Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-08
Bodies of Victims of Lusi.
tania Tragedy Being
Taken to England.
SURVIVORS PRRESENT
PITIABLE SPECTACLE
Many Children Separated From,
Parents and Probably Orphaned
Many Of Dead Reaching Queenstown
Are Women-Survivors Say ships
Officers Behaved creditabiy-cun. ,
ard Line Owners Issue Statement.

Queenstown. May s.--The bodies OF
victims of the Lusitania are arriving
on every incoming boat. The Cunard
warehouse has been filled and sixty
bodies have been taken to the town
hall. Additional dead lie in hotels and
boarding houses. Still others are In
the hospitals Two little children who
were brought ashore clasped In each
others arms have not been Identified.
Mrs. Stanley Lines. who was brought
ashore In one of the ships boats. inn
mediately started search of the city
to find her husband. She learned early
today that he was dead at a hotel.
Present Pitiabis Appearance.
The women landing presented pit-
liable appearance Many children were
without their parents
Two stokers have confirmed the re-
port that the steamer was struck by
two torpedoes. The first entered No.
| stoke hold and the second the engine
room.
Vanderbilt and Frohman Missine.
The various craft which yesterday
went out from here to the disaster re-
turned to Queenstown last night and
EARLY today All brought survivors.
1t is now estimated here that 500 Will
he the outside number OF those saveds
No trace has been found of Alfred O.
Vanderbilt or Charles Frohman. The;
latest rescue boats to arrive are brinG-
ing mostly bodies OF the dead.
The dead now here number LA and
many of them are women.
The naval and military authorities
Of Queenstown are rendering every pos
slble assistance in removal OF the dead
and In assisting in the hospitals. Tho
manager of the Cunard line has taken
accommodations at the hotels and
here the survivors are being sent.
The dead are being conveyed to
morgues and undertaking establish-
ments and motor cars are brought Into
service to take the injured to hospitals.
Ships Officers Behaved Wall.
The less seriously injured are being
helped ashore by sailors and soldiers.
Both men and women rescued. If they
are able to walk. refuse to remain in
hotels. They parade the docks. waiting
and watching for relatives. Many arc
bewildered with their terrible exper
fences and the accounts OF the sinking
are not entirely clear. One and all,
however, unite in eulogizing the manner
in which the ships officers behaved
Lifeboats Out Of Commission.
Five minutes after the ship was
hit the second time, she mad listed to
such an extent that the l:fehoats on
one side could not be launched at all.
The work of getting the people In the
lifeboats was first directed toward the
saving Of children.
Heartrending Scenes.
The scene as the big liner went down
Is described by the survivors as heart
rending beyond words. Battling for
life. passengers called to relatives and
friends for assistance or called ou'
last good-byes
Soon the boats all were crowded.
These boats In turn were picked ur
by rescuing steamers coming at full,
speed from shore points, but in many
cases four hours elapsed before tn.
rescuers could reach the scene.
Several passengers were taken
aboard trawlers severely injured, cnly
to die before they &ould be transferred
ashore.
Frohman's Body 9ecoversd.
The body of Charles Frohman, the
theatrical manager. has been recovered
and brought to Queenstown.