The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-08
TOTAL DEATH LIST FROM SINKING OF
LUSITAN|A NOW THOUGHT TO Be
~ 1901 OF 2O49 ON BOARD
In the List of Rescued the Names of Charles
Frohman, Elbert Hubbard Alfred G. Van
derbilt and Charles Kline Do Not Appear
-Warning:to Americans Not to Sail
on English Ships Again Advertised

whom were many women several oil
the crew and one steward.
Describing the experiences OF the
Lusitania the steward said:
"1'he passengers were at lunch
when submarine came up and fired
two torpedoes, which struck the Lus-
itania on the starboard side, one for
ward and the other in the engine
room. They caused terrific explos-
ions.
Captain Turner Immediately or
dered the boats out The ship be-
gan to list badly Immediately.
"Ten boats were put into the water
and between 400 and 500 passengers
entered them. The boat IN which
was approached the land with three
other boats and we were picked up
shortly after 4 o'clock by the Storm
Cock
81 fear that few of the officers
we're saved. They acted bravely.
"There was only fifteen minutes
from the time the ship was struck nn-
til she floundered, going down bow
foremost 1t was a dreadful sight"
Two other steamships with survly-
ors are approaching Queenstown.
London, May S.--The impression is
growing hourly stronger that the
loss of life by the destruction of the
Lustania was enormous.
The very latest bulletins received
enumerate so few survivors that it is
feared that more than 1000 may have
persisted, and among them some
American citizens. 1t is impossible
to give any list of survivors tonight,
as neither the British admiralty nor
the Cunard company has been able
TO get one.
out of the 2,104 passengers and
crew aboard the ship-1,254 passen-
gers and $50 crew-there is definite
information concerning less than
! 900 of them, and even the unconiirm
ed reports of rescues at various ports
add very few more to the list
The latest bulletin comes from
Queenstown by way of Liyerpoo.
through the Cunard company Il
reads:
Queenstown wires that the Storm
Cock is landing about 100 passengers
and crew 1t is reported by the adj
miralty that the trawlers Dock and
Indian Empire have above 200; the
tug Flying Fish 100: three torpedo
boats have 40 living and four dead.
I'VE are putting these up at The
different hotels and boarding houses,
but we cannot give lists of survivors,
before morning so the passengers are
in such a state that their immediate
wants must be our first considerat-
ion'
This is the first definite statement
of the survivors. There are other
reports that 700 have been landed at
Klonakilty, about nine miles to the
west and south of the scene, and 116
persons at Kinsale. but whether the
numbers have been twice counted Is
not known There are other points
which may be heard from, and per-
haps some have been taken there
Oyster Haven, Courtmacsherry,
Barry's Point, Seven Heads and 9th
er towns.
Great crowds are awaiting through
the night at the Cunard Offices here
and similar reports come from Liver
pool There are many Americans in
the crowd here, some of whom have
relatives and friends abroad. They
are most vehement in their denunc;a-
tion of the deed. All England is
keeping in close touch with the aG-
miralty and the steamship company
The King is receiving every bulletin
that comes in. In Liverpool, where
the crew comes from, the scene Is
more emotional The city is stagser-
ed by the report of the loss of its
fayorite ship and it has cast a pail
over everything Captain Turner,
who passed his life in the service of
the Cunard company, was known to
,, very many.
A disptach from Queenstown Just
received says significantly that many
are in the hospitals there, some of
whom have died. No names are CIV
en-.
From all sources it may be given
az the best information that about
15O persons fave been landed at
Queenstown, around 700 at Clonakil.
ty about nine miles to the south and
west of the scene, and still more are
at Kinsdale, about !en miles from.
the scene.
The admiralty has Just issued a
statement that the passengers OF the