Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-10
and that no expense be spared in trac-
4 ing Alfred O. Vanderbilt

and that no expense be spared I'm trac-
ing Alfred @. Vanderbilt.
Major +. Y. Pearl was saved with
| two children. but his twelyc-year-o
son lies in a morguc and his fourth
Frohman, Mrs. Mary Brown and Mrs.
Macdono were taken in charge by the
American consulate last night.
The Cunard Line has boat patrol
ling the spot where the liner sank.
, CORONER At INQUEST
DENOUNCES GERMANS
At the beginning Of the inquest yes
terday the coroner spoke at consider
able length denonncinS the Germans.
| He said he hoped all victims buried
| here would be given full military
honors.
Injured survivors OF the Lusitan MIA are
reported to be progressing to-day. OF
the volunteer doctors none has been
buster than DR.. Howard Fisher. of New
York. who was rescued after being in
the water three hours.
DR.. Fisher now numbers among his
patients Lady Mackworth, Lady Allan,
OF Montreal. and DR.. Fishers sister
| in-law Miss Dorothy Conner, who also
| is II cousin of Henry l.. Stimson, ex-
Secretary of War OF the United States
! Fisher. formerly Secretary of the In
| terror of the United States, was on his
| way to Belgium for Red Cross duty.
| The story follows:
''It liz not true that those on board
/ were unconcerned over the possibility
| Of being torpedoed. ] took the big
| liner to save time, and also in case of
a floating mine felt she would have
more chance of staying up. But. like
everybody else aboard. 1 felt sure in
| case of being torpedoed that we would
have time TO take to the boats.
II do not know what case is being
; made out for the Cunard people, but
] cannot say that either discipline or
precautions were up to the standard
when ] heard the crash j rushed
to the port side No officer was in
! sight. An effort was being made to
lower the boat swinging just opposite
the grand entrance. Women, children
| and men made mad scramble about
this boat. which was smashed against
the side, throwing all the occupants
into the sea.
Then sailor and a passenger
launched a second boat. which carried
chiefly women and children.
We then saw our first glimpse OF
; an officer. who came along the deck
and spoke TO Lady Mackworth Miss
; Conner and myself. who were standing
in group: Don't worry. the ship
VIII right ITSELF He had hardly
moved OH before the ship turned side
ways and then seemed to plunge head
foremost into the sea.
Il came up surrounded by swimmers
dead bodies and wreckage. got on
an upturned yawl, where found thirty
other people. among them Lady Allan,
whose collarbone was broken
Another passenger on the yawl,
man whose name ! did not learn, had
his arm hanging by the skin. HIS in
jury probably was due to the explosion
This arm was amputated successfully
with butcher knife by an Italian
surgeon aboard a tramp steamer, which
picked me up.
This tramp was flying the Greek
nag, hence the report that Greek
steamer was on the scene. It was
midnight before I arrived at a hotel
In Queenstown"
Speaking with considerable bitter
ness. Dr. Fisher. concluded:
II do not see how either the Cunard
Company or the admiralty can hold
themselves free from blame for this
tragedy. The authorities allowed
great ship loaded with valuable cargo
to proceed through known dangerous
waters, without single torpedoboat
as convoy"