Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-10
TALES OF HERoISM ARE HEARD
AMONG LUSITANIA SURVIVORS

araaaf ter t.1siiasia tsr torpedo mlss
Save eo@r from a sre1sd sGbalartar
Whieh bad b~es iFisE tlfdeu 90 star
board We heard no sreoaG explosion
rEFrs vas great rScitruref among
ere EassFsErrs. Of coarse. bat th~ uu-
nee s9os were quirtet ~ assurance
there was 90 aaaEsr aa1 taat tle
steamer usrrtV Eaf struck q small
esiae. TIE pass-HFrFs trtt tsT saloon
ie an ortrrtF asHgrF As { reached
Geek est dtr. e4itF ir aateiaE ouias
t9 ere tist % fs~ vessel
~Wiss mast of ta~ rsssesFFrs Z ran
fT ere sFDf1rTaar deck. which was
crowded 9 looked over che side bgf
e1aif see no evidence o. damage.
started Co FFsaFa t1 my cabin. bat the
Itss OF ere boat vas s1 marked . abaH-
t8srt Ese tfez and remained on deck.
tooEtsE over tAr Etart1srt rail-. I saw
ere water s1a uas oufy ahout twelve
feet fFoaa tbr rail- al one r1int-
waite searching for a iitr belt
cane gr1a q sgresrtess struggling
utts q pile 81 thea On rack ard
hstpsf her FGt ous on. afterward obs
tsieise ore @Ts~if
-Te- t.essEasia eas row 1E lEs SIDE
asf s.eEisE bV ere b1u . cas- q uor
r1an eltsEtaE Co. ere Fagi near ufrFe
q boaE uzs being lowered rEaar+
ter Over sEr Fsit trf6 ere boat. aftrF-
ware lz@8.Es t1au 9fsFif lt vas n
ts -f8as aFue. TIE bost f~it bodily iuf1
enc s=z. baE kept aFeat. afrk11sh So
h=sV5iT loaded water vas tapriHF &c.
We tai.rf with osF hats. hlt c1g't
g
Fsfizsf re must soon siaf
~EFetsE q s-F. r ffrra iF overheard
sad sgFars after &C., a ynaaE sfrsarf
sas4sf Freeesa also used ere trE as
a sapr6rt. L6otisE hack Z saU ere
boar g tsd tsfE swa9Hef. We eiunE 10
sss keE foe abogf an boar saf a katf
ssf zee were pieSef 90 by a Taft- a
saabeF % tssss r5etrf 40 ~ the raft
we're sslsrrf. tseisfiaE q tifti~ boy
whose tsft FkiEh vas brotse. irapFo-
vfssE se.iets asa Set ais leg Sc was
e p'aeEg ufEfF fellow f1F be ssaa
vas assisE. -ts there q fanny FsprF|
Ca easrtF
Crvu tFhsiss Traditisus 81 50
TasFa e. aasea csaeirt Ca th= VzF-
t8as stories o. ths tzaaeAiaE o. ths
tasfa's crea gBsstt tks tFsfiiiua %
asrozsaz Del the BRITISH sarFesstiis ma
etrr. Teose aas engaged ia iauaeainz
Ehs saeEs w~sE ansgss she pssssusTTs.
see5aE Co it 50 far as possible taat AT
we're proFttrd wish iife belts
f6as Davis. q membeF % the ereW.
stated shas enc t.1sitaaig-s speed had
ssea Fstsess o. ths saoraiaE. shea
ere t5EsF was o. Fassast. Later On the
Cav &C. vas taereass4 are the order
60 rssess fait speed vas Eivsa Just
before ~ frst sSpiosioa occurred
To frss taFp-Go catered the steam
shfs's tasksrs. b1rissE a Shower %
coat as hiEh as enc upper deck. Ths
eapsafa fmnsffstetF heaart f1T shore.
has tss ssearf sNpi6ssoa followed
susekfy Tsis torpedo is believed 20
havs allied o. isisret nssy rssssu-
z~-s no Wsrs tgaehinE % she diaiaz
szfo0=.
Tn= far~rafs % a large numhsr %
sfrsias wfif - hsid today, TIE ser
gfrss % a. soldiers have b@ea r-1ui- /
sffiozsd Tor dizxiax graves n a local .
rez@s@ry. there being 90 Ordinary la
Dor aa~qasss for the parpos--
Texas Nea Give Belts O. wemen-
Os~ % ths most rsuarkabis -
APPS sas thas % Y =. Tirufuis o.,
Tsxas. Who vas returning
10 EaEiaas for ne yearly visit. a.
sonra-fss ~ his friend q 7 Noodle.
ifso - Gainesville Do;h n~a gave
ksiF iiss selts 20 s;errase women. !ast