The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
SAVED FROM WATER
AFTER FOUR HOURS
C.. W. Bowring. a New Yorker,
Cables From Queenstown
News Of Rescue.
VILLA MSON dent SAIL

/ reported In cab'egram received In
this city yesterday from e. w. Bowring
/ OF Bowring n Co, owners OF the Red
/ Cioss Line He was In the water four
hours before he was saved He sent
the following message to his wife at
leo East seventy fourth street:
QuEENTowN. May S.
Torpedoed without warning, port
side. Jumped overheard starboard
side. In water four hours. No III
effects. Queens Hotel
Other New Workers on the Lusitania
were Thomas Bloomfield. an insurance
man at - Broad street; Robert }.
Ewart of 1916 Broadway. Brooklyn. a
manager for the Great Atlantic and Pa
chc Tea Company; Edward Perkins,
who lived at the Van Rensselaer, Hotel.
/ II Fast Eleventh street. and Thomas
/ 81 dsll. a IN, mber of the knickerbocker
! Club.
/ The National Marine League of the
! 4. S. A. gave out the following state
ment yesterday
The following cablegram was re-
ce'ved from George A. kesser. a pas.
serRer on the Lusi,ania
Kess'er, y. Y. tsamuel Robert. 20
Beaver.
After three hours in the water was
rescued Had friehtful experience and
no bad effects. glad to say. Will he
Carlton Hotel. London. early Sun
DAY morning Am afraid not over
twenty-five first class passengers
saved Inform my friends. Love.
GEORGE KEssLER.
Mr. Kessler was not only founder
member. but one OF the trustees Of the
National Marine League
I'VE Immediately sent to him a ca BILE
,r.p, follows
Deeply grateful God has saved
your valuable life Heartfelt sym.
pathies with YOU and Ms. Kessler
p. IT. w Ross
Miss Pauline Hutchinson, niece o.
Robe t A. Franks Of West Orange.
financial agent for Andrew Carnegie
was on her way to her home at Cheshire
England
Nine. Marie Depage, wife of Dr. An
,oine Depagn. surgeon to King Albert
OF Belgium. was returning AFTER an eN-
tended tour Of the United states In the
inte'e est Of Belgian relief work. While
In New York she was guest or br.
George Brewer Is East six'y-fourtn
street
Charles =. Williams son. 6S3 FIFTY.
eighth street. Brooklyn. whose name was
on .he nrst cabin passenger Hat. said
yesterday that his name might nave
heen used without his knowledge. since
he never intended to sail. He said that
his father, who l. also e. r. Williamson.
could not have been on board.
shipbuiIders on Hoard.
The president of the Newport News
Shipbuilding Dry Dock Company. Albert
Lloyd Hopkins. living at go Riverside
Drive. was on board accompanied by
Frederick J. Gauntlet. Washington rep
reseutative Of the shipbuildlng company
: Nj hull IN arAr L.
nought Pennsylvania, which was
launched March l6 Relief was .N-
. pressed Yesterday that Mr.. Hopkins and
Mr.. Gauntlet may have gone tn Europe
to look after contracts among the bel
,igerents.
E ogden Hagger'y Hammond, a son ~
r the late Gen. John II. Hammond who
r was member OF the stan OF Gen Will
lam T. sherman IN the cv.l war. was
. listed among the first cabin passengers
Mrs Hammond WAS with him. Their
home is at 80 East Seventeenth street
and their country place Is in Bernsrds
VILE y j Mr.. and Mrs Hammond are
well known I'm New York society. Mr.
Hammonds office Is At so Maiden lane
\ lie s an insurance man.
Palmer Camnbell. manager OF the Ho.
hoken Land and lmrrovemen, COMPANY
said yesterday he had received a cable
message that NJ. and Mrs Hammond
= hid been placed IN lfeboat, but tina
they had been sepsrated by the cansiz
ing Of the boat The message read tina,
MIR Hammond hid been saved. but II
did no say that Mrs Hammond haC
Noeu drowned II is reported, however
that she is among the MISSING
Mrs Hammond was the daughter q
. the late John stevens OF C7stle FONT
!, and a niece OF col Edwin \ stevens
=, Richard stevens and Mrs. n. otto Witt
penn.
:, carries + Fowies Of the Arm 81 Scot
/, 4 Fowles, art dealers. at $40 Fifth av"
/, nue.. was accompanied on the trip by NJ.
wife They lived AT West Siyty-fourtt
street They had arranged to live a
the Hotel Gotram on their return. The,
:, have two married daughters.
A H. Adams, with his wife and :
: SON who is said TO he an officer OF tn
= British army. was on his way 10 Lon
=, don They had been in New York at tn
n Marie Antoine,te Hotel for year. Mr
ADAMS ~ the British representative IL
London of the United states Ruhhe
: COMPANY
;. Michael G. Byrne. a retired merchsn'
=, who lived AZ ~ West F!ftieth street
9 vas on his way to visit relatives in Ire
2 land r T. Dearhorg. vice preside nj u
q tire Thomas Farenzogcrn COMPANY, va
n making a pleasure trip 10 England. HI
Il Nome in New York was the Sevill
n Hotel
James A Leary. huver for Rrokav
e RIOS. occupied frst cabin. He live'
T. vita his family AZ tnI Eighth avenue
4 Prooklyn He Intended 10 look afte
Z some huyinc N Dublin
o Herman A. MYERS Of the Arm ~ n
f. 4 s Myers, importers Of feather
and flowers at 6S4 Broadway. was -
his way to visit the Paris office Of hi
AVN. He. lived with his family al so
West 18Th street
u Oscar f. Grab of New York, JUNO
partner OF the Max Grab Fashion Com
rany. was on the Lusit1n'a Last Marc
y Mr. Crab married claire Lopez Runke
u daughter Of the chocolate manufacture
u Nv and Mrs Paul Crompton OF Phil
= adelphia were on hoard with their si
u 'hidren Mr., Crompton is vice-presi
= tent Of .he Gardiner-Lucas Company.
y battery place
= lam safe" E. T.. jeffrey Cables.
! Edward :. Jordan. sales manager n
' the Thomas n effery Company Of Ken
osha, Wis. received Yesterday mornin
: ut the Hotel Clardee a despatch fror
y Harold W. Jefery at kenosha that hi
- brother, Charles r Jeffery, q passenge
= on the Lusitaria had cahled
Am safe after three hours in water.
Charles T Jeffery is president OF tn
Thomas r Ienery Company. makers .
automobiles and motor trucks, and wa
n on his way over to arrange for m
ala nf