excitement and apprehension to the Lusitania sinking. The long article details mood among travelers and residents, highlighting shock and concern about safety and international tension.
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London
TIMES
The
Coudert Calls Lusitania Sinking Barbaric Act
Frederic R. Coudert of Coudert Brothers in New York terms the Lusitania torpedoing an act of barbarity without justification. He argues neutral U S citizens' lives were endangered and urges the government to define its stance, noting the act cannot be condoned if Americans were harmed.
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Bryan
United States
Eugene P. Carver
Boston
Lusitania
William P. Frye
New York
Frederic R. Coudert
Coudert Brothers
Rector Street
News of Lusitania Sinking Roils Holland
In Amsterdam the Lusitania sinking caused a tremendous sensation with extra editions across papers. Dutch readers watched for news of missing Dutch passengers and details.
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Holland
Amsterdam
London
Notable Genealogy Expert Withington A Patchwork Career
The subject, educated at Newburyport schools and Dummer Academy, worked in Washington printing offices before turning to genealogy. He spent years in London focusing on ancestral research, studying at Sorbonne and Paris universities, tracing aristocratic lineages, and returning to America yearly. He once shared a Boston Journal office with Col. W. H. Austin.
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Newburyport
Dummer Academy
Washington
England
London
America
Sorbonne
University of Paris
Newbury
Withington
Boston
Journal Building
W. H. Austin
Lusitania Passenger List Highlights Lady Allan and Mrs Sharp
Lady Allan wife of Sir Montague Allan of Montreal sails with two daughters and a maid. Mrs Annie Sharp, Bryce Allen’s former maid, also departs aboard the Lusitania bound for London to join her husband in the British navy aboard the battleship King George V.
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Lady Allan
Montague Allan
Montreal
Bryce J. Allan
Beacon Street
Beverly Cove
Annie Sharp
Bryce Allen
Allans
London
Needham Man Aboard Lusitania
Sidney Taft, a Lusitania passenger and Needham resident for three years, is son of George Taft of Birmingham England. He lives with his brother at 382 Hillside Avenue and worked as a machinist at the American Postal Machine Company in Boston. Two of his brothers recently joined the English army.
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Sidney Taft
Needham
George Taft
Birmingham
Eng
Hillside Avenue
American Postal Machine Company
Congress Street
Boston
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Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Fra Elbertus
Cunard Steamship Company
Charles T. Jeffery
Thomas B. Jeffrey Company
Commodore J. Foster Stackhouse
Bowles
Chosen Spot
North Sea
U. S
Albin L. Richards
Harvard University
Strobe Bemis
Wilson
Hague Tribunal
Paris
Washburn
Charles Frohman
Charles Klein
Lothrop
Napoleon
Sandusky
New York Daily Graphic
Daniel
Hooley
Brooklyn
Chicago Comedy Company
John Dillon
J. H. Haverly
Haverly Mastodon Minstrels
Proctor’s
Twenty-third Street Theatre
Empire Theatre
Charles E. Worden
Riverside Street
Lowell
Eva E. Finch
Johnson Street
Lynn
Norwich
Roycrofter
F. R. Coudert
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