The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-05-14
GERMANS SINK
THE LUSITAnIA
LINER, WITH i.2s3 PAssGNoGRo
AsoARo. WENT Down IN
THIRTY MiNurgs.
It's AMERICANS LOST
vAN0GRDiLT, FRohMAN AND Hue
Bard AMONG ,.1ss REPORT.
70 DEAD.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. May 1.-The Ameri
can dead in the sinking Of the linel
Lusitania by German torpedo boat
number l15. according TO advices from
United States consuls In Great Bri
tain. The total dead 10 more thar
1.19S. The names Of ssvsnty.thres
American survivors were reported by
Consul Frost at Queenstown. with the
statement that there 10 virtually nc
hope that more will BE- found alive
London, May 8.-Ths Cunard line
Lusitania, which sailed out Of New
York May /, with 2.067 persons aboard.
lies at the bottom Of the ocean off the
Irish coast and It 10 feared that more
than 1000 have persisted.
The ship was sunk by Q German
submarine. which sent 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 Gwynns
Vanderbilt, Charles friedman and e.
Der Hubbard among the survivors at
Queenstown has failed. The British
admiralty late Friday night placed the
total number Of survivors at e5s. Few
first-class passengers were saved, Il In
reported. because they believed the
vessel would keep afloat and made lit
tie effort to escape.
Four torpedoes were fired, accord
ing to survivors. but only two Of them
struck the liner.
The crew 1t once proceeded - ~
the passengers into boats. Some Of
the boats could not DO launched a. the
vessel was sinking. There was large
number Of women and children In the
second cabin. Forty Of the children
were less than year old.
There were dead and wounded
among those brought ashore. and
many have died In hospitals in Irish
coast ports. But not . name Of res
cued or lost, Of dead o. injured has
yet been listed.
The Lusitania II the twenty ninth
vessel to Be sunk Or damaged In the
first week Of May In the German war
some about the British isles. Under
the terms Of the German decree Of
Feb. defining the war sone. the Lust
tania was In that some when sunk.
The Lusitania was steaming along
about ten miles off Old Head Kinsale,
on the last leg Of her voyage to Liver
pool. when about 2 o'clock In the
afternoon . submarine suddenly ap-
peared and fired two torpedoes, with
out warning. at the steamer. One
str1ck her near the bows, and the
other In the engine room. The power
ful agents Of destruction tore through
the vessels side. causing terrific ex-
plosions. Almost Immediately great
volumes OF water poured through the
openings and the Lusitania listed.
But within fifteen minutes, as one
survivor estimated and certainly with
In half an hour. the Lusitania disap-
peared. Where Great Britain's fast.
est merchant vessel went down-Old
Head Kinsale. II the Landmark that
has brought Joy to many travellers a.
II always stood A. the sign from shore
that the perils OF the voyage across
the Atlantic were at an end.
OF the 1853 passengers aboard. $50
were In the first cabin. 602 In the sec.
ond and 36l In the steerage.
The British admiralty Ia discourag.
ing the publication OF surmises and
guesses regarding the dead and In.
jured. Even before the crude details
are known. the British press Is ask.
Ing ed.torially what the United States
will say TO this event and how she
will hold Germany to the strict &C.
cOuntability" mentioned In previous
diplomatic correspondence.
The Lusitania. with a total Of i,yoi
passengers aboard, OF whom lss were
Americans. and with . crew Of SIC,
sailed from New York In the face of
. warning published on the day Of her
departure by the German embassy,
which stated that travellers intending
to embark on thu British ships aid %
at the risk Of the ships being dc.
stroyed In accordance with the Ger.
man zone decree.
The warning. published In the form
Of an advertisement, did not result In
the cancellation Of . 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.
ing.
Among the widely known passsn.
gers on the Lusitania were Alfred
Owynne Vanderbilt. Charles T. bow.
ring OF New YORK; Alexander Camp
bell. general manager for John De-
war 4 Sons. London: Ebert Hubbard.
publisher Of the Philistins, d, A.
Thomas. the wealthy Welsh coal opsr.
ator. and his daughter, Lady Mao
Worth. ~ English suifragetts. ard
The Rev. Basil w. MAturin. OsSee1.
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