THE HUGE CUNARD LINER LUSITANIA, 30,396 TONS, THE FASTEST MERCHANT VESSEL IN THE WORLD, WHICH WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE OFF THE CAPE KNOWN AS THE OLD HEAD OF KINSALE, IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND, ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7. THE LUSITANIA WAS BOUND FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL WITH 1313 PASSENGERS, INCLUDED AMONG WHOM WERE MANY WEALTHY AND CELEBRATED PEOPLE. INCLUDING THE CREW THE LOSS OF LIFE IS ESTIMATED AT 1500.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1307, 13 May 1915, Page 18

THE HUGE CUNARD LINER LUSITANIA, 30,396 TONS, THE FASTEST MERCHANT VESSEL IN THE WORLD, WHICH WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE OFF THE CAPE KNOWN AS THE OLD HEAD OF KINSALE, IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND, ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7. THE LUSITANIA WAS BOUND FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL WITH 1313 PASSENGERS, INCLUDED AMONG WHOM WERE MANY WEALTHY AND CELEBRATED PEOPLE. INCLUDING THE CREW THE LOSS OF LIFE IS ESTIMATED AT 1500.