The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-09
Little Coast City Of Ireland Has Been Turned In
10 One Great Morgue as Bodies of Sub
marine Disaster are Brought in
SURVIVORS ALL TELL THE SAME STORY
Queen Of the Seas Was Torpedoed Without the
Slightest Warning and Her Bottom
Torn Off by the Explosion.
lay Wilbur S. Forrest, United Press

isv Wilbur S. Forrest, United Press
staff Correspondent.
QUEENSTOWN, ireland, May p
Niohtfall found this little coast city,
port Of call for most transatlantic
liners, a place Of mourning. In four
moreles, pitiful grotesque bodies Of
victims Of the giant ocean leviati1an Il
Eusitania are gathered, their Iimbi
drawn and on their. faces sxpressloni
Outright, ofagony and, strange 20 say,
scnetimss Of perfect peace. IN vart.
ouS piaces Of refuge are others, more
fortunate, alive, but in nearly every
instance dazed by an experience that
has brought many Of their number TO
the point Of insanity.
Germany's war toll has fallen heav.
iy not only on her admitted enemies,
but on many subjects Of neutral ma.
tons. ! have witnessed many scenes
ttat would try the fortitude Of the
sternest Individual. In the norgue
cav two little children, babies, clasp
ed tightly In each others arms, unite d
N death. ! have looked at mothers
e'asplng tightly to their still forms
!ne'r babies-nursing babies-that
fhey ciuns despairingIy to as the un-
dertow from the sinking liner carried
mem down to a death in the cold wa4-
.rs q the ocean at the. very entrance
% st. Georges channel at a time
wnen they felt certain that in a few
nours they would greet their loved
ones.
And In the midst Of this pathe tic
ss.semnlase, I found the body Of
Cnarles Frohmar, greatest Of AmerI-
san theatrical manaaers, equal in
oea.n With the poorest Of the third
sao'n victims, who had been his fel-
low Passengers.
II seemed certain tonight that the
serinan Submarine warfare had claim
Gu ',a4o victims. OF this number 1877
are said to be American cItize ne
hs saem in addition to Mr.. Froh-
nan, Alfred 6. Vanderbilt. Charles
Me'n, Ebert Hubbard and others
".ose eominas and goings have ever
".s1essed the American public.
me latest report Of the number
.o.ss., .a..u put the figures at 703. II ls
tes,o.e, only possible. that this num-
nIr ia ,afer viii be Increased. The ad-
.h .hra,.y officials hold out the hone
.'s. nsnins schooners or steamers not
~ ss'.pPed with wireless may have pick
~ Up few and that they later will
a.. ouno TO be alive. But they say
:. ire most II is faint hope.
DRIES ALL AGREE.
,ms y stories of their experiences
ase .s oeen related by the victims OF
,,'u liz, .ragedy, but in the main they are
axe They agree that at least two
,Iia euoes p, struck the great ship, liter
ny olowins the bottom out OF her,
, hnns her engines, and leaving her
,pless hulk on the sea, to sink.
.ney agree that for a few minutes
10y 10y of the passengers and crew were
Z spe'ui that the vessel could survive
s staggering blow, only finally 20
~ 'na = wild rush for life preservers
,ns. 1u,s'ess attempt to get into the
'nas II was possible to lower.
u.y declare rnat the nauseating
u.nss s. of the high explosive which.
.rote the Lusitania,s doon. n.rm-.
=. esery Quarter Of the ship, carry.
uneonscfousness to some victims,
,..,' erc,ful Inconsistencies denied
otners who were drawn down
!. : a9enc to die in the under-tow of
queen Of the seas"
~ of the most dramatic stories
su' winch SO far as details are con.
to cover most Of the known
was that related to me by Fred
i. 'ett OF K street, Washington.
yn.r.a s completely exhausted by his
fth.'enees az and very bitter because
ma, 'aek OF warning given the vie
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