Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-06-25

A"o''"hi" w u OeInhn lOIpeuO boat
number 1l5, according TO advices from
United States consuls In Great Bri.
tain. The total dead Is more than
Lbs. The ame OF seventy-three
American survivors were reported by
Consul Frost at Queenstown, with the
statement that there Is virtually no
hope that more will be found alive
London, May S.-The Cunard liner
Lusitanla, which sailed out OF New
York May /, with 1907 persons abonrd,
lies at the bottom OF the ocean off the
Irish coast and It Is feared that more
than 1000 have persisted.
The ship was sunk by a German
submarine. which SEM two torpedoes
crashing into her side, while the pas.
sengers, seemingly confident that the
great vessel could elude the German
underwater craft, were having lunch
con Many Americans were lost.
Every effort to find Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt, Charles Frohman and El.
Der Hubbard among the survivors at
Queenstown has failed. The British
admiralty late Friday night placed the
total number OF survivors at O5s. Few
first'class passengers were saved, Il is
reported, because they believed the
vessel would keep afloat and made lit.
tie effort to escape.
Four t~orpedoes were fired. accord.
Ing to survivors, but only two OF them
struck the liner.
The crew at n ce proceeded to get
the passengers into boats. Some OF
The boats could not be launched as the
vessel was sinking. There was q large
number OF women and children In the
second cabin. Forty OF the children
were less than a year old.
There were dead and wounded
among those brought ashore, and
many have died in hospitals I'm Irish
coast ports. But not n name OF res.
cued or lost, of dead or injured has
yet been listed.
The Lusitania Is the tw~enty.ninth
vessel to be sunk or damaged in the
first week OF May In the German wal
zone about the British isles. Under
the terms Of the German decree OF
Feb. 4 defining the war zone, the Lusi.
tania was In that zone when sunk.
The Lusitanla was steaming along
about ten miles off Old Head Klnsale,
ON the last leg of her voyage to Liver.
pool, when about 2 O'Clock In the
afternoon a submarine suddenly ap.
peared and fired two torpedoes. with.
out warning, at the steamer. one
struck her near the bows, and tho
other In the engine room. The power.
fN agents of destruction tore through
the vessels side, causing terrific ex.
plosions. Almost Immediately great
volumes of water poured through the
openings and the Lusitanla listed.
But within fifteen minutes. as one
survivor estimated aud certainly with.
In half an hour, the Lusltanla dlsap.
peared. Where Great Britain's fast.
est merchant vessel went down-Old
Head kinsule, II the landmark that
has brought Joy to many travellers as
80 always stood as the sign from shore
that the perils OF the voyage across
the Atlpntic were at an end.
OF the 1858 passengers aboard. POO
were In the first cabin, COZ In the sec.
ond and 3Gl Ia the steerage.
The British admiralty is %dlscourag.
ing the publication OF surmises and
guesses regarding the dead and IN.
lured. Even before the crude details
are known, the British press IL ask.
Ing od%storially what the United States
VIII say to this event and how she
VIII hold Germany to the strict &C.
countnbility' mentioned In previous
Diplomatic CORRESPONDENCE.
The Lusitania, with a total OF 1851
passengers aboard, of whom 1888 were
Americans. and with a crew OF SIG.
sailed from New York in the face of
a warning published on the day of her
departure by the German embassy.
which stated that travellers intending
to embark ON the British ships did so
at the risk OF the ships being de.
stroyed In accordance with the Ger.
man zone decree.
Tho warning. published II the form
OF an advertisement, did not result in
the cancellation Of a single passage.
nor did anonymous notes OF warning.
said to have been received by some
passengers Just before the big liner
left her pier deter anyone from sail.
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