Lusitania Sunk by Submarine Amid War Toll Loss Of 1200
The Lusitania was torpedoed off Old Head of Kinsale Ireland on a Friday afternoon. About 1,251 passengers and 816 crew were aboard with 188 Americans and 12 others confirmed dead or presumed lost. Key passengers including Charles Frohman and Alfred Vanderbilt were recovered or named dead as rescue efforts failed.
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London
Cunard Line
Old Head of Kinsale
Ireland
Charles Frohman
F. S. Pearson
New York
Charles Plamondon
Chicago
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Charles Klein
Justus M. Forman
Elbert Hubbard
Cunard Company
Frost
Old Head Kinsale
Liverpool
Great Britain
Atlantic
Nantucket
Lusitania
Washington
Germany
British Isles
Charles T. Bowring
Bowring Bros
Alexander Campbell
John Dewar & Sons
Philistine
D. A. Thomas
Lady Mackworth
Vanderbilt
Charles P. Sumner
American Nation Faces a Cable Crisis and Possible Break
President Wilson weighs drastic steps after the Lusitania sinking and a string of American losses. Officials discuss breaking diplomatic relations with Germany as a potential outcome, noting it could occur without war. Germany defends its actions in a foreign office statement.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Wilson
Frye
Leon Co. Thresher
Gulflight
Cushing
Washington
Germany
Nicaragua
Knox
Foreign Office
Roosevelt Calls German Warfare Piracy On A Vast Scale
Col Theodore Roosevelt denounces German submarine and mine warfare as pure piracy. He recalls Gulflight sinking and cites Louvain and Dinant destruction, arguing such acts target innocent travelers and demand action to uphold humanity and U S national self respect.
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Louvain
Dinant
Belgium
Life belt saves Jeffery from Lusitania sinking
Charles T. Jeffery of Kenosha Wis was among Lusitania passengers from Chicago. He credits an inflatable life jacket with keeping him afloat after the ship sank, describing a frantic scramble in the water as hundreds struggled to stay alive.
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Lusitania
America
London
Charles T. Jeffery
Chicago
Kenosha
Wis
Jeffery
German Ambassador Expresses Regret Over Lusitania Loss
Count Johann von Bernstorff, German ambassador, met with Secretary Bryan for fifteen minutes at the state department and voiced deep regret over the loss of American lives in the Lusitania sinking. The department said the remarks were personal and noted the phrase so many lives. No formal message was presented.
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Washington
Johann von Bernstorff
United States
State Department
Bryan
Department
Bernstorff
Lansing
Gerard
Berlin
Count von Bernstorff
Foreign Office
Lusitania Torpedo Attack Believed to Harm Passengers
Captain Turner disputes explosion of ammunition after the second torpedo. He says a boiler explosion likely caused the disaster and describes the ship’s doomed attempt to beach near the Irish coast as Lusitania sank with hundreds killed or injured. Officials from Cunard assist survivors and search efforts.
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Lawrence Elston
International News Service
Queenstown
Lusitania
Cunard Line
W. T. Turner
Turner
Irish
Lusitania Torpedoed After Advised Course Departure
London reports the liner Lusitania was torpedoed off the south coast of Ireland while following an Admiralty laid course. Winston Churchill disclosed in the house of commons that warnings and instructions were sent to Captain Turner, who acknowledged them.
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Lusitania
Admiralty
Turner
London
British Admiralty
Ireland
Winston Spencer Churchill
Mmons
Churchill
Leo Frank to Die June 22 in Georgia Case
Leo M. Frank, convicted of Mary Phagan’s murder at the National Pencil factory, is sentenced to be hanged June 22 by Judge Ben Hill. Governor John M. Slaton is pressed with petitions to commute to life imprisonment before his retirement on June 24.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
National Pencil
Ben Hill
Georgia
John M. Slaton
Frank
Slaton
Survivors Bitter Over Lusitania Handling After Disaster
London May 11 764 Lusitania survivors reached land and 144 bodies were recovered as search efforts continued off Ireland’s south coast. Investigators plan a board of trade inquiry led by Lord Mersey while survivors criticized admiralty decisions and lack of convoy. 107 American lives lost and rewards offered for Vanderbilt body search.
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Board of Trade
Lord Mersey
Admiralty Court
Queenstown
St. Paul
Kinsele
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
New York
Elbert Hubbard
Charles Klein
Lindon Bates, Jr
Justus Miles Forman
London
Admiralty
Canaré Line
Irish
Turner
Lusitania
W. T. Turner
Ireland
High salaried agent dead in Morgan City
Baron Randolph Natili, Southern Pacific station agent in Morgan City Louisiana, died at his home. His annual salary of 25000 made him possibly the world’s highest paid railroad station agent. Natili was a close friend of Eugene Field and Collis P Huntington and known for handling intricate diplomatic railroad issues.
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Morgan City
Randolph Natili
Southern Pacific
Althigh
Eugene Field
Collis P. Huntington
Southern Pacific Organiza
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