South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-08
DEATH LIST
IS BELIEVED
NEAR 1,458
Known Survivors of Disaster
Now Number 703 and Few
of Those Missing Are Ex-
peCted to Be Among Living.
CAPTAIN, PRAISED FOR
BRAVERY, IS RESCUED

LONDON. May S.-Known sur
vivors Of tho Lusitania now total 7O3.
The missing number 1.457 and it is
feared the final death list Of the great
liner torpedoed by German sub,
marine off the south coast of Ireland
yesterday afternoon viii be in the
neighborhood of that number
The admiralty issued an announce
ment early today stating that only SIS
persons were known to have been
rescued. Seven hours later it issued
another statement saying that 81
more survivors had reached Queens
town The additional rescues were
made by a drifter.
Reports as to the number of Amer
leans who pershed are conflicting,
ranging from 60 to IA Alfred G.
Vanderbilt Charles Frohman. Charles
Klein and Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Hub
bard have been given up for dead
by their friends
Anticipating that Germany will
claim that the Lusitania was tech
uicalIy a warship. the admiralty is
sued statement denying that the
liner was armed.
Captain Turner Saved.
The following dispatch from the
United States consul at Queenstown
was received at the American embassy
at 1915 o'clock this afternoon:
capt. Turner saved. Total num-
Der survivors at Queentowns today.
654 About 6S corpses landed. mostly
unidentified
~ dozen of them may be Ameri-
Practically an the prominent Amer
leans who sailed ON the Lusitania
were still unaccounted for when the
admiralty issued its statement and it
was feared that Alfred q. Vanderbilt.
Charles FrOhman. Elbert Hubbard
and Charles Klein had pershed
Announces Rescue OF G5S
The American consul AT Queens
town telegraphed shortly before noonI
that Mr.. Vanderbilt had apparently
been lost
The admiralty statement announcing
the rescue of COS persons was as fol-
lows:
"A telegram received from the
admiralty at Queenstown says.
Torpedo boats. tugs and arm
ed trawlers from Queenstown are
all i'm except the Heron.
From the boats 595 survivors
and 40 dead were landed. From
another steamship 52 more sur
yisors were landed The total
number OF survivors known To
have been landed is 65S.
'Forty-tve cOrpses are known
to have been taken ashore. These
numbers will be verified later.
Fishing boats may have few
other survivors on board. only
few of the first class passengers
were saved. IL is understood that
they remained on board after the
I.gsitauia had been struck, think
ing she would remain atioat. The
liner sank in 10 10 % minutes
after being torpedOed. It is re-
ported that she was struck by two
:0rpedOes. The Cunard agent
places the total number Of per-
sons on board the Lusitania at
2I60. I'm addition 20 the fore
going figures it has just been sig
nailed by wireless that am armed
traWleT probably the Heron. and
two lighting trawlers are bringing
IN 100 bodies "
Many Badly Injured.
Many passengers were badly in
Jured when the LusitaHia was tor
pedoed and some OF these died in the
hospital after being brought ashore.
Others. rendered helpless by their
wounds quickly drowned. when the
ship went down and they we're thrown
into the water The Germans are be-
heYed 20 have used special tOrpedOes
of extra high power against the
Lusitania. The missiles pierced the
soluble skin of the great liner tearing
CUT the ships yitals The liner heel
e. over with such suddenneSs that the
Nfeboats on the side where the tor
pedoee had entered could not De