Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-13
MORE DEATHS Of
| US|TAN| AS
VICTIMS EXPECTED

miles from this port as the crow flies
an irregular smear of fiotsam on calm
sea marks the grave of the Cunarder
LUstania, first transatlantic liner sunk
by a German submarine. one hundred
and forty-nine of Loo souls who persisted
with her lie in improvised morgues in
cid buildings bordering queenstown har-
bor They either We're picked up dead
or succumbed after landing,
The 6l5 survivors here are quartered in
hotels residences and hospitals, some
too badly hurt to be removed. Two
groups left town Saturday afternoon and
evening. clad in mistit clothing. bound
Tor Dublin by rail and thence to boat
TO ftolyhcad. The injuries of some arc
so serious that additional deaths are eN-
pccted and nearly all are too dazed to
understand fully what has happened.
ONE TORPEDO-OR TWO?
Tho survivors do not agree as to
whether the submarine fired one or
two torpedoes. a few say they saw the
periscopc though many attest TO trac-
ing the wake of foam as the projectile
came towards the vessel. The only
points i'm which all concur is that the
torpedo struck the vessel a vital blow
amidships causing her to list almost
immediately to the starboard In this
careenng fashion she plowed forward
some distance smashing the life boat
Idavits as she did so and making the
Launching of boats we'll nigh impos-
sible until Roadway had ceased.
! How far the Lusitania struggled for
ward after being struck and how long
it was before she disappeared beneath
the waves likewise are points upon which
| few passengers agree, estimates OF the
! time she remained aNoat ranging from
/ eight to twenty minutes. At any rate the
! list to starboard so elevated the life
boats on the port side as soon to render
/ them useless and it 10 said only two on
| that side were launched. The FIRST Of
! these according 20 the custom Of the sea
! was filled with women and children 1t
; struck the water uncvenly, capsiZlnS and
throwing its 60 occupants into the sea,
The I.usitania even then was making con-
siderable Roadway and these women and
little children We're swept to death In
spite of the attempts Of two stokers to
rescue them. These stokers, according
to the passengers. We're drowned.
MANY JUMPED INTO SEA.
After that several boats were launched
successfully but the steamers list grew
NOR. narilous tho doclts slantina to sucr
an anglo II was inncrativo for all 70
cline, to tho starboa I'd rail Many nv mi.
time had donred life ba1ts and iun,nef
for it. Several lifehoats broke adrft un
occllpted and the sea bocame n froth O,
oars, chairs. debris and human bodies.
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, who was returning from q businnss ,,,
to America
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90, "S''eSs'' SUN 700 uazen TO feallZ'
; 'u'tE ""a' MA occurfed' Ihey Wer
,a.an , SIM "e.e Wy 'ns u
, ment. In front of the small C,unar,
line offices on the water front = crow,
/ surged clomorinr for NOUS of r,tbor
mother. brother or sister.
| Further down the street crowd
trammed the small government teIe
graph office where three clorks anc
three operators strove dosnerateL. :,
keep abreast of the ever prowinf