Lusitania disaster news reaches Canada and Allies
Word from Calgary Edmonton Regina and Winnipeg details Lusitania survivors and dead, with a rising death toll and lists of saved Calgary residents and Western Canadians among the aboard. Officials in Washington and London prepare updates as inquiries continue.
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Andy Page
Scotland
Page
Canada
Winnipeg
Man
New York
Dorothy Dodd
Edmonton
Ells
John
Freeman
Kamloops
B. C
Gwyer
Rev
H. L
Saskatoon
Sask
Hamilton
Ont
R. A. Osborne
Hospital Corps
England
Lusitania sinks as world reacts with shock and concern
Reports from Berlin via Amsterdam note German cheers for the Lusitania loss as Taft, Vanderbilt, Mrs Vanderbilt and Elbert Hubbard appear among notable survivors unlisted. Alfred Vanderbilt, reputed heir to a vast estate, remains among the missing as New York, London and Washington react with alarm.
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Alfred G. Vanderbilt
New York
Chas. Frohman
Elbert Hubbard
Heved
Alfred G. Wynne Vanderbilt
Charles Frohman
Queenstown
Gerard
Berlin
Washington
Germany
Milwaukee
Wis
Wm. Howard Taft
Madison
Wilson
London
Exchange Telegraph Co
Amsterdam
Admiral von Tirpitz
Lusitania
Falkland Islands
von Spee
New York City
Lusitania Sinking Survivors and Passenger Loss Trail
May reports from New York and London recount survivors landed 658 as Cunard Line notes. Details list passengers and notable figures aboard including Mira Frohman Chas Klein J Foster Stackhouse and others while captain Turner stood on deck as the ship sank.
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Chas. Klein
Mira Frohman
J. Foster Stackhouse
Europe
Belgium Relief Commission
A. L. Hopkins
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
C. Chever Hardwick
East Orange
N. J
Burr and
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Ndon
Turner
Lusitania
London
Alfred G. Wyne Vanderbilt
U. S
Queenstown
New York
May
Admiralty
May &S
London Daily News
Exchange
Copenhagen
Berlin
May Be Hatters and a Casualty Name
A fragmentary line mentions Sergeant F. W. Gibb and a Frank Gibb connected to today’s casualty list. The text is garbled, obscuring full details of any event or confirmation of identity.
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F. W. Gibb
Frank Gibb
Kaiser to strike first blow at former ally
War dispatches report Italy's entry into the war against Austria. Berlin and Paris briefings describe German plans and battles near Peronne and Beausejour. Reports also note Italian intervention, Libau capture, and various troop movements across Mitau Mlawa and Galicia with ongoing shelling and counterattacks.
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London
Italy
Rome
von Buelow
Berlin
War Office
Libau
Courland
Russia
Paris
Friz
Peronne
Champagne
Beause
Daily Mail
Copenhagen
Aoe
Keiser
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Herr von Jagow
Petrograd
Mitau
Cosi Fend
Pitas
Mlawa
Marcisze
Graymki
Snd
Pomicany
Galicia
Vistate
Carpathians
Conti
Abd
Haw
Thie
Japs Leaving Manchuria Reported By Dispatches
Dispatches from Manchuria report Japanese forces withdrawing from key positions. The Mythepe area appears unsettled as redeployments unfold and local officials urge calm amid shifting fronts.
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Bellevue
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Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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