Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09

struck the ship, and as to whether an
explosion OF her boilers followed. In
fact, after the first torpedo hit the
Lusitania forward the crew were busy
getting TO the stations and the pas
sengers. who escaped, in getting to the
noats and providing themselves with
life belts.
In shipping circle. and among many
that more than one German subma rfne
attacked the Lusitania and that two or
more torpedoes found their mark
ec anis view is held at the Cunard Of
noes of the ship will make no state
ment until the inquest or an admiralty
inquiry brings out their evidence.
me scenes at Queenstown. where the
are many bodies of those who were
killed or died OF exposure were heart
rending.
Women Lose Husba nds.
many women separated from their
husbands have been searching the
notels. hoping to find them alive, or,
raining in this. have been looking for
them In hastily improvised morsues.
oeners went on to Cork, while still
otners left yesterday afternoon for
Aonoon' where they will arrive Sunday
morning.
At the London and Liverpool Offices
OF the Cunard Company large crowds
again assembled yesterday, hoping
against hope that those whom they had
eApecteu 10 meet Saturday at the lat
est might still turn up. but there was
little consolation for those who had
not already heard from their expected
friends or relatives
Nothing that the Germans have done
since the outbreak OF the war has 80
aroused the anger and determination
OF the British people as the sinking
OF the Lusltania. This anger is shared
oy the Americans in London who had
relatives or friends aboard
The members of the stock exchange
| insisted upon the withdrawal of all
members of German birth, although
nnt aha oo, At many places through,
british subjects were made to suffer
Tor Germany's action. In one large
shipbuilding plant at Wallsend the
workmen threatened to strike unless
those employed with German names
were discharged. and the company, al
though badly in need of workmen. was
compelled to grant the demands.
German BARRIERS and other Germans
tolerated since the war began also
found themselves boycotted. But there
were no disorders of any kind.
Relief Work Started.
| Henry M Ptndell of Peoria, ILL.,; T. p
O'Connor and Alfred Booth, chairman
OF the Cunard line. are helping in the
work of locating and caring for sur
| vivors. They are organizing relief on
| the Irish and English coasts, and the
search for survivors and bodies is
| the shores. All hospitals, also, are
| being questioned for possible survivors
Between forty-fve and fifty rela-
| tives of passengers on the Lusitania
tv,,.a ,fetD n1 trrk,t
| London Offices of the Cunard Com
pany.
| The continued absence of definite in
f formation r., is leading n., to pathetic
menced at an early hour. and grew con-
stantly the morning passed. but news
was very slow In arriving. The lists OF
survivors when they came were short and
incomplete.
Survivors Good Fortune.
dispatch from Queenstown to the
Central News says:
Many of the survivors had remark
| ably good fortune Mrs. Rose Howley
of Yorkshire seized a piece of rope at
tached to some wreckage A little girl
| who was being swept past her grasped
her Dress Both were picked up. The
girl was Edith Williams. who lost her
mother and five little sisters.
|
| stories of the launching Of the boats,
| but it is agreed that the Lusitania's
| crew upheld the tradition of heroism
| in the British mercantile marine.
| Those not engaged in launching the
boats went among the passengers,
| seeing to it so far as possible that ali
were provided with lifebelts.
John Davis, a member of the crew,
| stated that the Lusitanias speed had
been reduced in the morning when the
liner was off Fastnet. Later in the
day 1t was increased, and the order
to resume me full full. speed was given just
The first torpedo entered the ships
bunkers, hurting a shower of coal as
high as the upper deck. The captain
Immediately headed for shore but the
This torpedo is believed to have killed
or injured many passengers who were
lunching in the dining saloon.
w bs held be- oa Number TS of
services of fifty soldiers have been
|requisitioned for digging graves in a
local cemetery. there being no orii-
nary labor adequate for the purpose"
American Watches Bulletins.
bulletin board all day Saturday for
| tidings of his wife and two boys. Ell
bridge and Kenneth. aged seven and
| ten. Although they were reported to
| have been saved, Mr.. Luck was unable
| to obtain definite news of them. Mean
| while, there came from California a
cable message from Mrs. Lucks sister
| saying:
| I'VE hear that ours are safe.
| Harwood Knight and his sister Elaine
| of Baltimore, for whom inquiries have
| been made, are not on any list of sur
| vivors.
| The American consul at Queenstown
| telegraphs that the bodies of the fol-
| lowing Americans have been landed
| there and identified:
Mrs. May Brown J. Fellman or Fill
man, L. Jones. Bessie Hare, George Ar
| thur, David Samuel. T. B. King. w. H.
| Brown, jr.: j. V. Merriman and Miss