Lusitania Disaster Report Floods London with Hopes and Fears
Sixteen hours after the Lusitania sank official word put survivors under 600 with reports of many injured and some dead. Names such as Alfred Vanderbilt Fred G. Vanderbilt Elbert Hubbard and Mrs Hubbard surfaced among those aboard. Queenstown Clonakilty and Kinsale were noted as landing sites as officials warned of heavy loss of life. The American embassy and Cunard offices in London faced a flood of inquiries while survivors described the torpedo strike and rapid sinking.
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London
Lusitania
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Queens
Ireland
George’s Channel
Oris
Cunard
Admiralty
Queenstown
Clonakilty
Cork
Kinsale
Fred G. Vanderbilt
Elbert Hubbard
Cunard Line
Naval and Military Hospital
W. T. Turner
Royal Navy Reserve
J. C. Anderson
New York
Cameronia
British Admiralty
Henry Adams
Adams
A. H. Adams
W. McM. Adams
Allan
Anna Allan
Gwen Allan
James Bohan
H. J. Boulton, Jr
Charles W. Bowering
Dorothy Braithwaite
Josephine Brandell
C. T. Broderick
W. Broderick-Clode
J. H. Brooks
M. C. Brown
H. A. Bruno
Bruno
J. S. Burnside
Ivis Burnside
A. J. Bisington
Michael G. Byrne
Conway S. Capbell-Johnston
Campbell-Johnston
Alexander Campbell
D. L. Shabot
W. Chapman
J. H. Charles
Cowley Clarke
A. R. Clark
H. G. Colebrook
Dorothy Conner
George R. Copping
Copping
William Chrichton
Paul Crompton
W. Keeble
Mrs. Keeble
Francis C. Kellett
M. Kempson
Qwen Kenan
C. Hickson Kennedy
Kathryn _pamedie
Harry J. Keser
Keser
T. B. Kind
Charles Klein
C. Harwood Knight
Klean Knight
S. M. Knox
Sir Hugh Lane
H. B. Lassetter
F. Lassetter
Charles I. Lauriat
Leroyard
Evan Leigh
Isaac Lehmann
Joseph Levinson
Gerald Letts
Guy Erwin
Poppam Loeb
R. R. Lockhart
A. D. Loney
Loney
Miss Loney
A. C. Luck
E. €. Luck
W. N. Perry
Wallace B. Phillips
Robinson Pirie
William J. Pierpont
Charles A. Plamondon
Plamondon
Henry Pollard
Theodorata Pope
George Powell
N. Rateliff
Robert Rankin
R. L. Rhys-Evans
F. A. Rogers
Rogers
T. W. Rumble
G. S. Ryerson
Laura Ryerson
Leo. M. Schwabacher
August W. Schwarte
Max M. Schwartz
A. J. Scott
Percy Secombe
Elizabeth Secombe
Victor E. ~Shield
Ki. D. Shymer
Jacobus Sirguard
T. J. Silva
T. Slidell
Jessie Taft Smith
H. B. Sonneborn
J. Foster Stackhouse
G. W. Stephens
John C. Stevens
Duncan Stewart
Herbert S. Stone
Martin van Straaten
Julius Strauss
C.F. Sturdy
RK. L. Taylor
D. A. Thomas
E. Bliss Thompson
Mrs. Thompson
George Tiberghien
R. J. Timmis
Fr. FE. Total
Ernest Townier
L. W. Trumbull
Scott Turner
G. H. Turton
Phillip Young
St George’s Channel
Liverpool
Centurion
Candidate
Coningbeg
Kinsale Head
Prominent Americans Aboard Lusitania Bound for Europe
The Lusitania carried many notable travelers including Charles Frohman and Justus Miles Forman on business and pleasure. Also aboard were Charles Klein, Justus Miles Forman, Elbert Hubbard, Mrs. Hubbard, and others seeking ships and markets ahead of war.
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New York
Charles Frohman
Justus Miles Forman
Frohman
Boston
Charles Frohman Stock Company
Empire
Criterion
Lyceum
Garrick
Savoy
Knickerbocker
Duke of York
Yale
Charles Klein
London
A.L. Hopkins
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co
Virginia
Europe
Hopkins
Hopkin
U. S
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Texas
Delaware
North Carolina
Montana
R. D. Shymer
David Alvord Thomas
Charles Fowles
Scott & Fowles
Potters Bar
Ogden H. Hammond
Lusitania Sinking Sparks Official Debate in Washington
Washington officials led by President Wilson and Secretary Bryan faced alarm over the German torpedo attack on the Lusitania. Officials weighed American lives and commerce, with Bryan insisting the department would speak only after all facts emerged. A high admin official predicted Germany would justify the act, arguing Lusitania carried arms and that international law now lacks clear rules. The case of the Gunflight and consular dispatches added to the tension as experts questioned the vessel's watertight integrity and the number of torpedoes involved.
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Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Germany
White House
State Department
Ambassador Page
Page
Lusitania
Cunard Line
New York
U. S
Leon C. Thresher
Great Britain
Europe
U.S
International News Service
Skinner
London
Experts Say Lusitania Sinking Violated International Law
New York experts in international law declared the torpedoing of the Lusitania without warning a breach of international law. They argued the act endangered neutral citizens and raised questions about U.S. responses and the legality of submarine warfare.
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New York
Frederic R. Coudert
Coudert Bros
Saic
Battleships Headed to New York Naval Review
Fourteen battleships forming most of the Atlantic fleet left Hampton Roads this morning for New York to join a naval review. The auxiliary fleet with colliers tugs and the hospital ship Solace followed later for the voyage to New York.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
New York
Auxiliary Fleet
Solace
Relatives Besiege Cunard Offices Over Lusitania Fate
In New York on May 7 hundreds of Lusitania relatives surrounded Cunard to learn passenger news after the Titanic tragedy echoes. Women cried and begged for information while officials attempted reassurance amid unconfirmed reports of survivors, as telegrams poured in from across the United States.
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New York
Cunard
Lusitania
United States
Submarine Inventor Reflects on Lusitania Sinking
Simon Lake, pioneer of the first American subs, laments the sinking of the Lusitania and warns that nations will field more submarines to target transoceanic commerce. He suggests war powers may attack great liners as warnings precede bombardments.
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New York
Simon Lake
Lusitania
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