Honeymoon Disaster Fears Tie Boston Couple to Lusitania
Foreseeing disaster, Boston socialite Mrs Stewart S Mason and her husband were aboard the Lusitania when it set sail amid tension over the sinking. Lothrop Withington, Harvard athlete and New England scion, reportedly canceled passage after a premonition. Other notable passengers included Bridward Bowen, a shoe dealer, and Cordis Fo fournat & co bookseller firm member, all associated with premonitions and last minute changes.
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Massachusetts
Lothrop Withington
New England
Harvard Athletics
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Mason
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Cordis Fo Fournat & Co
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Lothinp Withington
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Parvarit
Multiple Funerals and Obituaries in May 1915 Boston Area
The notice lists obituaries and funeral arrangements for Emma Bron aged 78. Charles F He Sp Avvin aged 73. Benjamin Waltet Thyver Master. Sarah Hahn of the town. Elion tof widow and other relatives. The items reference services at various chapels, cemeteries, and residences in Brookline and nearby towns, with interments at Mount Auburn and other cemeteries.
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Lest Bron
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Northumberland
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Paltimore
Zanesville
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Hiltimore
Prominent Passengers On Lusitania Voyage
Special to The Washington Post reports that many prominent American business and professional leaders ship were aboard the Lusitania when it sank. The list includes Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Charles Klein Elbert Hubbard and several other notable executives engineers actors and authors from cities such as Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh Worcester Chicago Baltimore and Cincinnati.
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New York Shipbuilding Company
Paris
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Pittsburgh
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
F. S. Pearson
Washington Post
New York
England
Charles Klein
Charles Frohman
Justus M Forman
F. & Pearson
Elbert Hubbard
Hubbard
J Foster Stackhouse
Julian de Ayala
Liverpool
Vanderbilt
Shortage of Cruisers To Protect Trade Blamed
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford blames the Lusitania sinking on a shortage of cruisers to guard trade routes. He said this had been his view for years and reiterated the point in London on May 7.
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London
Lord Charles Beresford
Lusitania Passengers Reassured Amid Torpedo Fears
New York reports 1,253 aboard the Lusitania with 188 Americans and 956 Britons plus others. Despite warnings and fake telegrams, Cunard officials say the liner's speed of 25 1/2 knots and robust watertight bulkheads negate grave risk. The ship departed with a full list, later delaying due to taking 163 passengers from the Cameronia.
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Steamship
Uier
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Charles P. Sumner
Cunard Line
France
Vanderbilt aboard Lusitania reportedly drowned
The Times dispatch from London reports Alfred Guynne Vanderbilt, aboard the Lusitania with his valet, was drowned after the airer failed and the ship went down. The report appears in a special cable to The Washington Post dated May Saturday.
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Washington Post
London
the Times
Alfred Guynne Vanderbilt
Two Americans Safe Lusitania Passengers Named
Special to The Washington Pow reports at 11 tonight that Mrs. H. B. Lassetter and F. Lassetter, listed on the Lusitania passenger list, were saved. They reside in London and were booked from Sydney, Australia, likely travelling around the world. A later message confirmed Miss J. D. Smith and George Kessler safe. Miss Jess ie Taft Smith of Braceville, Ohio, and George A. Kessler, a New York wine merchant, were aboard.
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New York
Cunard
Laesetter
Lusitania
H. B Lassetter
F. Lassetter
Lassetters
London
Sydney
Australia
J. D Smith
George Kessler
Miss Smith
Jessie Taft Smith
Braceville
Ohio
George A. Kessler
Bacon Joins British Army Hospital Staff
Former Secretary of State Robert Bacon has joined the British government service. He becomes a member of Sir Arthur Sloggett's staff, surgeon general of the British army in the field, serving as organizer of hospitals and wearing the British medical service uniform.
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Washington Post
London
Robert Bacon
Arthur Sloggett
Bacon
British Medical Service
Lusitania First Cabin Passengers Listed
A long list of Lusitania travelers transfers from Cameronia, naming Mr. Henry Adams of Boston, Miss Anna Allan of Montreal, Albert Hilicke of Los Angeles, and many others across New York, London, Toronto, Chicago, and Montreal. The roster includes consular officials, actors, businessmen, and families, with numerous surnames and cities.
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Henry Adams
Boston
Mass
A. H. Adams
New York
W. McM. Adams
Lady Allan
Montreal
Anna Allan
Gwen Allan
M. N. Alles
Julien DE Ayala
Liverpool
James Baker
England
M. A. Baker
G. W. B. Bartlett
London
J. J. Batterseby
Stockport
Albert
Hilicke
Los Angeles
Leonidas Bistio
Atlanta
J. 2
Black
Thomas Bloomfield
James Rohan
Toronto
Canada
Mr. Boulton, Jr
Chicago
Misa Braithwaite
Morristown
N. J
Josephine Brandell
Allan Bredge
C. T. Broderick
Boater
W. Broderick-Cloete
San Antonio
Tex
J. H. Brooks
F. C. Brown
William H. Brown
Buffalo
N.Y
Paul Crompton
Stephen
John
Alberta Crompton
Philadelphia
Robert W. Brooks
A. B. Cross
Switzerland
Howard Fisher
Justin M. Forman
Charles F. Fowles
Richard B. Freeman, Jr
J. Friedenstein
Edwin W. Friend
Farmington
Conn
Charles Frohman
Frances McDonald
William McLean
L. Mecmurray
Fred A. McCmurtry
H. H. Myers
C. B. Mells
James B. "Mitchell
R. T. Moodie
M.S. Morell
G G. Mosley
Mra. Munro
Herman 4A. Myers
F. G. Naumann
Gustav Adolph
Nyblom
Arthur Wood
J. M. Young
Hamilton
Ontario
Philip Yung
Cameronia
Robert C. Wright
Cleveland
Peter Boswell
T. C. Osborne
J. B. Muller
M. D. Gibson
Alex Stuart
Henry G. Burgess
Lusitania passenger Charles E. Lauriat Jr safe
A cablegram from Queenstown reported at 12:40 a m that Charles E H Lauriat Jr of Boston is safe and well aboard the Lusitania. The note confirms his return trip to Baltimore and back on the Penna R R Co booksellers line, with arrangements for a Monday 9 20 a m return.
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Queenstown
Charles EH. Lauriat, Jr
Charles E. Lauriat, Jr
Boston
May
Baltimore
Charles E. Lauriat
Penna R. R. 4 Co
S. First Cabin
German View of War From Staats-Zeitung May 8
The Staats-Zeitung reports on German war warnings and the Lusitania sinking. It notes many Americans ignore the German declaration of a war zone around Britain and that travelers of British ships sail at their own risk. It suggests British sympathy in the U.S. will grow as the war continues.
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Cunard
Germany
Great Britain
British Isles
Ehipa
Great Britain and Ireland
English Channel
Washington
Gonry
United States
Washington, DC
England
Attorns
London
America
Fimsit
Herman Ridder
Roosevelt labels Lusitania sinking pure piracy in first statement
Syracuse May 7 Theodore Roosevelt called the Lusitania disaster pure piracy and recalled earlier remarks about German war zone policies. He cited the destruction of the Gunflight and warned that mines and submarines violate international law, equating them with piracy.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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