OVER A THOUSAND BRITISHERS.
PITIABLE PLIGHT. The Press Bureau says that 2T9 of the first-class passengers were British and 72si other Britishers were aboard. The Lusicania, immediately she was ; struck, took a heavy Hst, and those who made for the port side had very little chance. The first-class passengers wero lunching at the time of the disaster. . All the survivors were In a pitiable condition. There are some complaints over the absence of armed escorts for large liners approaching the coast. The first and second officers and sixty-seven of the crew, including four stewardesses were saved. Five boats reached Queenstown late on Friday night. There were pitiablo scenes. Barefooted men and women thinly clad, wore soaked with sea water. A .Greek lady, an expert swimmer, swam for a long time before she wjis rescued. The missing include Elbert Hubbard, the author, and his wife; also ihe whole of a theatrical company iv- j cently touring with the play "A Pair of Silk Stockings."
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Northern Advocate, 10 May 1915, Page 5
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163OVER A THOUSAND BRITISHERS. Northern Advocate, 10 May 1915, Page 5
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