The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-09

offered safety That Is why. as some
tel, in Queenstown, several OF tha
boa.s. probably four. upset on their
davits, why ore or two, over1a den aua
untrimmed. capsized in the water
Did All They Could to Save TAve@.
Men OF the crew and of the pas
senscrs helped al lthey could, but II
was not Within- reach of human nos.
sibility odo II without accident
Other men and women. too. went to
the Iifebeits whichA were hurriedly
tiistr' buted by the Grew. That saved
almost as many as the boats. The big
ship seemed to he sliding down bow
foremost in little Jumps. dropping
foot a secord. or mora. Ell the while
listing more heavily. There was moth
Ing Else fo- any of them TO do who
could not reach the small boats hut
to lump for IT. and Jump they did
arms. In the morgue at Queenstown
tonight there lies a woman ohio still
clasps in her arms her three months
old child.
Che mus. have lived. little while
after she Jumped. supported by ner
ltfehelt but II goes without saying
that the terrible chill OF the water
soon took the life ~ the baby. There
are two little girls encircied with life
Aeits. dead, there also. The water
killed them. There are 60 many wo-
mer, some d them young, pretty. all
Of whom persisted. They were not
drowned until after numbed and de-
lirious they ceased TO struggle. II Is
said that the small boats OF the Lusi-
tania stuck to the SPOT and picked up
as many as they could. but II was
beyond all power to save the hum
dreds who must have been struggling
in the water after the ship went
down. Many of these went down
with the suction of the huge bulk as
1t dropped to the bottom, 240 feet be-
low the surface. but they came up
unconscious.
All Aid Possible Was Rendered
The rescue work is already known.
From every port of the coast the
telegra phed cry of distress galvanized
into action the skipper and crew OF
every available boat. The naval
authorities, disregarding all patrol
rert;iations, cent every available boat.
the fishermen. the trawlers, armed
and unarmed. the motor boats OF Cork
and Queenstown. passing Greek
steamship swung TO the spot. There
was nothing for them To do but 10
pick up few of the hardest men
and two women. Mrs. Pappadopouios.
of Athens and Lady Mackworth.
both alive, The Greek woman. whose
husband suc-umbed to the shock of
the water, In an expert swimmer ana
kept alive. Lady Mackworth. daugh-
ter of D. A. Thomas, the Welch coal
man. tainted after a time. but her
nose and mouth were above water and
she was picked UP. Captain Turner
was picked MP then, or little later.
He had remained on the bridge and
went down with the ship, Wk&n he
came to the surface after his sub
marsiea he swan until he found n
plank, and thereafter, for, three hours
fioated and waited until half uncon-
scious, he was picked up by the
storm Cock.
Many Died on Way to Land.
1t did no. take much more than
two hours for the gathered fleet of
rescuers to pick up all those living
and then they turned for their home
por;s~-the greater part OF them pro-
ceeding 10 Queenstown. The city was
ready for them. and though IT is n
seaport where wrecks have been
heard of before. this for a time,
stunneS every person. The living,
however, were at once taken care of.
and those VINO were suffering from
the submersion were hurried TO pub
lie hospitals and private homes Then
the dead were found Some had died
on their way to land. some in the
reseuing ships and the small boats.