The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-13

London, May 1.-THE Cunard liner
Lusitania, which sailed out of New
York last Saturday with over 1000
souls aboard - 1881 passengers and
crew of 816-lies at the bottom of
the ocean off the Irish coast, victim
of German submarine. She was
sunk this afternoon by German sub
marine. which sent two torpedoes
crashing into her side while the pas
sengers were having luncheon. How
many of the Lusitania's passengers
and crew were rescued cannot be told
at present, but the official statements
from the British admiralty up to mid
night accounted for not over 500 or
600.
The ships steward, who landed
with others at Queenstown, gave it as
his opinion 900 persons were lost.
There are dead and wounded among
those brought ashore; some have
since died. But not name Of the
rescued or lost, deaa or injured has
yet been listed. What percentage of
the dead are Americans is, of course,
unknown, but since 1873 American cit
liens were aboard, including a num-
Der of prominent personages, it is
likely death has taken toll from that
country also.
The Lusitania was steaming along
at about 10 miles an hour off the old
Head Kinsale, on the last leg of her
voyage to Liverpool, when, about 2
o'clock in the afternoon, submarine
suddenly appeared, and, so far as all
reports go, fired two torpedoes with
out warning at the steamer One
struck her near the bow, the other in
the engine room. The powerful agents
of destruction tore through the YES
sells side, causing terrific explosions.
Almost instantly great volumes of
water poured through the openings
and the ship listed.
The boats already swung out on the
davits, were dropped overheard, and
speedily were filled with passengers
who had been appalled, by the desper-
ate attack. A wireless call for help
was sent out, and numerous small
boats and one steamer responded, but
from all accounts, the Lusitania hes
itated less than 20 minutes before TAX
ing the fatal plunge, carrying with
her many of her human cargo. The
details of the catastrophe are trickling
in as the survivors, stunned by the ex-
perience, arrive at various points from
the nearest point to the calamity. In
the first cabin there were 106 Ameri-
can citizens; in the second cabin IS,
and in the third class, II.
Queenstown, May Z. 49, The tug
Stormcock, has returned here bringing
$50 survivors of the Lusitania, prin-
cipally passengers, among whom are
several women, several of the crew,
and the steward. Describing the ex-
perience of the Lusitania the steward
said: "The passengers were at lunch
when the submarine came up, fired
two torpedoes which struck the Lusi-
tania on the starboard side, one for
ward, the other in the engine room.
There were terrific explosions.
captain Turner Immediately order
ed the boats out. She began to list
badly Immediately.
"Ten boats were put into the water,
and between 400 and 500 passengers
entered them. The boat that contain.
ed myself and three other boats, were
picked up shortly before o'clock by
the Stormcock. fear few of the Of
ficers were saved; they acted bravely.
"There were only Is minutes from
the time the ship was struck until she
foundered, going down bow foremost.
It was a dreadful sight,"
The magnificence of the Lusitania,
the most famous leviathan of the deep
ever constructed, with the probable ex-
ception of the Inflated Titanic, was
only rivalled by her sister ship, the
Mauritania.
In 1907 the gigantic transatlantic
liner made her maiden trip to New
York and she soon established the rec
ord for the run across the ocean, doing
it practically in five days fiat, quite a |;
startling achievement at that time.
The sister ship, Mauretania, now
holds the record from Queenstown to
New York Of 4 days, 10 hours and Al
minutes. tAMs.
Her turbine engines, a daring but
successful experiment of the Cunard
line, produced 10000 horse power and
drove the 45,000-ton ship Is knots, or
approximately 80 statute miles, per
hour. The boat was 1877 feet long,
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