The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10

The first formal statement by Capt.
Turner will in all likelihood be made
tomorrow when he attends the in
quest at Old Head of kiusale. The
iruuest is necessary In order 10 re-
move the five bodies there to Queens
town.
Then too in the talks with survivors
who have reached London there Is
note OF complaint over the manGuv-
ring Of the ship after she was struck
| All are agreed that the Lusitanla was
swung as nearly toward shore as was
possible when she was hit and went
| forward as long az her engines lasted
To this fact is ascribed the inenect-
ivenrss of the starboard lifeboats
After the steamer had taken
| heavy list to starboard she YVES still
going ahead and when.the boats which
were lowered hit the water the lines
| were fuul-d. the ,.Gvits wen smashed
and the boats themselves caps,zed
| Women and children. even men.
| hurled into the water from a boat
which was going fifteen or eighteen
miles an hour could not escape in
jury.
| Fifty Lost when boat UPSET.
| Ii IL said that only two boats were
| launched from the port side, which
WIS high In the air. and one OF these
| proved death trap for fifty or more
women and children. II was lowered
over the rapidly rising sides of the
| ship unevenly. but landed on an even
keel in the water only 10 he jerked
under by the speed at which the ship
was going. All occupants went into
the water and II IL believed all per
ished. In the last minutes, according
to the dispatches and the tales told.
some Of the boats were wrenched free.
others were torn loose when the big
ship went under. and they were bot
tom side up half filled with water or
| stove IN and useless All this helped
In the saving OF some lives. however.
Men who climbed into the boats were
enabled to pull in others after them.
Some of the boats were baled out.
Two stokers are said to have saved
forty persons in this way. most OF
them women. II may be said that al
though goodly proportion OF the
crew was saved. II Is not considered
az rejecting upon their courage. They
went into the water and survived the
ordeal.
Another report which must later be
formally verified Is that after the de-
struction OF the two British merclN nj
vessels in the vicinity the company
sent wireless despatch TO Capt.
Turner ordering HIM 10 steer of the
accustomed course proceeding into the
Irish Sea Efforts have been made TO
obtain some confirmation OF this at
Queenstown from the wireless opera
. ! tors, but they refuse to talk until d.
rected 10y their superiors.
Lindon Hates Died a Hero.
) There are many relatives OF the
missing and the dead in Queenstown
to-day awaiting word which they
know now must be tragic. Among
them Is Lindell Bates brother OF Lin
don Bates OF New York Another
! who Is at once a survivor and a
? mourner is Lady Montague Allan OF
Montreal. She Is awaiting word o.
the fate OF her two daughters. Anna
and Gwendolin. whose bodies have not
yet been found. Lady Allan Is the
wife OF the director OF the Allan Line
She is Frustrated with grief at a
. Queenstown hotel.
L.ndei r. Bates has telegraphed
, from Queenstown that he believes
Lindon Bates. Jr.. lost his life tryinl
Il To save the two children OF Major
! ! Pearl. The two sons had becom,
4 separated from their family and Mr.
, ! Bales volunteered to go below anC
, search for them He had to turr
back because OF the water and thei
. urged the family TO go toward tn,
stern OF the ship. He followed then
: and the last seen OF him was when
wave caused by the sinking ~ III,
:. bow swept back and carried him over
board. He had no, taken time {,
j. think OF obtaining IA life belt
!. The search for the body of Mr. Van
4 derbilt Is being headed by the Mum
- ster and Leinster Bank OF Cork whicI
j. acting for New York bank whic
: has cabled that every effort is to b
r made and no expense spared to re
q cover the body. Major r. L. Pear
q remains az Queenstown with his tw
= surviving sons. The body Of his thur
son il at the morgue and the fourt
IL missing.
= Word has been received that Mis-
e Dorothy Conner OF Washington. L
= G. is among the survivors at Queens
a town as well as Kathleen Kaye G
England. who was returning from
r visit to relatives In the United States
u She Is ~ years old and is referre
p to as a little heroine Ii il said tina
II she aided the stewards In helpln
i women and en- ldren into the boat
nd ban dana II fnh N