Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-10

as thr Lusitania sank Timmis. who is
a ssronE swimmer. remained tn the
wateF. ciinEiaE 90 various objects. for
a~ariy three hours Then he was taken
into q boat. Which he still had the
strruEth 90 assist in rowing.
The boat began picking up all those
stouirE signs o. life. and the FIRST
perz1a rescued vas che haif-conseious
ste~raEr woman 90 whom Timmis had
Eigeu bis ufc belt
Noodle sank when the ship went
ladrr. and. although q soot swimmer.
vas NOT seen again. Noodle was
ready Co jump vhru Timmis. who
previously had given bis belt % a wo-
man said
There is FtsrraEc woman here
aifh q C-mnuth-ult baby
Noodle promptly stripped OF hts
fif~ belt. bat 10 seems both be and the
u1man persisted
Tiumis. who talked with Captain
Turner. after landing. stated that the
captain said bitterly;
I'VE didrt have chance. I knew
that uhcu fcit she torpcdo's Impact
tfr Timmis added that the captain
toif tae h-imsman and star captain
ua th~ bridge 90 save themselves. but
Captain Turner remained az hts post
The star captain was lost. but the
h~isaEtran was saved.
Youthful Weishman Helps Children.
q o. Lane a youthful but cool
headed second cabin passenger. who
vas returning 90 wales from New
YORK. vas 90 a ufeboat. which cap
s.zrd ty the davits as the Lusltania
E~~ied over
q val. on ,h- "a deck no said.
eUhrr q saw she wake Of a torpedo
{ hardly realized shat q meant when
ftr big ship seemed 10 staEFer and
almost Immediately listed 20 = star
beard rushed 90 get a life belt. but
stopped 20 help get children on the
boat deck The second cabin was a
vsritabir nursery. May youngsters
must have drowned bat had the sat
fssactiou % seeing one boat get away
errd ufth women and children. When
the wafrF reached che deck I saw
another iifrb0at ulth a vacant seat.
uhteh I took. a. no one else vas In
sight. bat 80 grTr TOO late. The Lul-
itauia rrried so sudd~uiy our boat
vas suamprd but 80 FlEhtst % again.
We witnessed thr most horrible
sernr % human futiiity O. f. posi-
BE 20 Imagine. When the Lusitauia
Hal tnrnrd almost over - suddenly I
piunEod boz foremost INTO thr water.
leaving t's stern high in the air.
People on the afr deck wcrc fighting
wtth Wild desperation 90 retain foot /
inE 90 thr almost p-rp~udic,tisr deck. ]
uhfir they fell over IN. slippery stern 4
like crippled fica Their cries and
shrtrks could - heard above the hiss
% escaping steam and the crash %
hsrssinE boilers Thea the water mer-
eifaiiy closed over them and the biz 1
tiser disappeared. leaving scarcely a 1
ripple behiaf.
Twelve ufehnafs were all that we're /
'sft % cur rnatiux home. In n time 7
Which could b. measured By seconds .
swimmers. bodies and wreckagc ap-
pearrd IN che space where the liner
wsnt down We we're almost exhausted .
~ 't~ work a. rescue when taken
aboard q irawier r. all seems like a
horrible dream now
Captain - Rescue Boat Tells Of
Scenes
Captain David Murphy % the ;raw-
isF stsrn Cock Was frs; on the scene
~ifh a rescue boat. Ills story Of the
rescue follows
FIRST % all gathered In iifeboat
- persons. most OF them women and
children. anf before I completed my
load I had 20 blessed youngsters
aboard the old Storm Cock Several o.
them we're without their mothers. hut
AT vers taken Ia charge before ne
reached hArbor b. kindly women who