LUSITANIA'S VICTIMS
FOURTEEN HUNDRED LOST VESSEL'S SPEED REDUCED. FOG AIDS GERMANS. ZIGZAGGING COURSE FOLLOWED REPORTED EARLIER ESCAPES.
The latest estimate of the death-roll involved in the torpedoing of the Lusitania does not sensibly affect the earlier news. The Cunard Line states that 487 passengers and 274 members of the crew have been rescued. The number of persons on board is given as 2160. This leaves 1399 unaccounted for. Amongst the survivors are 44 Americans. The deaths of Mr. Alfred Vanderbib:, the American millionaire, and Mr. Frohman, the noted actor«manager, are confirmed.
Survivors saw the periscopes of submarines both before and after the vessel was struck. A fog had caused the Lusitania to slow down, and, according to one survivor, she was torpedoed just after resuming full speed. Other passengers state that she had been zig-zagging, and a member of the crew alleges that she had evaded three submarines.
The conduct of all on board, with perhaps a few isolated instances, was excellent. The captain remained on the bridge to the fast. Many remarkable escapes are described.
In Germany the torpedoing of the vessel has caused great satisfaction. Everywhere else it has evoked expressions of abhorrence, even from newspapers which have hitherto been favourable to Germany.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15914, 11 May 1915, Page 7
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205LUSITANIA'S VICTIMS New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15914, 11 May 1915, Page 7
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