Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-10
LINER PASSENGERS TELL
Z STORIES SUNDAY, LONDON
Continued from Page y
MANY Boats Useless

~ Many Boats Useless
All any rate the list to starboard SO
elevated the lfeboats on the port side
as to render them useless and it is
said only two on that side were
launched The first of these, according
I to the custom Of the sea, was filled
with women and children. Il struck the
water unevenly. capsizing and throw
ing its So occupants into the sea. The
Lusitania even then was making con-
siderable Roadway and these women
and little children were swept to
!. death in spite Of the attempts of two
stokers to rescue them. These stokers,
according to the passengers, were
drowned.
i After that several boats We're
launched successfully, but the steam
4 er,s list grew more pronounced, the
kdeeks slanting TO such an angle that
fit was imperative for all to cling to
fne starboard rail. Many by this time
Id donned life belts and jumped. Sew
eral lifeboats broke adrift unoccupied
Fatal Assurance
The sdiscipline was rigid, although
me rur two subordinate officers art
xnaA to- have told a group of passen-
= rAnf who had climbed into q boat thai
a there was no immediate danger anc
Adyised them TO remain on Geek
(n17e longer.
All day yesterday in hotel corridors
halls and reception rooms survivor:
sat listlessly. still too dazed TO dis
cuss what had occurred. They were
dressed in a variety of garments.
-FOUR llloiGutS 4dN LIlV NC11NA' i IN
BODY of Charles Frohman. his fea-
fures placid, lay face upward in &
bare room in an old building on the
9de hundred yards from the wa
edge,
Fotlia of Submarines
Those men best fitted to chronicle
hast moments of the Lusitania-El
k&xff4 Hubbard, Justus Mile Forman
E1aled Gwynne Vanderbilt and 9th
efSauparently all went to theil
kSr&ves with her. Her speed at the time
she was struck is variously estimated
from eight to y knots. 1t is the gen.
eral belief that a fiotilla Of under-wa
4 ter craft numbering perhaps four o,
five. lay in wait along the route it wa!
surmised the vessel would take.
Captain Turner appeared yesterda,
morning in civilian clothing donated
i by a local banker who has extended
"a the hospitality Of his home 10 tn
u commander. Later in the day he dress
ed in the stained uniform, which hat
Il been dried, and walked with bowet
q head down the streets, recognized b.
81 few among the crowds.
Questions Asked
The questions on every lip are
why did Capt Turner pursue tn
{ usual well-known Cunard Line cours
in close to the Irish coast at medium
4 speed. and why was not the big lin
er conveyed"
Several naval officers here stated
3 that the Lusitania received wireless
4 orders TO take a course in the middle
channel, but the ships wireless op.
4 orator declines to say whether or no.
4 he received such orders
In striking contrast to most histori,
sea disasters, the rate of mortalit,
among first class passengers seems Z
be heavier than among any Other
class on board. A large proportion d
those saved are members of the crew
bSt this is not evidence of lack d
,ipline, as most of them wer;
kEked up from the water.
II Girl Heroine
4 The brief time elapsing between ths
4 torpedoing and sinking of the Lusi.
tania was long enough to develop {
a heroine in the person of Miss Kath.
leen Kaye, IA years old, who was re.
! turning from New York where sh,
had been visiting relatives. Wit,
| smiling words and reinsurance sh;
aided stewards in filling a boat will
women and children. When all wer.
in she climbed aboard the lifeboat a.
coolly as an able seaman. One saiIo
! tainted at his oar as the result of :
hard race to escape swapping. Til.
girl took his place and rowed until tn.
boat was well out Of danger. Non,
among the survivors bears as littl
sign Of her terrible experience a
Miss Kaye who spends most of he