The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-05-08
1,2l6 Lives We're
Lost--Hubbard,
Vanderbilt and
... Frohman Missing
Only 703 Survivors Thus Far Reported Scenes
at Queenstown-Two Torpedoes Hit Vessel-Were
Plainly Seen Before Striking.

London, May 3.-The latest information indi-
Gates that about two-thirds of those on board the
Lusitania were lost
The number of passengers is given by Cunard
officials as 1854 and the crew $685. total 1919 The
number Of survivors is 703. This indicates death
list of 1216. There is no word of Ebert Hubbard,
Alfred Vanderbilt or other prominent men,
Hopes that the list of saved might be materially
increased were dashed by the announcement OF the
British admiralty that all but one Of the rescue
feet, which put out from Queenstown had reported
and that there was little prospect of new survivors,
Nevertheless, inquiries are being made along
the coast in the hopes that other resces were MADE
by small craft at isolated points OF the ESQ trst
class passengers it is now believed only seventy six
were saved. .- ......
The story came in slowly, owing to the confu-
sion prevailing at Queenstown, where most OF the
survivors were landed. No confirmation is available
as to how many of the Americans on the Lusltanla
= had gone down. The stories by survivors confirmed
the earlier report that the Lusltanla had been
struck by two torpedoes.
London Nav 8-Fifteen hundred persons lost
their lives, the British admiralty today estimates,
when the Lusitania was torpedoed yesterday. The
known survivors number only 658, while there were
2160 souls on board. ..s.., .-a..s -,
Of those saved some were landed at Queens
town and Kinsale, while so others are reported to
be aboard the steamer. ALI but one of the rescue
fleet of torpedo boats, tugs and trawlers which
went from Queenstown have reported.
There was slender hope that fishing boats res
cued few more. In addition to the living brought
ashore the bodies of fortyfve who died OF injuries
or were drowned were landed at Queenstown.
The work of compiling the lists OF saved IS
progressing slowly because Of the indescribable
confusion at Queenstown The United States con-
sui at Queenstown accounts for 81 Americans saved
from total of 1873. His roll don't include:
ALFRED G.. VANDERBILT,
CHARLES FROHMAN,
ELBERT HUBBARD,
JUSTUS MILES FORMAN, author,
CHARLES KLEIN, playwright.
The heavy loss of life among the first cabin
passengers is believed to have been the result OF
calmness and selfpossession displayed in the face
of danger Most of them were at luncheon when
the steamer received her death blow.
considerable proportion of those now at
Queenstown are members Of the crew, including Cap
tain Turner and the first and second officers. The
other officers are believed to have perished.
The time honored rule of women and children
first" was not violated. A Toronto newspaper man
says there was no panic.
Apparently every precaution had been taken
against an attack. Lookouts were on the alert
stantly.
Many passengers owned that their rescue was
due to the life belts, which kept them afoat.
The attack was made without warning, by a
submarine, lurking off the Irish coast. Lookout
sighted the periscope thousand yards away. The
next instant they saw the trail of the torpedo Then
came the crash, followed Immediately by another,
lttering the decks with wreckage. The liner turned
at once in shore.
-Four torpedoes apparently were fred, but only
two found the mark Loss of life caused by the
torpedoes themselves must have been extremely
heavy. Bodies taken to Queenstown show evidence
of the havoc wrought.
No event of the war has caused such intense
excitement In London. Enormous crowds sur
rounded the office of the Cunard line last night.
Was Not Armed.
London, May 8--The British government to-
day announced: The statement appearing in some
newspapers that the Lusitania was armed is wholly
false