The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-13

his
death in the after the sinking of the
Lusitana The Evening News this morning received
telling his The which
is Of compelling interest, follows:
(BY CHARLES JEFFERY)
LONDON 9'I in the smoking of the Lustania
explosion place like
might the locomotive suddenly stopped and backed
think it torpedo fancied it
might steamship
anything
this defenseess ship with helpless
left the smoking and deck looked over the
explosion seemed place
feet away the ship arboard
slowly
panic whatever either then any other time
many passengers looked the side did,
there no signs OF alarm or rushing about went down
to another deck what happening there
ommoon than the to which returned
The ship listed The ifeboats
the previous day. children being
into them the sailors There rushing
Cling for places Everything was being done with perfect cmness
my cabin were not many people in the
aeyways with lifebts Others
life Of ayiators
returned to the deck But that rubber
Mrs Ebert Hubbard had stateroom close to mine
but saw nothing of them then afterwards.
he ship had now taken strong list it difficult to get
along the But there any
sort The passengers just taking rapid precautions without
any furry
the day At fell downward people
all spilled into the water also young
take sixty foot header into the
of her
made my way aft and seeing no one on the navigating bridge
scrambled everything happening
side the ship young sitting calmly
deck taking snapshots of the boats being quietly
if there ALL His admiration
but don't know whether
ship over 50 much that passengers were cling
ing to the deck rail- 1t terrible
the great ship steadily going down from under
place for in the boats stayed navigating
bridge waiting for the final plunge
AT this time did not think had any being saved
anywhere thought my
only might come up
again and find something cling TO
The ship at this time had way
pie In the water and in the boats passed
The steamship getting forty degrees
when suddenly there terrific rmbng roaring
huge ship trembling all its just
down under the by the
denly checked as though its bow had struck something But
only momentarily and it disappeared under the
went down with it. but came to the surface quickly
took surprised had reganed
quickly me great number Of
struggling in the minutes passed we
seemed to get spread out large of
When remained afoat might saved
after ALL and looked something keep up Pres
e ere noad near me rectangular sheet metal canike air
tank of feboat and cuched it, waited rescue
was in sight far as could Then along hang
caught o
We had been when man of rs and
boy of L came along plank The boy
caught them and they and their penk party
We spoke of nothing all this time chance
saved We said nothing about the Germans nearly
lives In these conditions easily your
Of life, it is the one thing that matters.
After another twenty minutes the distance what
looked like raft toward it. pushing support
us 1t took nearly an hour to reach that raft
coapsbe boat which had not been opened
aged get into it.
taking In water steadily when weighing
hoated by without life He
aboard Next foreigner who could speak English
Our boat was going down lower
standing to chests
and could not keep STILL As the stir
his esesness risking all fell into the water
and got back again. but still he keep quiet
Ihen woman Heated along with
we took her aboard But it doubtful
ahoat so one took the pushed
we were feeling all when IN the
lance picking people Earlier were
barrel we had seen tramp
on the horizon knew amng away u.s. but said
coming
sad Yes wondered at the time
well did
At last after four hours the were stiff
with cold that chief trouble
room at once to dry clothes We
greatest by the the which made gallons of
hot tea for about fifty whom they rescued
When into
ing done for the military
in every with the greatest kindness
the person table of five in he saloon
There splendid fellow
the
might through
afraid he is lost 1t like to
face again. and those who through lasting mem
Of Its horror.
remarked the trip that many babies