LATEST DETAILS OF THE CRIME

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2732, 29 March 1916, Page 5

LATEST DETAILS OF THE CRIME

ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. London, March 27. It is believed that a hundred lives were lost in the Sussex. Probably most of the passengers in the forecabiu were killed by the explosion.. Twenty passengers in the saloon were mostly killed or'wounded.

A passenger states tliat there was a painful rush for the boats, men pushing women out of the way. Others flung children into the boats, and a number of women threw themselves into the sea. There were many heartrending scenes. .A man ran about screaming—he had just found the bodies of his wife and son horribly ciushed. ■ The sailors worked for nearly two hours to extricate a man who had had his legs cut off.' The officers, finding the bulkheads were holding, did their utmost to reassure,the passengers. Mr. Rutlierford, an ex-member of the House of Commons, says there was a revolting panic among the male passengers. Some frantically rushed the boats, and a dozen were needlessly drowned, there being ,110 attempt to rescue them'. CORONER'S VERDICT—TORPEDOED ' (Rec. March 28, 9.50 p.m.) London, March 27. The verdict at the inquest on those who lost their lives on board the Sussex was that the steamer was torpedoed, All the twenty-five Americans who were on board were saved.