The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-11

queenstown, May 11.-SiXteen
bodies were brought into Queenstown
this afternoon by tug chartered by
the Cunard line. None of the bodies has
as yet been identified.
Queenstown, May 1.-THE body of
Albert Thompson, of Toronto, brought
In by an admiralty trawler last night,
was found drifting with wreckage near.
the coast not far from the scene of the
Lusltania disaster, which leads to the
hope that additional bodies may be
found in that vicinity. Several un-
identified bodies also were landed at
Baltimore, Al miles southwest of Cork,
but the weather conditions are such it
is not considered probable many more
will be found in that immediate vicin.
ity and all hope of finding further sur
vivors now has been abandoned.
A current of from two and one-half
to three knots races around Old Head
Kinssle and this has been augmented
by stiff east wind which at the end
of eight or nine days may carry bodies
ashore around Cape Clear, on the West
Irish coast. The winds ordinarily pre-
vailing would have brought bodies
ashore on the Atlantic coast of Corn.
wall, Eng.
Cunsrd Tug Hunting For Bodies
The Cunard Steamship Company,
after much trouble, has sent a tug to
the scene of the disaster with the in
structions to run into the nearest cove
and inform Cunard officials here if
even a single body is found.
There are indications that the heavy
death toll among the American men in
the first cabin was due to scarcity of
life 9elts, many of them having given
the life preservers they had obtained
10 helpless women. There is a pre-
ponderance of testimony that no
American man got into a boat until
after he had been thrown into the
water.
Vanderbilt's Last Moments
Webb Wade, secretary of Alfred G.
vanderbilt, has not yet been able to
arrange with the authorities to comply
with his request that all necessary
tugs be chartered at the expense of the
Vanderbilt family to search for other
bodies as well as that of Mr.. Wander
bit. Until he heard the story of DR..
Owen KeDan, of New York, Mr.. Wade
believed his employer had entered one
of the boats smashed against the side
of the ship, but DR.. Kenan g story is
so definite it is accepted generally as
the correct version of Mr.. Wander
bits last moments aboard the ship.
Guided Women and Children
When the Lusitania was in her death
throes there was no cooler group aboard
than that composed of Nine. Marie De.
page, Herbert S. Stone, Lindon w.
Bates, Jr., and DR.. j. T. Houghton. The
last named was the only survivor of
the party. This little band guided won.
en- and children, supplied life belts.
bound up the wounds of other passenp.
ers and then plunged hopelessly into
the sea, having given up their own life
preservers. Another throng of anxious
friends and relatives arrived here last
night but the chances of identifying
more OF the dead are remote as the
great pits in the cemetery are filled
with those buried as unknown while
other bodies which come ashore soon
will be beyond Identification.
IL More Bodies Recovered
The number of bodies of victims of
the torpedoing of the Cunard liner Lusi.
tania at Baltimore, small seaport on
the southern Irish coast, was increased
this morning to ten. Two other bodies
have been brought ashore at Castle
townsend, near Baltimore. OF the bod
les at Baltimore, sixe are of men and
four of women
The Cunard Line to-day dispatched
tug to Baltimore to bring all bodies to