Survivors recount sinking of Lusitania at Kinsale
Queenstown awash in grief as survivors tell how the Lusitania was torpedoed off Kinsale. Passengers at lunch when two torpedoes hit, the ship listing rapidly and sinking in minutes. Women and children clung to decks, rescue boats launched amid chaos. many recovered souls, some dying of exposure, others still seeking missing relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Turner
Lady Mack
Ernest Cowper
Toronto
Ont
Tle
de Ayala
Liverpool
Lusitania
Boata
Aatiora
Stanley IL
Lines
London
Complete Lusitania survivors list from Cunard offices
New York May 8 The Cunard company issued a list of Lusitania survivors in first and second cabins with numerous names including D. J. Thomas Cardiff Emily Davis York Chas Jeffry Chicago New York Annie Walker Montreal Bernard Sen Josephine Brandelte and many others. Also listed are additional names transmitted from London and Queenstown detailing survivors aboard the Lusitania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cunard Company
D. J. Thomas
Cardiff
Martin Lehmann
Emily Davis
D. H. Hammond
York
Chas. T. Jeffry
Chicago
G. G. Mester
Annie Walker
Perry
Buffrte Allan
Montreal
Jas, Bohan
B. Osborne
Stuart Duncan
Peart
L. L. McMarrsy
Seesiee Taft Smith
Braceville
Tt. Moepkins
Chas
FB. Laurent, Jr
PF. W. Rogers
Julian D' Ayala
HM. M. Daly
N. Rateliff
New
M. B. Labb
J. HM. Charice
Doris Charles
Toronto
Virginia
K. J. Timmis
James Baker
England
James A. B. Robert Clarke
Angele Tapp
Remplises
FF. Sturdy
Mon
A. L. Matthews
McConnell
Memphis
Has. . Liverpoel
Lady Mackworth
HH. B. Laseseter
Symes
Lasseter
Learoyd
Fisher
Thomas Home
Osborne
Pierpont
Irene Painter
Liverpool
Warren Peart
Robert Henkin
Jas J Leary
Slidell
George A. Keester
Arthur Lockhart
Owen Cannon
Dwight CC
Pat Miller
H. Sweet Maycock
Violet Henderson
Master Menderson
Merignon
Wrew K. Mertine
Sareh Blicen Pieh
Patrick O' Deneed
Mere
Cyril HH Beethorten Eed
Twee Childres
Lee Angeiess
Tur Chambers
Abramowits
Guy KO Cock Bere
David Dalrymple
Robert Diver
Doba Ellin
Robert J. Ewart
Mies B Mardy
Hh & Helbren
J. Marichaix
Mre Marichaix
Geo. Scott
A. Taylor
Mies M. Webb
A. FF. Adams
Mie
F. Brammer
A.W. Campbell
Crossley
George Duguid
Mise Marion Fish
BK. Prest
B. Gardiner
J. P. Gaydas
Haldane
G. B. Lane
G. Hh. Lauder
Wies Gay
Mise Olive North
Beadle
J. Preston Smith
M. Deherty
John Bernett
B.D Gray
Christina McCalm
Oliver Hervard
Dora Wallender
A. Marsh
H. W. Taylor
A. Donald
J. Wilson
Elizabeth BE. Hampshire
Florence Whitehead
J. A Lines
A. G. Byrne
Lend
Arthur Shepperson
Herbert Light
Patrick Slattery
A. P F. Clarke
Manmemeond
Terente
Jeane Larmen Dillon
Mies
Robert W. Cairnle
Mr. Coptell
Dyming Teon
al Pleher
Robert Williame
T. J. Williams
Mise Jessie Morderk
Edgard
H. Erhardt
Secretary Garrison Sits Tight Amid Lusitania Sinking
Secretary of War Garrison suspends planned inspection trip to Tennessee and Alabama river and harbor works after the Lusitania sinking. He says the trip will not be canceled by others but he prefers to wait for full British reports. Washington officials remain reticent about a possible extra congressional session.
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Washington
Garrison
Tennessee and
Alabama
Pening
State Department
Wilson
Congress
Admiralty
Survivor recalls sighting submarine before Lusitania attack
Ernest Cowper, Toronto newspaperman and Lusitania survivor, describes spotting a conning tower about a thousand yards off near the Irish coast at 2 o clock. He urged his companion to look up as an explosion followed and recalls orderly lifeboat evacuations.
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Queenstown
Ernest Cowper
Toronto
Cowper
Helen Smith
Woman Swimmer Rescues After Hour in Sea After Ship Sinking
Mrs M N Pappadopoulo of Athens Greece endured over an hour in the sea after the Lusi tania sank. An expert swimmer she kept afloat with a life belt while her husband, not a swimmer, was lost. She was rescued by a tug and given dry clothes. The ordeal ended with her thinking of her babies in Athens.
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Queenstown
May
M. N. Pappadopoulo
Athens
Greece
Pappadopoulo
Queenstown Town Hall Becomes Massive Morgue for Lusitania Victims
The town hall in Queenstown was turned into a morgue to receive bodies from the Lusitania sinking. Coffins lined the main room as identifications begin, with plans for large funeral services on Sunday. Accounts describe the torpedo strike, explosion, and disciplined crew efforts.
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Queenstown
Germany
Lusitania
Kinsale
Big liner insured for war risk cargo loss
The Lusi tania carried $5,000,000 war risk insurance. Cargo valued at about $750,000 included 280,000 pounds of braces and copper wire 5,471 cases of ammunition and $66,000 of military goods, all deemed contraband of war.
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New York
Taft Comments on Luallunta Sinking in Shallow Water
Former President Taft calls the Luallunta sinking in shallow water a distressing situation and says it awakens national concern. He hopes President Wilson adopts a wise and patriotic course without embarrassment.
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Taft Madison
Wis
Taft
Wilson
Hubbard joked on death as ship sinks in New York
Elbert Hubbard aboard the Lusitania reportedly joked about a submarine attack. He claimed from a personal view it might be good if he drowned, the only way to escape. The notes indicate he was aboard when the liner sailed from New York and later disappeared.
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New York
Elbert Hubbard
Hall of Fame Dream Sparks Unfinished Promise
A fragment speaks of a desire to enter the Hall of Fame and become a hero, aiming to go straight to the bottom. The text hints at ambition and a dramatic self-image without naming people or events.
634 Survivors Cabled from Luaitan via U S Consul
A cable from American consul C KE Laurent in Queenstown reports 634 Luaitanian survivors. The message filed at 6 am adds four names to the survivors list and notes very few others saved with several unidentified corpses. Americans from Queenstown migrate to London on Saturday.
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Washington
State Department
C. KE. Laurent
Queenstown
Laurent
London
Vaudeville at Empress and Pantages in Seattle
Moore theatre hosts Henry W. Savage production of Everywoman with 150 performers and a full symphony score by Chadwick for seven nights starting May 16. Loew's Empress features Gertrude Barnes in a musical revue with Equillo brothers, The Tangle by Roland Weat, Von Hampton and Hazel Josselyn songs, and Billy Kincaid juggling. Pantages bills Stuart the male Patti as a standout impersonator of feminine types plus more acts.
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George Whitefield Chadwick
New England Conservatory of Music
Loew
Gertrude Barnes
Equillo Brothers
Roland Weat
Stuart
Patti
Roundup of local notices and events in brief
A scattered set of items reports community figures, legal notes, and events. Highlights include Mrs. Isaac Cooper funeral plans, Bremerton fraud appeals, Tamba Maru cargo at Great Northern docks, a school and university activities, and a bid award for Admiral Way paving.
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Emar Goldberg
Edwin Meyer
Bremerton
Circuit Court of Appeals
McNet
Island
J. E. McDonald
Citizena’ Club of
Chehalis
University
Isaac Cooper
Oakland
Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line
Great Northern Docks
Smith's Cove
Beresford to question Asquith on Lusitania escort
Lord Charles Beresford said he would quiz Prime Minister Asquith in the house of commons about why no escort of destroyers was provided for the Lusitania. The issue highlights naval protection concerns during wartime.
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London
Charles Beresford
Premier Asquith
House of Commons
Piano Voice Heads Pan tages Bill at Matinee Debut
The program opens with a matinee Monday at Pan tages featuring piano voice in the headline number. Manager Pantages books a return engagement of Jakes Held Dan Collins Company in Childhood Days reverie, a schoolroom musical. Other acts include the Six Falcons in an original novelty Harry Antrim Betsy Vale in Filings of Fun and Carlotta the human dragon.
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Piano Voice
Pantages
Jakes
Dan Collins & Company
Six Falcons
Harry Antrim
Betsy Vale
Carlotta
Cunard Telegram Reports Losses From Naval Disaster
A New York dispatch quotes Admiral at Queenstown via telegram on the Kinross incident with torpedo boats, tugs, and trawlers. It lists 658 survivors and 45 dead, with Kinside and Kin sale vessels adding a few more, noting that some first class passengers were saved as the ship sank within 15 to 25 minutes.
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New York
Cunard
Liverpool
Queenstown
Heron
Kinsale
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Chas. C. Hardwick
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U. S
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Philharmonic
Joan Spargur
Condus
Hiram Tuttle
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William Hedley
Charles Burnett
Empress and Pantages
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von Hampton
Hazel
Josselyn
Billy Kincaid
Moore
Empress
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Judge Skoover
Easiay
W. A. McKeever
Child Welfare Department of
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Wash
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MGR
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Jules Held
DAN Collins & CO
Equino Bros
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Second Ave
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St. Louis
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Gardiner Gateway
McMullen
City Pass
Yesler Way
Seattle
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A. D. Charlton
Portland
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