Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-13

1t was easy to keep all but the tips
of the periscope submerged and then
for the craft nearest her to let go
torpedoes
The first train to arrive here yesterday
morning carried attaches of the main
Cunard line Offices at Liverpool, includ-
ing Captain William Dodd the marine !
superintendent, and Dr. Duncan Morgan,
the medical superintendent Tho former /
busted himself with relieving the mater /
ial wants of surviving passengers and .
crew and the identification of the dead ,
while the latter attended the injured
several Of whom were suffering from
severe wounds and shock
MANY HALE CLAD.
Every train from Kingstown and ROSS
lare carried compliments of second and
thrd-class passengers and members of
the crew Most Of the first cabin sur
vivors sadly few in number, will remain
here temporarily. Tho townspeople have
been generous in extending aid and SYM
pathy to the survivors, none of whom
was able to save more than the clothes
on his back Many are dressed as they
would have been as if the disaster had
occurred at night, for the explosion and
denuded them,
Captain Turner appeared yesterday
morning in civilian clothing, donated by
a local banker, who has extended the
hospitality Of his home to the COM
mander. Later in the day he dressed
In the stained uniform which had been
dried and walked with bowed head down
the streets. recognized by few among the
crowds.
Queenstown was almost as much dazc1
by the tragedy as those aboard the Lu-i-
,anla. The question on every lip Is 'WhN
did Captain Turner pursue the usual well
known Cunard limo course SO close to
the Irish coast at medium speed and why
was not the big liner convoyed|'
Several naval officers here state that
the Lusitana received wireless orders to
take a course in the middle channel. but
the ships wireless operator declines 10
say whether or. not he received such or.
ders.
CROWDS AROUND MoRGUEs.
All day long morbid crowds surrounded
the temporary morgucs whore the bodies
of the li9 victims await identification. Al
though few have been identiicd many
hear evidence Of having occupied the Nrsi
class cabin In striking contrast to most
historic sea disasters the rate of mortal
| ity among hrst-cass passengers seems TO
be heavier than among any other class
on board. a large proportion OF those
saved are members of the crew, but this
is not evidence of lack Of discipline as
most of them We're picked UP from the
water
The captain of n travler who arrived
! in the harbor soon after the accident with
| 14G survivors. mostly women and chill
dren. when reproached for not staying
longer on the chance Of picking up more
survivors said
HORRIBLY MANGLED.
""There were many left in the water,
but they were all dead and many SO
horribly mangled thought it better to
bring ashore my boat load oc suffering
women as they could not have stood
! much more"
/ These women presented a pitiful sight
as they wandered aimlessy about search
ing without hope for loved ones who
must have gone down with the ship.
Relatives and friends Of passengers
who had gone In high spirits to Liver
pool to meet the incoming ship began to
arrive here yesterday to search for the
missing but the small roll OF survivors
meant heartbrcaking disappointment for
most of them. Among the number was
William CIfchton, a prominent business
| man I'm London and a former resident
of Baltimore. who searched in vain among
the survivors and in the morgues for a
trace If his wife
HEROINE 14-YEARS-OLD.
The brief time elapsing between the
torpedoing and sinking of the Lusi-
tania was long enough to develop a
heroine in the person of Miss Kathleen
Kaye, fourteen years old. returning
from New York where she had beer
visiting relatives. With smiling word.
and reinsurance she aided stewards II
filling a boat with women and chill
dren. When all were in she cimbe,
aboard the lifeboat as cody as an able
seaman. one sailor tainted a his GA
as the result of hard race to escap,
swapping. The girl took his plac,
and rowed until the boat was out o
, danger. None among the survivors
bears as little sign of her terrible eN
periences as Miss Kaye who spends
, most of her time assisting her sister.
III misfortune.
The dragging of lifcboats was eX
, planned by number of passengers anC
members of the crew by the statemen
, that the second torpedo severed sev
eral steam pipes from the engines
: The Lusitania had been sent full speed
ahead when the first torpedo Was seer
and it was Impossible to stop he
= Roadway by reversing her engines
when the necessity for lowering tn,
boats was realized.
D HAD REMARKABLE ESCAPE.
r a most remarkable escape was that o
g II. j, Tmmis Of Gainesville, Texas. VIII
+ was returning to England for his yearl.
n visit, accompanied by his chum. h. T
t Noodle. also of Gainesville Both me
|. gave their life belts to Storage wonle1
p Just a the Lusitania sank Timms, VIII
is strong swimmer. remained in tn
water, clinging to various objects, 70
, nearly three hours. Then he was take
q into a boat.
Q The boat began picking up from tn
water all those showing signs of If
D and the first person rescued was tn
steerage woman to whom Timmis ha
| given his life belt. Noodle sank whei
4 the ship went under and he was not seel
again. Noodle was all ready to ium
when Timmis. who previously had givei
g his belt to woman, said
There is steerage woman here Wit
"A six months old baby" Noodle
, promptly stripped off his life belt, bat