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Show WAS NO PANIGAMONG CREW Passenger Tells of Scenes on Lusitania Lusi-tania After Torpedoes Struck. j Queenstown. A sharp lookout for submarines was kept aboard the Lusitania Lusi-tania as she approached the Irish coast, according to Ernest Cowper, a Toronto newspaper man, who was among the survivors landed here. He j declared that after the ship was tor- jpedoed there was no panic among the crew, but that they went about the i work of getting passengers into the boats in a prompt and efficient manner. man-ner. JAs we neared the coast of Ireland." j said Mr. Cowper, "we all joined in the lookout, for a possible attack by a submarine was the sole topic of conversation. con-versation. I was chatting with a friend at the rail about 2 o'clock, when suddenly I caught a glimpse of the conning tower of a submarine about 1.000 yards distant. I immediately called my friend's attention to it. Im- mediately we both saw the track of a torpedo, followed almost instantly by an explosion. Portions of splintered hull were sent flying into the air and then another torpedo struck. The ship began to list to starboard. "The crew at once proceeded to get the passengers into boats in an orderly, order-ly, prompt and efficient manner. Miss Helen Smith appealed to me to save her. I placed her in a boat and saw her safely away. I got into one of the last boats to leave. "Some of the boats could not be launched as the vessel was sinking, j There was a large number of women land children in the second cabin. Forty of the children were less than a year old." |