The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-05-12
STRUCK BY TORPEDO
LUSITANIA IS SUNK
seven HUNDRED SAVED
MANY WOUNDED Die

London reports: All reports re-
ceived on the Lusitania loss up tc
Saturday accounted for not more thor
500 or 800 of the approximately p
900 people on tho ship. In ono of the
reports ships steward, who landed
with others ct Queenstown, gave II
as his opinion that more than SOC
persons were lest.
There were Ge"d and wounded
among those brought ashore; some
since have died. But not 4 name OF
rescued or lost, Of dead or injured,
has been listed.
The Lusitania IVES stcaming along
about ten miles off Old Head, Kin
sale, on the last leg CT her voyage to
Liverpool, when about 2 o'clock in
the afternoon = submarine suddenly
appeared and, so far as all reports go,
fred two torpedocs without warning
at the steamer. One struck her near
the bow and the other in the engine
room.
The powerful agents Of destruction
tore through the vessels side, caus-
ing terrific explosions. Almost I'M
mediately great volumes Of water
poured through the openings and the
Lusitania listed.
Boats, which were already swung
out on the davits, were dropped over
board and speedily filed with pas
sengers.
A wireless call for help was sent
out, and Immediately rescue boats OF
all kinds were sent out from neigh
boring points along the coast and
Queenstown.
But within fifteen minutes. as one
survivor estimated. and certainly
within half an hour, the Lusitan!a
had disappeared.
Many Survivors Landed.
The Cunard Steamship company re-
ceived the following message from
Liverpool: "Queenstown wires that
First Officer Jones thinks from 500
to 500 saved. This includes passen-
gers and crew, and is only estimate
we are able to make. In meantime
we are going through hotels, lodging
houses, etc., tonight and will wire
tomorrow fullest possible list. In
meantime, injured and dead are tax
ing up all our attention"
The Cunard company announced
that at S.29 o'clock p. -. they re-
ceived the following message from
Liverpool: ''The admiralty have had
a message from Queenstown saying
between 500 and 500 landed at
Queenstown, including many hospital
cases, some Of whom have died. Also
number landed ct Kinsale have died.
(Signed) Cunard."
Hit While Passengers Lunched.
The tug Storm Cock has returned
to Queenstown bringing about 100
survivors of the Lusitania, principal
" passengers, among whom were
many women, several of the crew and
one steward. Describing the expert
ence Of the Lusitani2, the steward
said:
"The passengers were at lunch
when submarine came up and hrcd
two torpedoes, which struck the Lus-
itania on the starboard side, one for
ward and the other in the engine
room. They caused terrific explo-
sions.
CAPTAIN Turner Immediately or
dered the boats out. The ship began
to list badly IL mediately.
"Ten boats were put into the
water, and between 400 and SOC pas
sengers entered them. The boat IN
which I was approached the land with
three other boats, and we were pick
ed up shortly after 4 o'clock by the
Storm Cock.
II fear that few OF the officers
were sared. They acted bravely.
There was only fifteen minutes
from the time the ship was struck
until she foundered, going down bow
foremost. It was dreadful sight. y
The other steamers with survivors
are approaching Queenstown.
Hundreds Died of Injuries.
The Central News says that the
number Of the Lusitania's passengers
who died OF injuries while being
taken to Queenstown will reach 100.
1Ss Americans Aboard.
There were 1SS American passen-
gers in all aboard the Lusitania, &C
cordirg to a compilation made late
Friday at the Cunard offices at New
York. The British numbered 956.
and other nation alities made up the
remainder of the 1888 passengers
aboard.
Seven Hundred Are Saved.
A dispatch to the state department
early Saturday from American Consul
Frost OF Queenstown stated that the
total number of survivors Of the Lusl-
tania was about 700.
The consul's dispatch gave par
tial list Of American survivors, but
did not say definitely whether any
Americans had been lost.
A statement. issued by the British
admiralty. says the total number OF
survivors of the Lusitania is SIS. It
is believed that only a few first class
passengers we're saved. as they
thought the ship would remain afloat
and made little effort to escape.
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