The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-11
Special Cabie Despatch TO TEE Sur.

Specldi tdotr Dsspdfch 10 THE DUN.
1oSpoS, May lo.-Dr. Foss. whose
home Is IN Montana. one Of the Lust
tania survivors. believes that the loss
OF life would have been much smaller
had the crew acted with greater calm.
lie said to-day:
There was no panic among tho pas
sensers. Indeed. there was moro en-
element among the crew. ] saw men
Of the crew running about half-dazed.
instead OF seeing to the proper launching
Of the boats. In fact most Of the
boats which we're lowered were released
by men passengers. with the help of
course OF some OF the crew
! ~ the officers and crew had gone
10 the boats and handled them properly
500 more persons. possibly 1000. might
have been saved. Some OF the boats
were badly caulkcd and their seams
I were starting.
| with the exception Of two British
ships which We sighted just outside
! New York harbor We saw no warships
at any time during the voyage of the
! Lusitania. Some OF my fellow pas
senfers told me that the officers received
a number of aerograms on Friday morn
/ ing, the day OF the attack. I noticed
! an hour before the disaster occurred
/ that the ship was taking a snakelike
| course, but she made only three or four
turns and was going quite slowly, prob
ably little more than half her usual
! speed. The rear funnel was not smok
ing
women's Boat Capsisca.
Or. Foss saw what he believed was
| n boat about mile away. toward the
land. This object took a parallel course
| with the ship for while and finally
disappeared. Describing his expert
encc in the water after the ship had
been attacked Dr. Foss said:
II swan for a hundred yards, but
feared that I would he drawn down by
the suction and was glad when | reached
"a boat. II was filled with women.
The boat was leaking badly and I
urged the women TO help me bale her
out, but We had nothing with which
TO bale except our hands. Before long
the boat capsized Most Of the women
grasped the upturned boat and. as we
were nearly all on the same side. our
weight turned IL up. In trying to clam
her in the women capsized the
boat again. Only after the boat had
revolved in this way half a dozen times
were the women who were left able TO
climb in again"
Another Of the survivors. Frederick
s. Judson. was on the way to Paris 10
Join the stan OF the American ambulance
there. He had been In Argentina for
two or three years and more recently in
81 Paul. MINI.
seaman saves Many Lives.
Mr.. Judson told THE SuS correspond
l.usitania sank woman asked him 10
save her boy. He took the boy in his
arms and jumped from the top railing
! Both he and the youngstcr wore life
belts Mr.. Judson placed the boy on &
rsft and also assisted Into a boat a
woman who was floating along. Event
ulily he reached "A half broken boat in
which were the second officer and Hen
messy. seaman.
Between them these two men saved
at least a dozen lives" said Mr.. Judson
"Henuessy dived repeatedly and brought
women up. Five minutes after the firs;
there was "A second explosion. The boats
were lowered Immediately and every one
tried TO ge; in
Mr. Judson believes that more per
sons would have been saved. but TIE
men who were lowering the boats did
. no; understand the work The sailors
and stewards behaved eNcelently. he
said, but BAKERS and st0kers were in
tent only or saving themselves anC
3 pushed the women aside.
The women were splendid" he said
, , 81 did not hear "A cry from any of them
e. II. Hammond of New York worked
, hard helping 10 lower the boats. one OF
,, his hands was badly lacerated by 6
rope Mr. Hammond believes tina
E Alfred - Vanderbilt never loft hi.
cabin after hC had gone there following
the first shock.
Mr. Judson was compelled to take (,
his bed after being landed. One of hi