Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-08
PASSENGERS At LUNCH WHEN THE
AWFUL CRASH HITS giant
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- Scenes reminiscent Of the Titanic and the Empress of ireland
disasters were witnessed in Liverpool tonight, where large crowds,
chiefly women relatives Of the crew Of the Lusitana, gathered out
side The Cunard offices, anXiously awaiting news from Their men
There was little news available, however, but the people renamed
cam,u although the strain was terrible; ., So.
marking on the elaborate warnings Issued at New York before the
sup .s s2Ieq 6n sly IS difficult to understand how, with such warnings
and such ample opportunity to take all precautions, the Lusitanla
was caught. The conclusion Of the vessels exact course must have
been known TO the captain OF the submarine IS dfnc"'t to AVOID
and it is uncomfortable to accept
Mat. LUsITANIA HAD GUNS.
The Post believes conditions are favorable for rescue of many
Of the passengers and supposes everything was in readiness on
board the liner and that procedure in ease of attack had been care
fully rehearsed. 1t states the 1.usitania was equipped with a for
midable battery, Of guns and adds:
% IN cR1T1C1sE OUR ACTION. w~l J.
But it appears that New York legal niceties regarding intema-
tional law prevented the boat from carrying ammunition for these
guns, under pains Of being informed in a neutral port as a snip OF
"But, surely, if the United States regards these submarine at
attacks as illegal it should follow that the guns may be used on
!. merchantmen, to guard themselves against such attacks without
: making the vesesl which uses them a ship of war.
"In the face of this crime, it is idle to waste words in condcn-
nation. We must set our teeth and go on with the war with more
courage and determination
MANY LIFE BOATS USELESS
Dublin, May 1.-THE motor boat, Elizabeth, which arrived at
Kinsale. reports that at $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon she picked
up two life boats containing 63 and l6 survivors of the Lusitana
respectively. The cork tug took the rescued to Queenstown. They
were mostl women and children. The passengers said, owing to
her list to port, the Lustania could not launch many OF her life
The tug, sto1mcock, returned here bringing a $50 survivors Of
the Lusitania, principally passengers, among who were several Wo-
men. several of the crew and the steward. Describing the exper-
fence Of the Imshania, the steward said:
#315"@ 4"+ PASSENGERS AT LUNCH,
:'rEa' passengers were at lunch when the submarine came up
IN FREQ two torpedoes, which struck the Lusitanas. starboard
MAJ .u4 forward and the other in the engine room where there
wert orrifc explosions. a.
asmeeA aptain Turner Immediately ordered the boats out. The ship
tAran = ,St badly Immediately. Ten boats were put into the water
al between 400 and 500 passengers entered them. The boat con
ta,uing myself and three other boats We're picked up shortly before
fmr o'clock by the Stormcock. 7 fear few officers We're saved, but
they acted bravely.
There were only fifteen minutes from the time the ship struck
until she foundered, going down bow foremost. 1t was a dreadful
sight 49,
Two other steamers with survivors are approaching the shore.
INTERESTED IN ATTITUDE OF UNITED STATES
Where Great Britain fastest merchant vessel went down, Od
Head Kinsale, is a land mark that brought JOY to- many travellers,
as it always stood as a sign from shore that the perils OF the voyage
across the Atlantic were at an end.
The line, whose boast it had been that it never lost a passen-
hip in the Atlantic service, now lost the ship that lodged the
clared. and later startled the world by flying the stars and stripes.
The British admiralty is discouraging publication of surmses
and e1lesses regarding the dead and injured. Even before the
crude details were known, tn British press was asking edhtorany
what the United States will say to this event, and how she will hold
Germany to rstict accountability mentioned in previous dplo-
matte correspondence. ~ ''
CAUSES SENSATION IN HOLLAND
& Amsterdam, May News of the sinking OF the Lusltana
caused a tremendous sensation in Holland. Amsterdam newspapers
published numerous extra editions and the keenest interest was dis
played as to whether any Dutch passengers wr among the missing.
The Lusana as torpedoed and
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