| Show rl MORTALITY IN FIRST FIRSTi i CABIN LIST IS HIGH C Co Continued n I I n U eti In Ing tho th wake of or foam as HI tho the projectile came toward tho the vessel essel The only point In lii which all concur Is that the torpedo struck the vessel a a. altal vital blow amidships amidships amid amid- ships causing her to list almost Immediately Imme Immo- to the starboard In this careening car car- tt fashion she plowed forward some distance smashing nH the Ut lifeboat boat davits as ns she did so so and mal making ln the launching of ot boats well night Impossible sible silio until headway had ceased hont I How far the struggled forward forward forward for for- ward after artel being struck and hew w Ion long I it was b before Core sho she disappeared beneath the tho waves staves likewise are arc points upon which few tew pa passengers agree asree estimates estimate'S I of oC the tho time she ehe remained afloat ranging ranging rang rang- I ing from eight to twenty minutes At Atan an any rate the list to starboard elevated tho the lifeboats on tho port side as soon to render them useless and It Is said that on only I two on that side sido were launched The first of oC thes according to the custom of ot the sea was filled with women and children It struck the tho water unevenly une capsizing aol and throwIng throwIng throwing throw- throw Ing its sixty occupants Into the tho sea The Lusitania even en then was wa making con considerable l head headway n and these women and little children were swept to death In spite of or the tho attempts of C tWit two stokers to re rescue cue them These stokers accor accordIng accord accord- InS inc to the tho passengers were drowned re After ACter fter that several boa boats boais s were launched successfully but the steamers steamer's steamers steamer's steamers steamer's steam steam- ers er's list grew more perilous the decks slanting to such an an angle le It was Imperative Imperative Im Im- irn- irn for tor all to cling to the starboard starboard star star- board rail Many Ian b by this time ha had donned life liCe bolts belts and Jumped overboard over over- board Several lifeboats broke e n adrift unoccupied and the thc soa sa a h became l une u Il froth roth of or oars chairs debris und and numan Do oodles i Cs St.- St. Sicker rM kc-rM H ur Forty Pory Two stokers seeing a n drifting boat dived ed overboard recovered and pulled In n nearly rl Cort forty IH persons r on mostly mORth women Tho The crow clew meanwhile ad adhered adhered nd- nd hered to tile the letter lotter to tho the Instructions which had been en given v won n them and the discipline was rigid All da day yesterday In hotel corridors halls an and reception rooms survivors sat listlessly still too dazed lazed to discuss what had occurred They wore dressed In a variety vallet of ot garments Somo Some were crying softly some trying to force orce down I beef pet tea or other nourish nourish- ment moat In front of tho the Cunard line of office lt ef- flee fice a crowd surged clamoring for tor lIeW news Further down tho ho street a smaller crowd crammed the government Jo telegraph office whore three clerks and three operators strove o to keep abreast of ot the over over- growing ever stream of or messages Lie In Four Morgue In four tour morgues lay the dead women wornon In some cases side b by side with children children children chil chil- dren grouped like toys tos Tho fhe bod body of ot Charles Frohman tho the clothing water- water soaked but his features placid lay face upward In a 1 bare baro room In an old building on the hillside a hundred yards from the tho waters water's edge e Around him were ranged fifty bodlos bodies of or both hoth sexes over o which attendants were b bending sorting setting and ticketing their belongings Those men best fitted to chronicle thelast the tho last moments of or the Elbert Lusitania Hubbard Charles Frohman Justus Miles Forman Alfred G Van Vander- Vander er- er but and others others apparently apparently all went to their graves with her The speed at the time sh she was waa as struck Is variously estimated at from Crom eight to twenty one knots When forced the liner could do twenty five knots outstripping even the fastest an and latest submarines hence It In is the tha belief belle of ot survivors and Cunard officials that a battery of at underwater craft numbering perhaps four or five tl lay In wait walt posted advantageously along tho the route which It was surmised the vessel would take It was easy to keep all 1111 allbut allbut but tho the periscopes submerged submersed and then for tho the craft nearest her to let go so torpedoes Some SurvIvors Survivor L Leave nn Every train for Cor Kingstown and Rosslare Rosslare Ross Ross- lare today carried complements of ot second second sec see I ond and third class passengers and I members of ot the crew Most of or the first cabin survivors will remain hero temporarily Tho townspeople have been generous goner gener OtIS ous In lit extending aid and s sympathy to tho the survivors none of ot whom was able ablo to save more than the clothes on his back Captain Turner appeared yesterday yesterday yes yes- CS tenIa morning In iii civilian clothing donated b by a a. local banker who has ex extended extended ox- ox tended the hospitality of oC his home to the commander Later In tho the day ho dressed In tho the stained uniform which had been dried he walked with bowed head through the tue streets recognized by few tew among the tho crowds crowde Queenstown was almost as much lazed dazed by the tragedy as those aboard the Lusitania The question on every lip Up Is in Why h did Captain Turn Turner pursue the usual well Cunard line course courso so close to the Irish coast at medium speed and why was not the big liner r convoyed I lr Order Received Several SC naval ot officers here state that the wireless orders to take a course In the thc middle channel chann l. l but the ships chips wireless operator declines to say ay whether he received such orders All day dav long onS' onS morbid crowds surrounded surrounded sur sur- Toun rounded ed the temporary morgues where the bodies of or victims n await alt Although few Cew have been Identified many bear benr evidence of hay hav having ing lag occupied the first class cabins In lU striking contrast to most historic sea sen disasters the rate rate of ot mortality among amonS' tl first t class passengers seems seem's to tobo bo ho heavier hen than among an any other class classon I on b board bard ard A largo large proportion of or those saved od are members of or the cre crew but this Is not evidence e of ot lack of oC discipline died died- pline pUne as Be most of or them thorn were picked up from the water The captain of ot a n. trawler which arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived n the tho harbor soon after litter the accident accident acci acci- dent with survivors and children when reproached for tor not flaying longer on the chance of ot pickIng pick pick- Ing Ins up more survivors said Fald There re were mEn many loft left In the water but the they were all alJ dead and many so eo horribly mangled I 1 thought It better bettor betterto I to brIng briny ashore my boatload of ot suffering suffer surfer InS ing women na ns the they could not have havo stood much more These women yemen presented a pitiful sight as they wandered aimlessly about searching without hope for loved ed ones who must have hare gone gono gone down with the ship Relatives and friends of ot passengers passenger who had gone in high spirits to Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool Liver Liver- pool to meet the Incoming ship began to arrive 6 here yesterday to search forthe for forthe forthe the missing but hut the small roll roU of ot survivors survivors sur Bur Ivors meant heart breaking disappointment disappointment for moat of ot them Liner r Struck Second Time Dr J. J T. T Houghton of ot Troy N. N Y I one of oC the survivors said there thore was no iio norca I I rca reason reacon on to fear tear any danger after tho From Page 1 first explosion as It wa was believed cd the vessel essel would bo hea headed ed for tor Queenstown Queenstown Queenstown Queens- Queens town and anti beached If It necessary Ju Just t then he said the tho liner was wag struck n again aln evidently In a n. more mOlo vital spot for lor It began hegan to settle ettle rapidly 1 Orders then came from Crom the time bridge o to lower all boats A A. condition approaching approach approach- ing panic took posse possession slon of ot tho the wom wom- en People were rushed Into titto the boats some of oC which were ere launched successfully success SUCCeSS- CuI fully others not so O successfully G. G D D. Lane who was returning to Wales from New York was In a lifeboat which capsized capsized capsized cap cap- sized as the tho heeled over ocr B deck he said I was on the wh Whorl when n I saw the wake o of the torpedo I hardly realized what It meant when the tho 1 big ship seemed teemed to stagger er and almost Immediately listed lIste to starboard I rushed to get et a life lito belt but stopped to help sot pct children on the boat deck The Tha second cabin was a 51 veritable nursery nurel Many youngsters must have drowned but bul 1 had the satisfaction of ot filled lIJe with seeing f one ono boat bont get Set awa away women and children We 0 witnessed the tho most horrible scene It Is possible to Imagine When hen the tIle I had turned almost over she sud suddenly enl plunged bow foremost Into tho the water leaving leavIn her stern high inthe In Inthe the tho air People on the aft deck were lighting fighting with wild desperation to re retain re- re tain taiti a footing on oti the almost perpendicular perpendicular perpendicular re leek deck while the they fell over 01 the tho slippery stern tern like crippled tiles flies Their cries and nd shrieks t could be heard above e the tho hiss of oC escaping steam and tho the crash of or bursting boilers Then the tho water merciful mercifully closed over them and tho the big bib liner disappeared leaving lea scarcely a ripple behind her Trawler Rescue Many Capt David ld Murphy of ot tho the trawler I Storm cock was first on the tho scene with witha a rescue boat Ills ator story atory was ns as follows fol tol- fol- fol lows First of ot all I gathered In a lifeboat two fifty p persons most of ot them women and children and before I 1 completed my load loa I ha had twenty blessed blesse youngsters youngsters young younS' aboard the old Several Sev Se era eral of fit them were without their mothers moth moth- ers ers but all ull were taken In charge before be before be- be fore oro we reached harbor h by kindly women worn wom en en who Cor forgot ol their own sorrows sorrow In ministering to others One old lady lEuh of 78 is years had been In ill tho tile water two hours but was as spry as ns an anyone Man Ilan Many women ornen fainted on reaching our decks and ani when revived re revived revived re- re be begged ed pitifully to be allowed to I retain ln their as ns they were overmastered by the fear lear that tho submarine submarine sub sub- marine would return Several Se died diet aboard l my boat and aIll the scenes of or grief and suffering became almost able The little brought 1 O persons to Queenstown ry Captain Master at Arms Williams ot or the tho Lusitania Lusi Lusi- tania Is II the tile proudest member of or the tho remnant of ot tho tito crew for It was his eye ec which cau caught ht the time flash of oC gold braid on oit Captain Turners Turner's arm when the commander was about to toss up his han hands after attar being In the water two hours and u a halt half Friends and relatives of ot the missing men are arc running down lo rumors that several so boatloads of survivors sur have ha been landed handed in remote coves on the Irish coast Willie while two schooners which took part In tho the work arc are said here hero to have sailed for Liverpool with a n number num num- ber her of or rescued aboard Although the passengers discussed submarines all tho the way over o v fe cu li liany If Ifan an any bell believed belled ed that tho the Lusitania would b be struck They referred to the almost with wah levity le R. R K TI I who talked with Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Turner after landing stated that tho the captain said bitterly We 0 lid did not have ha a chance I know that when I felt the torpedo's Impact The Cunard line has a boat bont the tho spot pot where the liner sank In the tho hope that It ma may pick up a few fen stragglers Injured survivors of oC tho the arc are reported to bo ho progressing fn favorably favorably favor favor- 01 ably this morning Dr Howard Fisher who sho is a brother of oC Walter L L. Fisher former lormer secretary of oC the interior of oC the United States State who was on his wa way to Belgium for tor Red fled Cross duty luty Jut has been beon prominent among amonI the volunteer doctors who cared for the Injured Dr Fisher who was rescued after being heing In the water three thre hours hour assisted h by hI his sister in Miss Dorothy Doroth Conner ol of Medford Ore has been caring earing for a number of ot patients among them several sev se oral eral of at the titled d passengers who wore were aboard the Lusitania until he loft left CorLon for Cor Lon London on today Miss Mies Conner Connel Is a cousin of oC Henry L. L Stimson secretary ex of war of the United States Doctor Fisher O- O her in a statement Issued tonight said r I Dr Fisher r Makes Statement I 1 do o not see ee how either cither the Cunard I company or the tho admiralty can nn hold themselves fre free from blame for this tragedy The authorities allowed a areat great reat ship loaded with valuable cargo to proceed through ugh known dangerous waters without a single torpedo boat bont as a convoy Miss Connor had the thrilling ex ox of or being rescued after atter resignIng resigning resign resign- In ing herself to be drowned She 8 81 saidI said 1 1 I was stand standing In on the deck be beside my law In Dr Fisher Fishel and Ln Lady When Vh n the deck b became came camo awash I Jump Jumped into nto the sea Jea with a aire life ire belt After a n terrible buffeting from the wreckage I felt m myself elt becoming becoming be be- coming unconscious I re resigned myself to Cato f fooling feeling lIn oure lIure that th I 1 would drown When I re revived re- re IVed I t found und myself on n n. collapsible boat hoat I believe collapsible boats bonts saved more lives than did the regular lifeboats The latter could not be launched In ill time and man many of them were smashed or upset b by the davits I know that two lifeboats were launched on tha port side Captain Turner after aftem the first torpedo torpedo tor tor- br- br was fired tired and following an ex examination examination ex- ex declared that the lifeboats should not be he lowered as the ship was in a condition to make the bIte Irish coast This statement was as made today b by James J J. J Lear Leary of oC Eighth avenue Brooklyn who declares he ho was standIng standIng stand- stand I Ing imig near the ladder leading to the bridge o and heard the captain sa say that his hiM ship was not mortally hurt Ca Captain Cap tam tain Turner had barely barch finished speaking speakIng speak speak- ing when a eo second e m was heard Within five five- minutes I was In tho tle sea fighting to keep m my head above c the water |
