Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09
SUBMARINE MADE
NOEF:FORT ToSAvE
Survivors Tell of War Craft
Firing Three Torpedoes,
Then Disappearing.
LUSITANIA CARRIES DOWN
SCREAMING PASSENGERS
Tales of Horror Told by Survivors
of Great Sea Disaster Off
Ireland.

QUEENSTOWN. May S.-The sub
marine that torpedoed the l.usltania
made no effort to rescue passengers.
After the third torpedo had hit the
liner. the plunger dove aud vas not
seen again. according to survivors. who
also state that no warning was gwen
the ship.
Clinton Bernard of New York city.
one of the first cabin survivors of the
Lusitania. had this to say of his eN-
periences:
although it was tremendous shock
to everybody there was not as much
excitement as one would expect in such
a catastrophe. II occurred 50 sudden
ly we had not much time 10 realize
what was happening. When ] saw the
ship was sinking ] jumped overheard
just as | was. | had life belt. hut
j picked up bit of flotsam. Finally
l got to an upturned boat and chung
to that Later. with some others who
had sWum 10 this boat we manag ed
to right it. Then We climbed in and
started to rescue as many :;.ople AS
we could reach
The German submarine made no at
tempt to save anybody. We saw il for
4 moment just before il dove.
Three Torpedoes Hit Ship.
The first torpedo struck rs between
the first and second tunnels. The Lusi-
tania shook. and settled down a bit.
Two other torpedoes quickly followed
and soon finished our ship. Four or
FIVE of our lifeboats Went down with
her, and the tremendous suction, the
liner was inguifed. dragged many
people down also.
The noise of the explosion was not
very great. The first torpedo burst
with big thud. and we knew that we
were doomed We had fioated about
two hours in our small boat before
the first rescue steamers arrived Pre-
vlous TO this time some small shore
boats and fishing smacks came along
and helped us.
Sunk in Twenty Minutes.
A cabin steward of the Lusitania to-
day gave the following account of the
sinking of the vessel:
The passengers large number of
whom were seriously injured by the
explosion of the torpedoes and by
sp1inters from the wreckage were all
at luncheon. The weather was beauti-
fully clear and calm. We were going
at about sixteen knots, and were seven
or eight miles south of Ealleyhead
when we were struck by one torpedo,
and in a minute two afterward by
two more. The first explosion stag
gered US. and the others finished US,
shattering the gigantic ship. The
Lusitania disappeared in twenty min
utes after the first torpedo struck
1T was a terrible sight. but the pas
sengers were surprisingly cool. Nearly
all the first-class passengers were
drowned. Most of those saved were
second and third class passengers.
We did not get a moments notice
denly above the surface. on our star
board bow, and discharged a torpedo
at US. The submarine disappeared as
suddenly as it came into view.
I'VE saw the track the torpedo made
In the water, and we got it fairly amid
ships. The Lusitania listed forward
and started to settle. Then the sub
merged submarine discharged two more
torpedoes, which also struck us. and
our ship sank in twenty minutes.
No Attempt to Save People.
After the submarine dived it was
not seen again. II went off after ac-
complishing its work and did not at
tempt to save men. women children,
but left them to drown like rats in a
trap when the great ship sank like
stone.
The scene was frightful the ship
went down. A great many persons
were carried down at once by the sue
ton of the big vessel About 100 per-
sons jumped overheard and chung to
floating wreckabe or upturned boats,
which were blown off the ship by the
explosion.
One of the ca bin passengers. Greek
woman, was rescued after swimming a
long distance In sweater and trous-
ers lent to her by sailor. She fears
her husband was drowned. he could
not swim.
Naval Cadets Story.
W. G. E. Meyers Of stratford. ont,
a lad of sixteen years. who was on mis-
way TO Join the British navy a.
cadet. said;
II had just gone to the sDper deck
after lunch to play a game of quOits
with two other boys One Of them.
looking over the side, saw white
streak in the water and shouted:
There's torpedo. coming straight at
U.s. We watched II until it struck us.
with an awful explosion. Then we
rushed to the boat deck Just as we
got there huge quantity of wood
splinters and great masses OF water
few all around
"A second torpedo struck US about
four minutes after the frst I went
below TO get a life belt and met
woman who was frenzied with fear I
tried 70 calm her and helped her into