The Washington herald., 1915-05-13
Sank
IN 60 FATH0MS
IL. S. Embassy Says One Tor
pedo Was Used by Sub
marine.
Ill8 AMERICANS MISSING
Sinking Took but Eighteen Minutes.
Details Work Done by Consular
Officers at Queenstown.
118 AMERICANS MISSING

Special cable to The Washington Herald.
London. May 1.-THE following note
was issued today by the American En-
bassy:
so far as the embassy has been able
TO ascertain. the total number OF Ameri-
can passengers aboard the lusitania was
rs The number of survivors reported to
the embassy by the Queenstown consul Is
~: missing, lis
1T appears from all the statements
which have been secured that no warn
ing was given. The torpedo hit amidships
on the starboard side. The ship listed
because of the longitudinal warship
character OF the bulkheads. the port air
cells remaining intact. Later she riGhted
The sinking occurred in sixty fathoms.
The captain believed her nose touched
bottom before her stern disappeared. ac-
counting for the slight suction. 1t seems
from the reports rather dubious whether
a second torpedo struck the snip.
THE sinking took eighteen minutes. and
occurred at 2:23 o'clock.
Embassy sent Officers.
The American Embassy, also issued
! this note today:
! Capt A. NJ Miller. of the American
Embassy, who returned this morning
| from the scene of the disaster near
Queenstown. in report to the Amoas-
sador informed him that he arrived at
| Queenstown at l p. m on sunday,
| May Q. accompanied by capt. W. A
Castle. Under instructions from the
AmbasSado to help the consul and
assist survivors and also in taking
steps to discover the identity of bodies
! lost on the Lusita mia. Capt. Miller visit
ed the bodies which were in three To-
calities. of which there were about
ninety on Sunday. These were in
charge OF the police. who had given
them Identification numbers and had
taken charge of all valuables and
/ identifying articles in each case.
"Vice Consul Thompson had charge
of the Identification of the bodies which
he conducted personally. armed with
all the descriptions. lists and informa-
! tion possible, supplemented by an eX-
am ina ton of the articles removed from
each body. Owing TO the fact that most
of the survivors had left on Saturday
and that no passenger list of Amerl-
cans could he obtained from the cum
ard Line. il was difficult to identify the
Americans. :, passenger list was re-
ceived later. through the Ambassador
on May II. 1t was arranged with the
Cunard company. in addition. to pho
tograph each body as an additional
prccautiun.
Burial of unidentified.
The identified bodies were prepared
for burial. those definitely identified
and claimed being emba lined and the
others placed in hermetiCally sealed
baskets for shipment. The consul, with
assistance. took statements, received
ella inns. &c.
'Nt . p. m. or Monday the 10th.
$50 unidentified dead were buried in
three large graves in the Queenstown
80 &,
all the bodies had been photograph
ed. 1t will he impracticahle to disin-
ter them later.
British soldiers lined the route to
the cemetery. The naval and military,
officers and men. attended. Capts.
Castle and Miller attended in uni
form. accompanying Gen. Hill. COM
mander OF the garrison. At the ceme
terry funeral services of the Roman
Catholic and other churches were held
The ceremony was dignified and i'm
presSive."
The embassy added the following
names TO the list of survivors:
William Mn. Adams I.in:nn Bates. jr.. A.
Candlisl. Mrs. Allen CandllSh. oven Cannon, Ed
win VI. Coll9s VI. A. u. Donald. In Carl Fosss.
Dr. owen Keenan, lor kenanl Herman A. Myers
In. krenin is al Queenstown. He is suffering
firm a sliGht illness.
The embassy issued list show
sons who were on board the Lusitania
who are reported as missing" The list
follows:
NJ and NJ. Harrv F. Baldwin Mrs W. R. |
Bancroft. MI- Martha Raker. Winifred Barker. !
Thomas RlcCnfeld. IoroIhy Brsithwaite. s. T.
B-odc1ick. W. G. Errd,ricK. Mis- Nellie VI. Rypie |
Mr.. and Mr.. John CaIherunod William Colbert. |
Helena Colbert. Mis- Della Condor. Mrs. William |
trichtCn. Mi+' tmia Davis. Timothy pIsoll. Rob |
crt J. Ewart. John Ferguson. JIsus Miles Fornan |
Richard Il. Freeman. Samuel Friedman. g. Gary.
Michael 'iIhl0n. Hugh tiilssnan. Mrs. Florence |
Stewart Gray. Master Stewart Gray. Master Ron |
aid greenwood. Master George Groves. William
HarreN A. J.. Hopkins. Mrs. 4. Hume. Charles |
F. Hurley. Evan Jones. Francis r. Kcllett. Mar
garet :. Kelley Mn. G. II. Kennedy. Kathleen |
kcnnedv. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. Ke,r Tor Heser).
Mrs. r. r. Lc,crish Miss g. r. Lsrersh Mrs
4. c. Luck, Master A. q Luck. Master X. T.
Luck Maize Mc,iovern. Mrs. Annie McHaTdie.
Mrs. MARY A. Mckenzie.
Miles McPartlir. y r. Meihury. Capt. J. r.
Miller. G V. Mills. William Mounsey. J. T. L.
Myers J. H. fase. Mrs. +. $ Pearson ~. Leo
NJ Schharger. Mr. and Mrs. Victor T. Shields.
Mr.. and Mrs lanes Shinemsn. T. ID. Schmyer 90
imaybe Schnycr'. Thomas Silva, II. u. Sonnetarl.
Charles n. Stevens Mrs Annie Taylor. Master
STANLEY TAYLOR. MIR. and Mrs. lessen 'maybe les
sori. Scott Turner. John Vance. Michael Ward.
Mrs Cathcrin Wiley. r. :. Williams. Mrs. \. 5.
witherhee. Master Wtherbce. Mrs Charles Tor
Jane Wortlen.