El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-07
LUSITiNIA. HIT BY
TORPEDO, Sinks
Great Ocean Liner Is Sent to
the Bottom; Passen-
gers May Be Safe.

representative OF any foreign govern
3 ment
I Alexander Campbell. general man
J ager for John Dear and sons, London,
/ who also sailed, referred to the ad-
vertisement as tommy rot"
The Lusitania is rated as one Of the
] largest and finest ships afloat and
, wealthy Americans. going abroad, were
in the habit OF engaging passage on her
whenever possible. Il is known that a
large number OF Americans were
aboard during the present voyage.
Partial Passenger List.
The list of the first cabin passengers
aboard the Lusitania includes;
Albert c. Billicke and wife, Los
Angeles.
Lady Allen and maid, Montreal
Julien de Ayala, cuban consul gen
eral at Liverpool
W. Broderick-ClOete. san Antonio,
J. H. Brooks. New York.
c. A Dingwan. Chicago
Justin NJ FOrman. New York
Charles FrOhman and valet, New
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Hubbard. East
Aurora n. Y
Mr.. and Mrs. c a. Learoyd and maid.
Sydney, Australia.
Other passengers on the Lusitania
included Ebert Hubbard. publisher Of
the Philistine; D. A. Thomas, the
wealthy Welsh coal operator and his
daughter, Lady Sfackworth. the Eng
lish .ffraget All these persons took
occasion to say that they saw nothing
10 worry about IL the advertisement
Two other ships TOrpedoed.
London, Eng May THE British
steamer Centurion was torpedOed by a
German submarine off the Irish coast
Thursday. Her crew was saved.
The British steamer Candidate also
was torpedoed by a German submarine
Thursday off Waterford, Ireland The
members Of her crew were saved.
Was SPeediest ship AfIoat.
The Lus1tanla was product OF the
race for speed, which was carried on
for years among transatlantic steam
ship companies. When launched. she
was the wonder Of the maritime world
Her mastery Of the sea- from the stand
point Of speed, was undisputed-
The progress OF the Lusitauia on her
first voyage to New York was watched
by the world She made the VOYAGE in
i've days and 81 minutes, at that time
a record Her fastest trip, made on the
western voyage was four days and II
hours, ~ minutes This record. how
ever, was wrested from her subsequent
y BY the Mauretania, her sister ship
built a few months later. which has
been in service OF the British navy dur
ing the war. The Mauritania set the
marx OF four days, 10 hours. Al min /
utes. which still stands.
The Lusitania had accommodation
for 500 firstclass passengers, 500 sec /
ond class and 1890 third class
Christened by Lady InvercIyde.
The launching of the Lusitania on
June Z, 1906, at Clyde Bank was at ]
tended with elaborate ceremonials. As /
she left the ways. she was christened
BY the doWager lady Inverclyde- on I
her trial trip on June p she attained /
a speed Of Is knots.
The vessel left on her maiden trip on I
Sept. Z. 1907. This voyage was her
aided as a race for the worlds record |
and the wireless dispatches marking /
her progress were followed with keen I
est interest
Flew American Flag Once.
It was the steamer Lusitauia whose /
flying Of the - American flag in the /
month of February on her way nom |
Queenstown to Liverpool in orderl 10 /
protect her against possible attack by |
a German submarine caused consider
able astOnishment on both sides Of the /
pecan and resulted in the Issuing Of j
statement by the British foreign office !
justifying the use of q neutral flag !
under circumstances such as these.
Owned By British Company.
The Lusitania was one Of the largest /
Of transatlantic liners as well as one /
of the speediest She was built in 1
Glasgow in 1906. She was 5S5 feet long,
So feet beam and so feet deep Her 1
gross tonnage was $500 and her net |
tonnage S145- She was owned by the /
Cunard Steamship company, limited. Of 1
Liverpool Her captain was ". 7. Tur- /