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Show SAW SUBMARINE j SEND TORPEDOES Queenstown, Mav 8. His majesty's steam tup Stormcock reached Queens-town Queens-town last night at 8:30 o'clock with 1 .v survivors of the Lusitania, among whom were numerous passengers who v. ere suffering seriously from the shock due to their immersion. LmbuIanceB and doctors were on the dock to look after the injured, who were driven to hotels and other places of comfort. There were many of the crow among them who were hatless and bootless b it (bey all tbankerl I'pn i dence tliat their lives had been saved. The library steward of the Lusitania, Lusi-tania, during an interview In which he related the sad story of the disaster dis-aster said "When we were ten miles south west of Kinsale and while the passen gers were af luncheon and in the best of spirits generally, most oi them chatting merrily, an awful I plosion rudely shocked them, Thej mhI nol knew w hat had happened and they quickly rushed from their seats "They soon b nrncd, however, thai a German submarine had sent two torpedoes into them . One of them had entered the stokehold and the other had burst into the hull 111 the forward part ot the vessel. "Captain Turner and all the officer-tried officer-tried to pacify the frightened passi a gers. but their efforts failed. ' The water rushed into the Cunar der and she sank uithin fifteen minutes. min-utes. "There were five babies in their mothers' arms, which was a most pitiable pit-iable sighi to behold. "The torpedoes struck the Lusitania Lusi-tania on the starboard side to which she listed heaily, while the pai gers cried frantically to the officers to save their lives. "The order was given to launch the boats, but in lowering them in the excitement the ropes caugnt on come and the fastenings on others broke. One boat Fell into the water bow down and was sunk. "Many passengers were placed Barely Bare-ly in the boats in an orderly manner, but others who had placed lifebelts around their waists fell into the sea and subsequently were picked up by j boats "At one time I saw upwards of 100 j passengers floating about In the wa-! wa-! ter, held up by life preservers. "Ten of the boats that I saw were able to save about 500 persons altogether. alto-gether. "The Stormcock approached several I of the boats and picked off of them 160 persons, many of whom had been in the water for upwards of six hours spent in anguish. "There was an awful loss of life, but how many are dead I am unable to say " Ernest Cowper, B newspaper man of Toronto. Ont. who was coining across on business, stated that a sharp lookout had been kept for enemy craft when Ireland was approached. "I was chatting with a friend about 2 o'clock," said Mr Cowper. "and I had just got a glimpse of the periscope peris-cope of a submarine about 100 yards distant and had just remarked the circumstance when I noticed the track of a torpedo. "The Lusitania was struck forward and there was a loud explosion. Portions Por-tions of the splintered hull were sent flying into the air. "Shortly afterwards the steamer was struck by another torpedo and she began to list to starboard. "The crew Immediately proceeded to get the passengers into boats. Everything Ev-erything was done in an orderly manner. man-ner. "A little girl named Helen Smitn, aged 6, appealed to me to save her and I put her in a boat. I fear her parents were lost. "I got into the last boat Some of the boats could not be launched and had to be cut away as the vessel was sinking. "There were a largo number of women in the second class and about forty children under 1 year." |