Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-05-14
Ocean Greyhound Sent to
Bottom by German Sub
marine Off Coast
of Ireland.
100 AMERICANS DIE
Lusitania Takes Final Plunge in Fir
teen Minutes After Being Struck
by Torpedo-Many Killed and
Injured by Explosion.

London, May 12.-Eleven hundred
and fifty persons, according to latest
official figures, lost their lives in the
sinking of the Cunard line steamship
Lusitania, which was torpedoed by a
German submarine off Old Head OF
Kinsale, Ireland, Friday afternoon. OF
the 1873 Americans on board, more than
100 are believed dead.
The bodies of Charles Frohman,
the theatrical manager; Dr., F. S. Pear
son of New York, and Charles Pla-
mondon of Chicago, have been recov-
cred. Officially given up as dead are:
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, multi
millionaire; Charles Klein, play
wright; Justus NJ. Forman, play
wright: Ebert Hubbard, writer, and
Mrs. Ebert Hubbard
Living All Accounted For.
Although the Cunard officials sug
gest that there may be few survivors
of the Lusitania not yet reported, SUI
fering from injuries at some lonely
fishing hut or farmers cottage, this
hope finds no reflection in official cir
Giles. There it is declared the living
are all accounted for. The latest avail
able figures show:
Dead, passengers and crew, 1,15O.
Saved, passengers and crew, 767.
OF the latter, 465 were passengers
and 302 were members of the crew.
There is much complaint that the
Cunard officials have made no system
attic effort to recover bodies. Their
tugs have been at the scene of the
wreck only twice And they have made
no effort to cruise we'll out from the
coast where outgoing and incoming
vessels report the presence of many
bodies wearing lifebelts.
Disaster is Sudden.
The Lusitania was steaming along
about ten miles off Old Head Kinsale.
on the last leg of it's voyage to Liv-
erpool, when a submarine suddenly
appeared, and, so far as all reports
go, fired two torpedoes without warn
ing at the steamer. One struck it
near the bows, and the other in the
engine room. The powerful agents
of destruction tore through the YES
sells side, causing terrific explosions
Almost Immediately great volumes of
water poured through the openings
and the ship listed
Boats which were already swung
out on the davits, were dropped over
board and were speedily filed with
passengers, who had been appalled, by
the desperate attack A wireless call
Tor help was sent out and Immediate
ly rescue boats of all kinds were dis
patched from the neighboring points
along the coast and Queenstown.
Sank in is Minutes.
But within fifteen minutes, as one
survivor estimated, and certainly
within half an hour, the Lusitania
had disappeared.
Where Great Britain's fastest mer-
chant vessel went down-old Head
Kinsale--is a landmark that has
brought joy to many travellers, as it
always stood as the sign from shore
that the perils of the voyage across
the Atlantic were at an end The
line, whose boast has been that il has
never lost passenger in the Atlantic
service, has now lost the shin that
lodged the lurking enemy off Nan
tucket light the day after the war
was declared, and later startled the
world by flying the stars and stripes
Scores Thrown From Boats.
Scores of the Lusitania's passen-
gers, many of them women and chill
dren, after being placed in lfeboats.
were dragged down with the shin
when 1t sank. because the boats
could not be lowered. Survivors at
tribute this fault to ineficienoy
among the crew. Ropes fouIed
some Of the boats were chopped away.
oVerturning when they struck the sea
and hurting the occupants into the
water Some fell from a height of
fortV feet, others could not be re-
leased and we're dragged down.
Handling Of Ship Criticized.
Survivors. both Americans and
British who have arrived in London
severely criticized the manner In
which the Lusitania was handled. both
Dy the admiralty and offniolc 90 a.