Show SPEED SPEE SWAMPS BOATS Members Member of Iu Crew Say Y Yea Ves- N. N lel el Going Too Fast to l Permit of at May 8 According S.-According According to several members of or tho the crew crew of ot the Lusitania tania whose statements are corroborated cor- cor b by passengers the swampIng swampIng swamp swamp- Ing of tho the lifeboats was due to the tho high sp speed d o of the tho vessel The They say that after atter tho the first torpedo exploded the captain gave saVe the order for full steam ahead and that the tho vessel ves yes aol sel wa was making twenty-one twenty knots when the tho second torpedo severed the st steam am pipes from the tho engines This made Im ImpossIble Impossible impossIble Im- Im possible the Immediate slowing down of ot the engines The speed with which the Lusitania plunged ahead notwithstanding her heavy y hea list to starboard caused the lifeboats life life- boats to foul the tho davits davis 1 |