The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
MANY WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
AMONG DEAD
tcostinued from p.se oneJ

The smashed steamer. Many OF the
passengers fell to the deck uncon.
scious. Others staggered to the
b"n's and We're helped overheard.
The steamer was listening To star.
hoLru and many OF her boats were
useless.
Mrs. NJ. n. Pappadopoulo. OF
Athens. Greece. faced death in the
sea for more than an hour. An ex.
pert swimmer. she was totally er.
hausted when landed here. On the
rescue tug she had been given n
sailors sweater and trousers TO re-
place her wet clothing Her hus.
band, whom she tried vainly TO save,
probably was lost.
IL was ordering coffee In the sa-
Icon" she said, when the ship was
almost broken in two by the force OF
an explosion. | put on a lifebeit.
end so did my husband tried to
help him after we got into the water.
He was no swimmer. however and
] fear that he was lost Only the
thought OF my babies In Athens
tuoyed me up until finally was
picked up by fishing boat
Mrs. Pappadopoulo will live, the
doctors say.
That al least one OF the Lust.
tania's boats. loaded with women
and children captized after IL had
been launched was stated here today
by Bertrand jenkins. OF New York
He said that he had helped two
women into the boat. one OF them
being Miss Bramwell. an opera sing.
or. OF New York. The boat turned
over after striking the water. and
only a few OF those on board were
rescued by another boat
Town Hall Morque.
The big town hall here has been
turned into temporary morgue
Lines OF collins bearing the bodies
OF victims OF the Lusitania tragedy
are being placed in the main room.
IL Is announced that all will be TAX.
on there for Identification. and that
as fast as the names are ascertained
they will be made public.
II Is now proposed that the funer-
ais OF the victims be held on sun
day.
ID. A. Thomas. the welch colliery
owner, who was among the saved.
told succinct story OF his expert
ences. He said:
we were at luncheon when sud
denly the vessel was stopped and
shook from stem TO stern with the
force OF an erplof ion well forward.
that seemed 10 throw her on her
beam ends. The explosion was fol.
lowed by another equally forcible
and the big steamer shuddered and
almost Immediately began 10 list 20
port.
"Ofiicers and men rushed for their
stations almost without orders and
the work of clearing the boats was
begun. There was little panic so
far as could see; everyone was
too dazed 20 realize Just what actu-
ally was happening. For few min
utes we believed that the stories or
the safety OF the big liner would
prove true and that she would stay
anoat but the constantly increasing
list showed that this hope was vain.
Women Hystericsl
Many OF the passengers ran here
and there about the decks although
Capt Turner and his officers tried
their best TO paclfy them. Many or
the women however were hysterical
and some OF them with infants in
their arms caught AT the fastenings
Of the boats and hampered the
launching. Altogether 10 boats were
finally swung OF. Lady MacWorth
was picked up unconscious after she
had been in the water for three
hours We had no warning and the
Zig steamer sank within IL or 10
minutes after we first were hit.
at was a dastardly outrage, de
serving the condemnation OF the en-
tire civilized world.
1T was a beautiful sunshiny day.
The tea was smooth and TO that is
due the fact that any one was saved.
Had the water been rough, or had
II been night, everyone would have
been lost.
IL doubt vefy much whether any
~ the port side boats were launched.
They were in such position that they
could not be swung oversides. The
steamer was headed for the shore
the moment the explosion occurred.
Cart Turner stuck TO the bridge 20
the last. and was picked out OF the
water three hours after the Lust
tania foundered."
Ernest Cooper. a newspaper man
from Toronto. who was among the
rescued, said:
Boats Carried Down
II am afraid that many OF the
boats could not be cut away in
time. The vessel sank very fast
and carried many people down with
her. There naturally was some con
frsion. but saw no real panic.
There were a large number OF won.
en- aud about 40 children in the sec.
ond cabin who were under one year
old"
Wrapped in a<.blanket and with
out clothing, Julian De Aysla. the
Cuban consul at Liverpool was most