South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-08
DEATH LIST is BELIEVED
TO BE NEAR 1,458

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ed and that care would be taken Of
them The work of launching life
boats from the unchanged side Of
the ship was commenced while the
liner continued TO roll further and
further until she was almost on her
beam ends.
-. o. s. Calls sent Out.
In the meantime the wireless had
begun 10 Sputter and - o. s" calls
were being flashed % all stations that
fringe the Irish Welsh and English
coasts.
It was not realized at first that The
ship had been torpedoed. as the pas
sengeTs who were walking upon the
decks had seen no trace Of subma-
rine The liner was proceeding at
Is knots speed through the steamship
lane that British warships have been
at particular pains 10 keep free o. in
vaders and all on board felt safe. The
iOllity that always marks a trans
Atlantic voyage was already in evil
dence when the shock came. To was
said 10y persons on a fishing boat OCT
old Head Of Kinsale that the bow of
the LuSitania rose high I'm the air and
Immediately afterWard the snip began
to list.
Among the first Of the small boats
to reach the scene was the irish
trawler Daniel O'ConneIl, which was
lying about eight miles OFF kinsale
harbOr when the seamCn on board
were alarmed by the explosions. The
Daniel O'COnneu picked up SO pas
sengers. mostly women and children,
from two Lusitania life boats All
those i'm the boats were I'm deplorable
condition from fear and shaken
nerves. The o'ConneU started with
her human burden for kinsale. but
was interrupted by goNornW ent tug.
which took off the survivors and
steamed toward queenstown with
them Fishermen on the o'Connel
reported that the sea in the neighbor-
hood Of the Lusitania was filled with
wreckage.
Bodies Floating on Water.
Bodies were seen floating ln he
water. some encaeed in life belts ana
others buOyed up with bits Of debris
Survivors told the O'Connells seamen
that the liner sank 50 rapidly that
many persons must have gone down
Chief Steward Jones. who vas
landed at Queenstown declared that
the loss Of life among the saloon pas
sengers would be very high.
Most Of the first cabin passengers
were at lunch when the attack was
delivered" said Jones. The tor
Dedoes were of great destructive quail
itv. in fact NE did not know that the
shin had been damaged so severely.
some o. ~ Lustania survivors
were landed at ClOnakilty, where they
were given shelter by the fisher iolh.
LADY AIackvyorth. daughter Of David
s. Thomas. multi-milIonaire coal mine
owner Of Wales. had narrow escape
from death Taking the word or the
officers that the ship would not sink
she remained on board but took the
nrecautiOn to wear "a life belt heh
Inc uncr plunged 10 the bottom. Lady
Nackworth went down with the ship,
but when she rose 10 the surface she
was picked up by a lfeboat
Believe several Ships Lay in Wait
II is believed that more than one
German submarine was lying TN walt
for the I.usitania 4 submarine was
-een in Dunnenus bay at the extreme
southwestern corner OF Ireland on
F-ridav morning. and another OF Clan
dore bay Glandore bay IS ABOUT 'V
miles west Of Klnsale and Dunmant4
hav is about 40 miles west or Wnere
the Cunarder was destroyed.