Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-13


pedoed by German submarine off III
Irish coast on Friday, May 7, and wen
down twenty minutes after bein
struck by two torpedoes, 1000 live
oeing lost, 120 of this number bein
american citizens, of the dead man
being women and children.
When the Lusitania left New Yor,
May she had on board 1901 souls
l'Zol passengers and $50 crew. TIL,
passengers were made up of POI in the
nrst cabin, 500 in the second and 361
In the steerage. The list of survivors
shows so far that about 80 firsLclass
and rs second-class passengers were
saved. 1t is noticeable that compare.
tlVely rev first-class passengers were
saved.
Either two or three torpedoes struck
the Lusitania. One report saws the
nrst projectile was followed by two
others, striking in quick succession.
Another report has it that two subj
marines took part in the onslaught
one attacking from the port and the
other from the starboard side.
Inc Lusitania was nearing the end
OF her journey when a submarine sud-
denly appeared and began firing. The
nrst torpedo struck between the first
and second tunnels. The Lusitania
shook and settled down a bit. Two
other torpedoes quickly followed and
soon finished the ship. Four or five
OF the lneboats went dwon with her
and the tremendous suction as the
liner was engulfed dragged many peo-
pie down also.
Many of the passengers Gid not he
'leVe the Lusltania would sink as
quickly as she did. Consequently thew
uld not join in the rush for the life
boats, but evidently preferred to trust
IN their belief that the watertight COM
partments OF the vessel would keen
her afioat until such time as helm s
'ame out from the Irish shore. less
nan ten miles away. t
Many prominent Americans were on /
ne boat, and among those who went +
own with the ship were Charles Froh- b
nan OF New York, the theatrical h
roducer, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Ii
'harles Klein, the playwright. Justin
l. rorman and Ebert Hubbard and Ii
is wife. 7
Inc stories from Queenstown de- a
;rioe the bringing in of the bodies of +
great number of women, many of y
lem st1ll unidentified The Queens
'wn docks are the temporary resting h
aces also of the bodies of several
i1idren. One dead mother still is r
asplng In her rigid arms the BODY of
" three months old baby.
All the evidence goes to show that
e hrst-class and many of the second W
ass passengers had such confidence III
the ability of the Lusitania, be- III
use OF her watertight compartments.
remain afioat after she received the ~
81 Dlow that they did not concern u'
emseives about taking to the boats w
even providing themselves with life %
eservers. or
"nen the passengers did realize ~
AZ the Lusitania was doomed. thew -
ina that most of the boats on the 49,
IT. SIDE were SO damned, because of o.,
great list of the vessel, that thew
lld not be lowered, and the last seen
them by the most fortunate passen- 80
rs VINO had secured places on the if,
rooard boats or who had jumped SD
and had been picked I'D
" were lined on the sloping decks ri
altirg their fate, doubtless even VI
N believing that with land so close
y would still be saved. Be
However, the torpedoes had torn
n gaping holes in the liner that
ala not remain afioat for more pal
IL twenty minutes, and the calls for sin
which the wireless sent out. al 2
ugh answered quickly, could NOT Ri
ng the rescuing steamers to the to
I In time to be of any service. go,
larine Superintendent Dodd of the fro
lard line said that the Lusitania Ger
In sixty fathoms of water and Gre
lid never be raised "
ne names Of seventy-three surviv- istr
OF the 1873 Americans aboard the dial
ltanla mas been reported to the live
e department at Washington. rest
lsurance on the Lusitania, It is sha
J. amounted to $7.5OO,O0O. The YES des
was valued In round figures at SUR
100000. The worth of the c.roo civi
carried was reckoned at s735. OO0 JUN
irish coast guard. who witnessed
sinking OF the ship believes she \,
within eight minutes. His story To
by farmer. who was ut
KING near Old Head Kinsale, when y ens
onoes anu looking seaward beef
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