The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-05-12

boy sixteen years old, who was on
his way to join the British navy as q
cadet, said:
Il had just gone to the upper deck
after lunch to play game Of quoits
with two other boys One OF them,
looking over the side, saw white
streak in the water and shouted:
There's a torpedo, coming straight at
u.s. We watched 1t until it struck us,
with an awful explosion. Then we
rushed to the boat deck. Just as we
got there huge quantity of wood
sDlinters and great masses of water
flew all around us.
"A second torpedo struck us four
minutes after the first went below
to get life belt and met a woman
who was frenZied with fear. l tried
to calm her and helped her into boat.
Then ! saw boat which was nearly
sWamped. got into it and with other
men bailed it out. Then crowd OF
swamped it.
(. Watched Vessel Go Down.
1--WE got only 200 yards away when
the Lusitania sank, bow first. Many
the suction. Their shrieks were ap-
palling. We had to pull hard to get
away, and\ as it was we were almost
dragged down. We Saved all the
women and children we could, but a
great many of them went down"
William Brown of Alaska, another
survivor, said he decided not to join
the rush for the boats.
Il came to the conclusion that life
belt was the thing for me-" he said.
$50 l went to my cabin and secured
one With it on, l slid down long
rope into the water. Subsequently l
got into boat"
II. Smethurst, steerage passenger,
was saved in the same way. He had
put his wife into life boat, and in
spite of her urging he refused to &C.
company her, saying the women end
children must go first After the boat
with his wife in it had pulled away,
the husband put on life belt, slipped
into the water, and floated until he
was picked up.
Says Excitement Was Small.
Clinton Bernard of New York, City
had this to say of his experiences;
although it was a tremendous
shock to everybody, there was not as
much excitement as one would expect.
1t occurred so suddenly we had not
much time to realize what was hap
pening. When | saw the ship was
sinking jumped overheard. ! had no
life belt, but picked up bit OF tiOt-
sam. Finally l got to an upturened
boat and chung to thatA Later, with
some others who had swan TO this
boat, we managed to right it. Then
we climbed in and started to rescue as
many as we could reach
Captain Turner Rescued.
Captain Turner remained on the
Lusitania's bridge Until the structure
was submerged, and then climbed up
q ladder, as would diver from tank.
When he reached the surface he
rrasped an oar and then q chair. He
chung to the chair forneary two hours
and finally when the chair turned over
he flung up gold braided arm. This
was seen by member of the crew in
one of the boats, and thus the COM
mander was saved. He was terribly
broken down when he landed. but
after strong cup of tea and short
rest he seemed to recover and now
appears to he nearly normal.
None of the survivors had any COM
plant to make regarding the actions
of the crew All agree that everything
possible was done under the circum-
stances.
British people Aroused.
Nothing that the Germans have done
since the outbreak of the war has so
aroused the anger and determination
OF the British people as the sinking of
the Lusitania. This anger Is shared
by the Americans in London, who had
relatives or friends aboard.
The members of the London stock
exchange insisted on the withdrawal
of all members of German birth, al
though natiOnalized. At many places
throughout England, these national
ICED British subjects were made 10
suffer for Germacy's action. In one
large shipbuilding plant at Wallsend
the workmen threatened to strike UNI
less those employees with German
names were discharged, and the COM
Dany. although badly in need OF work.
men, was compelled to grant the de-
mand. German BARRIERS and other
Germans whose presence i'll England
has been tolerated since the war be-
Gan. also found themselves boycotted.
but there have been no disorders OF
any kind
"May Meet Mine or Bullet" Hubbard.
II may meet with a mine or IA sub
marine over there or may hold
friendly converse with a stray bullet
In the trenches"
Thus wrote Ebert Hubbard to hit
friend, E. w. Edwards, OF Cincinnati,
shortly before he boarded the I.usi-
tania. The letter was one of the last
things that Hubbard ever penned.
Ebert Hubbard, writer, editor and
shepherd OF his flock OF Roycrofters
lat East Aurora, accompanied by his
wife, went over on the Lusitania in
the hope of getting into Germany and
having an interview with the German