25 YEARS AGO

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 191, 9 May 1940, Page 8

25 YEARS AGO

Lusitania Torpedoed Off Irish Coast (From “The Dominion," May to, 1015.) The trniisnlliiiilie Ctinnrd liner Lusitania, 31,500 tons, bound from New York to Liverpool, with 216(1 people on board, and carrying cargo worth f1.i0.000, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine oft Kinsnle Head, 20 miles oft Cork Harbour, al 2.30 p.m.* on May 7, with great loss of life. The liner sunk in from 15 to 20 minutes. The first-claw passengers were lunching at. the time of (he attack. I'lie weather was perfecl, with a hoi min and n gentle southerly breeze. The liner was struck on (lie starboard side, and so great was her list immediately nflorward that it was inipiwsihic (o launch (he port bunts. it. in understood that there were 600 Americans on board, ami the State. Department in Washington lias admitted (lull a tremendous sensation would he caused throughout Hie United States if any of these liven had been lost. The British Admiralty states that the the total number of the survivors from tlie disaster is <l5B, hut adds that it is possible Hint linhing boats tuny have a few more. From Berlin telegrams it is learnt that the newspapers there printed in colossal type the nnnouiiei'inciit. of the Lusitania's loss. They regard the use of the torpedo ns a now triumph for German naval policy. The general impression in Berlin is that England got what she deserved.