Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-10

'8water unevenly, capsizing and throw
Ing its sixty occupants into the sea.
The Lusitania even then was making
Roadway. and the women
and little children were swept to death.
In spite OF the attempts oi lSo stokers
! 20 rescue them. These heroic men, &C
wording to passengers. were drowned.
After that several boats were
2 Launched successfully. but the steamers
list grew more perilous. the decks
s. slanting to such an angle that i, was
imperative for all to cling TO the star
I board rail. Many by this time had
donned life belts and jumped. Several
hfeboats broke adrift unoccupied and
the sea became fro,h OF oars. chairs.
debris and human bodies.
NEARLY FORTY PERSONS
SAVED BY TWO ST0KERS
TWO stokers seeing drifting boat.
divcd overheard recovered il and
pulled in nearly forty persons mostly
women. The Lusitania's crew. mean
while, adhered to the letter TO instruc-
tons. and the discipline was rigid. al
though one or two subordinate officers
are said TO have told n group of pas
senEers who had climbed into a boat
that there was no immediate danger
and advised them to remain on deck a
E WNlle longer. whether this due
to the fact that the subordinates lost
their heads. or TO their conviction that
the ships bulkhcads would save her.
never will be determined.
All day to-day in hotel corridors
halls and reception-rooms survivors
sat listlessly, still too dazed 10 discuss
what had occurred. They were dressed
In a variety Of garments Some were
crying. some were trying to force
down nourishmen,. In front of the
small Cunard Line Offices on the water
front crowd surGed. clamorinr for
news of relatives.
Farther down the street n crowd
crammed the small government 1clc-
graph Office. where three clerks ana
three operators strove desperately to
Keep abreast of The CORRESPONDING
stream of messages
In four morIucs lay the dead The
BODY of Charles Frohman, his features
placid, lay face upward i'm a bare room
in an old building 100 yards from the
waters edge. Around him were ranged
nttE bodies. over which attendants
were bending. sorting and ticketinr
their belongings Those men best
htted to chronicle the last moments OF
the Lusitania, Fiber, Hubbard. Jus
tus Miles Fornlan. Alfred Gwynnc Van
derbilt and others. apparently all went
70 their graves with her
Inc Lusitania's speed at the time
she was struck is variously estimated
from eight to twenty -onc knots.
BATTERY OF SUBMARINES
LIE IN WAIT For RIG LINER
Survivors and Cunard Line officials
peheNe that battery Of underwater
craft, perhaps four or five lay in wait.
posted advahtageously along the route
1t was surmiscd the liner would take
IT was easy TO keep all but the tins
or the periscopes submerged and then
Tor the craft nearest to let GO tor
pedoes.
Every train for Kingstown and Ross.
lare to-day carried compliments of
second and third-class passengers and
members of the crew. Most of the
hrst-cabin SURVIVORS sadly few in num-
Der. VIII remain here tcmporarilv
me townspeople have been eener-
Gus with aid and sympathy MANY
survivors are dressed as they would
have been If the disaster had occurred
at night for the explosion and The
ionS struggle in the water virtually
denuded them.
Captain Turner appeared this morn
ing in civilian clothes. donated nv
local banker who has extended the hos
pitaiitH of his home to the commander
Later in the day he dressed in his
stained uniform. which had h.ep driod
ana walked with bowed head through
the streets, recos nized by few among
the crowd
Queenstown was almost as much
daled by the tragedy as those aboard
Inc Iusitania. The question on every
lip is: why did Captain Turner pursue
The usual well~known Cunard course
so close TO the Irish coast AT medium
speed and why was not the big liner
conVoycd?'
WIRELESS OPERATOR
WILL NOT DISCUSS ORDERS
Several naval officers here say ,he
Lusitania received wireless orders m
take course III the middle channel
but the ships wireless operator de-
chned 10 say whosrer he. received such
All day long crowd. surrounded the
temporary morSucs. Although few
bodies have been identified, many bear
evidence OF having occupied the frs,
class cabin.
In striking contrast 10 most historic
sea disasters. the rate OF mortality
among frs, class passengers seems 10
De heavier than among amy other class
on board. large proportion Of those
saved arc members OF the crew. but This
liz not evidence OF lack Of discipliuc as
nosi OF them were picked up from the
water The CAPTAIN Of n trawlcr who
arrived in the harbor soon after rho
disaster with i6 survivors. mostly
women and children, when reproachcd
for not staying longer on the chance OF
picking UP more survivors. said:
There were many left in the water
but they were dead, and many were so
nanRicd ! thought il better TO bring
ashore my boatload OF suffering wom-
sF:, as they could not have stood much
more"
These womcn presented pitifuI
hishi AS they wandered aimlcssly
a about. searching without hope for loved
ones who must nave gone down win
the ship.
Relatives and friends ~ messengers
who had gone IN high spirits 10 Liver
pool 10 meet the Incoming ship. beea,
to arrive here Yesterday to search for
the missing. but the small roll OF sur
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