SINKING OF LUSITANIA.
TOTAL NUMBER ABOARD 2160,
OVER TWO-THIRDS PERISH.
VESSEL TWICE TORPEDOED. FIFTEEN IWIL.ES FROM SHORE. ~" l.Cublu Extraordinary.— I'ivss Ansa. —Reed. 10 a.m.j LONDON, May 8. The Press Eureau reports that there were 2160 persons all told aboard the Lusitania. Out of that number there are only 658 survivors. Dead bodies to the number of 145 have been brought in. Nearly all those in the first class perished.
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Northern Advocate, 10 May 1915, Page 4
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