Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-10

Queenstown. May 9, b-90 a. m Twerty-three miles from this port as the crow flies an irregular smear or slorsam on a calm sea marks the grave of the Cunarder Lusitania, first trans Atlantic liner sunk by a German sub marine. Forty-nine of 1,200 souls who perished with her lie in improYised n1orgues in old buildings bordering picked up dead or suCcumbed after landing.
 Additional Deaths Expected.
 The 645 survivors here are quartered -sn hotels, residences and hospitals, some too badly hurt to be moved. Two groups, clad in misfit clothing, left town Saturday afternoon and evening bound for Dublin by rail and thence by boat to Holyhead. The injuries Of some are so serious that additional deaths are expected. and nearly all are too dazed to understand fully what has happened.
 Stories of Survivors Disagree.
 The survivors do not agree as to whether the submarine fired one or two torpedoes. A few say they saw the periscope, though many attest to tracing the wake of foam as a pro- jectile came towards the vessel. The only Eeints in which all concur Is that the torpedo struck the vessel vital blow GInidshipS, causing her to list al most immediately to the starboard. In this careening fashion she plowed for ward some distance, smashing the Gfe- boats davits as she did so, and making the launching of boats well nigh i'm possible until headway had ceased
 Difficulty in Launching Lifeboats.
 How far the Lusitania struggled for ward after being struck and how long ft was before she disappeared beneath the waves likewise are points upon which few passengers agree, estimates of the time she remained affoat rang ing from eight to twenty minutes. At any rate, the list to starboard so ele- vated the hfeboats on the port side sc as to render them useless and it is said only two on that side were launched. The first of these, accord ing to the custom of the sea, was filled with women and children. It struck the water unevenly, capsizing and throwing its sixty occupants into the sea The Lusitania even then was making considerable headway, and these women and little children were swept to death in spite of the attempts of two stokers to rescue them. These stokeIs. according to the passengers were drowned.
 Lifeboats Broke Adrift.
 After that several boats were launch ed successfully but the steamers list grew more perilous, the decks slanting to such an angle that it was imperative LOF all LO Cl4uS LO llS SAt14 DOd1d 1d44 Many by this time had donned lifebelts and jumped. Several lifeboats broke adrift unoccupied and the sea became a froth of oars, chairs, debris and hu- man bodies
 Crew Behaved Well.
 Two stokeTs, seeing a drifting boat dived overheard, recovered 1t and pull ed in nearly forty persons, mostly women. The Lusitania's crew mean while adhered to the letter of the 1n- StruCIions which had been given then and the discipline was rigid, although one or two subordinate officers are sait to have told a group of passengers wht mad cdmbed into a boat that there Wal no immediate danger and advised then to remain on deck a while longer Whether this was due to the fact tha these subordinates lost their heads ol to their conviction that the ship: oulkheads would save her, never vii be determined, but that such an incl dent occurred is atteSted by ErneS Townley, a resident of Surbiton, Eng land, who was returning from busi' ness trip in America
 Survivors Are Dazed.
 All day yesterday in hotel corridors halls and reception rooms survivors sat listlessly, still too dazed to discus: what had occurred. They were dressed in Q variety of garments. Some were crying SOftIy- In fr0nt or the SI1al Cunard offices on the waterfront { crowd surged. clamoring for news O father, mother, brother or sister.
 Further down the street a crowt crauined the small government tele' graph office, where three clerks ant three operators strove desperately tt keep abreast of the ever-growins stream of messages.
 Dead in Four Morgues.
 Tn four morgues lay the dead, wome1 in some cases side by side with chil- dren. grouped like toys. The body O Charles Frohman, his features placid lay face upward in bare room in al old building on the hillside a hundred yards from the waters edge. Around him were ranged fifty bodies of botf sexes. over which attendants were bend Ing, sorting and ticketing their be lOngings-
 Battery of Submarines.
 Those men best fitted to chronicle the last moments of the Lusitania- Ebert Hubbard, Justus Miles Forrnan Charles Frohman. Albert Gwynne Van. derbilt and others-apparentlya all ven to their graves with her. Her speed at the time she was struck is various ly estimated from eight to twenty -ont knots. When forced, the liner could