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nursery. Many youngsters must
have drowned, but I saw one boat
get away filled with women and
children. When the water reached
the deck l saw another lifeboat with
a vacant seat, which 1 took as nc
one else was in sight. The Lusi-
tania keeled so suddenly our boat
was swamped but we righted her
again.
FOUGHT HARD FOR LIFE.
1--WE witnessed the most horrible
scene of human futility it is possible
to imagine. When the Lusitania
had turned almost over she sudden
ly plunged bow-foremost into the
water, leaving her stern high in the
air People on the aft deck were
fighting with wild desperation to
retain a footing on the most perpen-
dicular deck while they fell over the
slippery stern like crippled flies.
Their cries and shrieks could be
heard above the hiss of escaping
steam and the crash of bursting boil
ers. Then the water mercifully
closed over them and the big liner
disappeared, leaving scarcely a rip
pie behind her.
Twelve lifeboats were all that
was left of our floating home. In
a time which could be measured by
seconds, swimmers, bodies and
wreckage appeared in the space
where she went down.
1--WE were almost exhausted by
the work of rescue when taken
aboard a trawler. 1t all seems like
horrible dream"
Capt. David Murphy of the traw-
Ter Stormcock, who was first on the
scene with a rescue boat, said:
First of all l gathered in life
boat So persons, most of them wo-
men and children, and before l COM
pleted my load l had 20 blessed
youngsters aboard the old Storm
cock. Several of them were without
their mothers, but all were taken in
charge before we reached harbor by
kindly women, who forgot their own
sorrows in ministering to others.
Zone old lady of rs years had
been in the water over two hours,
but was as spry as any one. Sew
eral women died aboard my boat and
the scenes of grief and suffering be-
came almost unbearable. The little |
Stormcock brought $50 persons to
Queenstown"
LAUGHED ABOUT SUBMARINES.
Master-at-Arms Williams of the
Lusitania is the proudest member of
The remnant of the crew, for it was
his keen eye which caught the flash
Of gold braid on Capt. Turner's arm
when the commander was about to
toss up his hands after being in the
water two hours and half.
Hope dies hard in the human
heart, and friends and relatives of
the missing are running down ru-
mors that several boatloads of sur
vivors have been landed in remote
coves on the Irish coast while two
schooners which took part in the
work are said here to have sailed
Tor Liverpool with a number of res
2ued aboard.
Although the passengers discussed
all theway over few, if
any, believed the Lusitania would
be struck. They referred to the pos
;ibility almost with levity.
Mr.. Timmis added that the Cap
tain told the helmsman and staff
captain on the bridge to save them
selves, but Captain Turner remain
ed at his post. The staff captain
vast lost but the helmsman was
saved.
The Munster and Leinster bank
Of Cork telegraphed United States
Consul Frost here in behalf of a
New York bank, urging that every
effort be made and that no expense
be spared in tracing Alfred G. Van
derbilt.
Maj. F. U. Pearl was saved with
two children, but his 12-year-old son
lies in a morgue and his fourth son
Is missing. The bodies of Charles
Frohman, Mrs. Mary Brown and
Mrs. MacDono were taken in charge
by the American consulate last
night.
The Cunard line has boat pa
trolling the spot where the liner
sank.
At the beginning of the inquest
the coroner spoke at con-
siderable length denouncing the II
Germans. He said he hoped all vic
inns h,lriad hara would ha oi,,o,, F,,II