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cussp!sse? \' i LARGE PROPORTION OF CREW : SAVED BUT NO LACK OF DISCIPLINE WAS EVIDENCED, > 14-?E4? OLD GIRL -HEROINE Stories of Heroic Work of Rescuers / mong the Passengers of the fH~ . fated Ocean Liner. v Queenstown.?In striking- contrast, to most historic sea disasters, the rate of mortality among Srst class passengers of the Lusiatania seems to be heavier than among any other class on board. A large j*oportion of those saved are members of the crew, but j.t_ _ - i. ? j i? v _ r. ^ uns> is not evidence 01 laou OL line, as most of them were picked up from the water. The captain of a i twaier who arrived in the harbor soon | after "the accident with -T46' survivo-rs, | mostly women and children,, when rej preached for no*- staying longer on the I chance of picking up more survivors, said: "There were many left in the water, but they were dead and many were so mangled I thought it better to bring ashore my boat load of'suffering women , as they could not have stood mnch more." These women presented pitiful sight as they wandered aimlessly about, searching without hope for loved ones who must have gone down . with the ship. Relatives ana friends of passengers who naa gone m zugu spiiica uj - Liverpool to meet the incoming ship, ; began to arrive here 10 search for the missing, but the small roll of survivors meant heart-breaking disappointment for most of them- \ The brief time elapsing between the torpedoing and sinking of the Lusitania was long enough to develop a heroine in the person of Mrs. Kathleen Kaye, 14 years old, returning ' from New York where she had been visiting relatives. With smiling words and reassurance, she sided "stewards in-Ailing a boat with women and^vchg- : * dretL / /rr 4 When all were in she climbed aboard the lifeboat as coolly as an able seaman. One sailor fainted at. and the girl- took his. place. '. mem-* z&v^ torpedo, to. the for lowerrealized. remarkable escape was RolBsiil Minimis of Gainesville," was returning to England fl|UPPHr yearly visit accompanied by "iis chum R. T. Moodie, also of Gainesville. Both men gave their life-belts to steerage women just as the Lusitania sank. Timmis, who is a strong 3wimmer, ~ remained in the- water, j clining to various objects, for nearly j three hours, 'fhen he was taken into a Knaf n-V^r-Vi Via c+iTl hod the ifrancrth ?? VV/U> V *? 1X4 V U XX v <7 UXXX U?U VUV/ <7 1>X V/ AX >5 to assist in rowing. The boat began picking up from the water all those showing signs of life and the first person rescued was the half-unconscious steerage woman to whom-Timmis had given his life-belt, j Moodie sank when the ship went un- i der, and although he was a good swimmer, he was not seen again, j Moodie was all ready to jump when Timmis. who had previously given his helt to a woman, said: 'There is a steerage woman here with a six-months-old baby/' Moodie promptly stripped off his left-belt, but . it seems both he and the woman perishedDr. J. T. Houghton of Troy. N. Y? a survivor, said there was no reason to fear any danger after the first explosion. as it was believed the vessel would be headed for Queenstown ana beached if necessary. Just then, said Doctor Houghton, the liner again was struck, evidently in a more vital spot, for it began to settle rapidly. Orders then came from the bridge to lower all boats. Women became panic-stricken. People were rushed into the boats, some of which were launched successfully, others not so successfully. G. D. Lane, a youthful but coolhpadpfl sw-nnd fah'in naceoncoi- mtin was returning to Wales from New York, was in a lifeboat which capsized. "I was on the *B' deck," je said, "when I saw the wake of the torpedo. I rushed to get a life-belt but stopped to help get children on the boat deck. "The second cabin was a veritable nursery. Many youngsters must have drowned, but I saw one boat get away filled with women and children. When, the water reached the deck I saw another life-boat with a vacant seat. ! which I took as no one else was in sight. The Lusitania keeled so suddenly our boat was swamped but we righted her again. "We witnessed the most horrible (scene of human futility it is possible to imagine. When the Lusitania had iuruee! almost over she suddenly plunged bow foremost into the waUr, leaving her stern "high in the a!r. - ; I ^ Cl - ' The great steamer Liisitania was Glasgow, launched July 7. 1906. and long,. gross tonnage $2,500. net to. end class passengers and 1,300 thin 1WELVE HUNDRED II mm i o v 11 Two Torpedoes Strike Vessel! O '* nw* 1 |_ sending inter no oonom in Fifteen Minutes STORKS OF SURVIVORS V ] About 1American* Are Lost.? ' Manly Victim# Art Women, Iodise Srought to Land. London?The Gunard liner Lusi- ^ tm*> ~rMck sailed out of Nev York t aWJt? 1 Jiw at the bottom or too ocean os ; She Irish coast- She was sunk by a Gorman submarine, which sent two torpedoes crashing into her side while the passengers were" at luncheon. The Lueitania was steaming along 1 about 10 miles off Old Head Kinsale on the last leg of her yoy&ge to < Liverpool when about 2 o'clock in the afternoon a submarine suddenly : appeared and so: far as all reports go, fired two torpedoes without warn- i ing at the steamer. One struck her near the bows and the other in the ' engine room. The powerful agents of destruction tore through the vessels side, caus- j ing terriffic explosions. Almost im-1 mediately great volumes of water j poured through the openings and the j Lusitania listed. Boats which were already swung out on the davits were dropped over- j board and were speedily filled with : passengers who had been appalled by ; the desperate attack. A wireless call ( for help was sent out, and immediately rescue boats "of all kinds were sent both from the neighboring points along the coast and Queenstown. Within 15 minutes, as one survivor estimated, and certainly within half an hour, the Lusitania had disappeared. J When the passengers realized that | the Ludtania was doomed they j found that most of the boats of the , : port side were so jammed because of 1 the great list of the vessel that they ; could not be lowered and last seen j ! of them by the more fortunate pas-! I sengers who had secured places in ' 1 A ! the starDoara ooais m ?uu imu I jumped overboard and had been pick- I | ed up. they were lined on the slopin.tr decks awaiting iheir fate, doubtless '; even then believing that with land so close they won! 1 still be saved. However, tbe torpedoes had torn such gaping holes in the liner thai she did not remain afloat for more i r- Tninut.es. and the calls for j help which the wireless sent oui. al[ t.houeh answered quickly, could "not; hiiuy rue rescuins steamers m tirue t i to be of any service. I Clinton Bernard, of New York, a first cabin survivor of t.he ~Lusi*ania. said of his experiences: T jumped overboard. I had no lifebelt but I picked tip a bit or floatsam. Finally 1 sot 10 an upturned boat and clinjr to that. Later, with some others who had swam t.o this boat, we man acted to riqnlit it and climbed In and i started ?< rescu*- those we could reach. "The Genua 1 submarine made no attempt to sa\- anybody. We saw it ! for a niomtrt Just before ii dove. I "The fust torpedo struck us boI! r/ween the lirsf a:id second funnels. The Lusitania shook a.nd settled down a bit. Two other torpedoes quickly ( | followed end joou finished our ship. . >Tnr or iv? .->? our lifeboats ^tut , JNARD LINER, LUJ ^ one 01 the largest and speediest transstarted on her maiden trip September nn-age 9,143, and had accommodation i-class. Her captain was W. T. TurnerisIS JEM SMIfE j down with her and the tremendous suction as the liner was engulfed dragged many down. "The iirst torpedo burst with a big thud, and we knew that we were doomed. "We had floated about two hours In our small boat before the first res- I cue steamers arrived. Previous ? to this time scrne small shore boats and ashing smacks came along and helpsd us." The Rev. H. W. Simpson, a passenger in the second cabin, saved himself b7 clinging to an upturned boat. "After a struggle we filled this boat irith all we codld rescue."; Dr. Simpson said today. . "We tied a pair of J trousers-to an'bar and hoisted it as j i signal of distress. 44A K<*r fj-iwlar s>am* olrvnjr and t?vt1r I us aboard. "When we were struck I was in the saloon. Lifebelts were handed around but the people did not want to put them on and they rushed off to the deck just as they were." A cabin steward gave the following j account: "The passengers, a large number of i whom were seriously injured by the explosion and by splinters from the wreckage, were all at luncheon. The weather was beautifully clear and calm. We were going at. about lo knots, and were seven or eight miles south of Galley head when we were struck by one torpedo and in a min uate or two by two more. The first explosion staggered us, shattering the gigantic sbip. The Lusitania disappeared in 20 minutes aft^r the first torpedo struck. 4-It was a terrible sight, but. the passengers were surprisingly cool. We did not get a moment's notice from the submarine. It appeared suddenly above the surface on the starboard bow. It disappeared as suddely as it came into view, and was not seen again. It did not attempt to save men. women or children, but left them to drown like rats in a trap wfien the great ship sank like a stone. GERMANY DEFENDS DEED. Points to Warning and Seeks to Shift | Blame to Owners. Berlin, via Wireless to London.? The following official communication was issued: "The Cunard liner Lusitania was | torpedoed by a German submarine ! and sunk. The Lusitania was not j only armed with guns, as were re- i cently most of the English mercantile j steamers, cut, as is well known here, j she had large quantities of war ma- j terial in her cargo. "Her owners, therefore, knew to j what danger the pasengers were ex- j poseu. J iicy aione near an inn re- j sponsibilir.y tor what has happonde. ! "Germany, on her part, left nothing undone to repeatedly and strongly warn them. The imperial ambassador in Washington even went so fa." as (o j make a public warning, sc as to draw j attention to this danger. The English newspapers sneered then at the warning ai.d relied on the protection of the British fleM. to saf* g. nl At- j i : .. 4?.v a: ^ > Aftjiuv uann;. Nc News of Vandcbilt. Washington. - American Consul Frost at Cork" sent the- follmvinr cable to the State Department: "Please assume thai persons no: listed as either survivors or identified dead are missing and almost certain ly d i?A. So new? of Vandubilt. Stone. Shields. Myers. Ifnbbaid. Far* uiyu am or heir bodi^." ' 5ITANIA t * I p- ;? "rawsr-? j0 ' f . Atlantic liners. ,She v<-a-s built in. i 7, 1907. The Lusitania "was 785 feat I for 550 first-class passengers, 5f,0 secPRESIDENT CALMLY CONSIDERING QUESTION Washington.?After a conference with the president at the White House, Secretary Tumulty said: "Of course the president feels the distress and the gravity of the situation to the utmost, and is con1, sidering very earnestly, but very calmly, the right course of action to pursue. He knows that the people of the country wish and expect lim to act with deliberation as well as with firmness." F^CTS ABOUT THE LUSITANIA. Every Thing About ths Great Ocsa* Liner Was colossal in Dimenttona. Now York.?The Lusitania is the twenty-ninth vessel to be sunk or damaged in the first week of May in the German war zone about the British Isles m Host of these vessel* were torpe-, doedby German submarines, although k cases it has notbeen estabwhether the damage was inflicted hy mines or underwater boats.During the last fortnight German submarines have carried on the most active campaign of any time since the war began. The Lusitania was one of the largest trans-Atlantic liDers and was one of the speediest- She was built in Glasgow in 1906 and was 785 feet long. ' Her gross tonnage was 32,500 .and her net tonnage 9,145. She was owned by the Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd., of Liverpool. Her captain was W. T. Turner. The Lusitania was a proa act of the race for speed which was carried on for years among trans-Atlantic steamship companies, particularly of England and Germany. When the Lusitania was launched she was the wonder of the maritime world. Her mastery of the sea from the standpoint of speed was undisputed. Marine engineers were particularly interested in the great engines by which the Lusltania was propelled, which were regarded as a distinct departure. Instead of the usual type of reciprecating engines, her builders installed turbines. These engines de veloped an indicated horsepower of I 70.000. driving four shafts, each of v. hich carried a three-bladed propeller. The launching of the i-usit.a-iiia on i .Tune 7. 190?>. at Clyde Bank, was at- ! tended with elaborate ceremonials. She left on Iter maiden trip Septem- j ber 7. 1907. This voyage was herald- j ed as a race for the world's record. German steamship companies said her time of five days. 51 minutes, i was not in reality a record. Later | she made an undisputed record of ! four days. 11 hours. 4l' minutes, bur I that subsequently was beaten by the ; Mauretania. In January of last year the LusI! tania rescued the crew of the little i Canadian brig&tine Mayflower which I ! wa-i drifting wrecked and helpless ! l.OOO miles from the Canadian shore. Every thing about the "I.usitania was of colossal dimension. Her rudder I weighed. (! "? tons. She carried three I anchors of 10 tons each. The main I frames and beams placed end to end, 1 would extend i'.o miles Charles f\ Sumner, general agent | of the Cunard line in New York, is- j > sued a statement just before the ! ' Lusitania left New York the last time i I L-ouinti- vftVjfO Wrtlllrf nil' if. j ! tended by any risk whatever, as 'he liner had a sp'eed of 25 1-2 knots and was provided with unusual wat^rticlii bulkheads. Marine men said tha; I in their opinion the Lushania. could , nor. he sunk by sny single torpedo. Japan Cancels Military Movement. 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