LTJSITANIA WRECK, MASTER AT FIRST REFUSED TO LEAVE HER.
ACTION BY CAPTAIN OF THE CRUISER FORTE. WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT? By Telegraph.— Prm Association.— Copyright. (Received April 22, 9 a.m.) CAPETOWN, 21st April. Regarding the wreck of tho Portuguese steamer Lusitania, 5557 tons grass, at Cape Point, during a mist, the captain, of the vessel (Captain da Faria) at fii'Bb refused to abandon her. The captain of the British cruiser] Forte (Captain J. F. E. Green), which, witji^a. tug, rescued 800 of the paasen^ go-rs and crew, finally went to the LusU tania in the warship's cutter and induced Captain da Faria to alter his j decision, urging that he should not) | sacrifice life uselessly. Captain da Faria, attributes the vesi ReJ.'s loss to the exceptional insot of thet current. The mails were saved. It has been ascertained that four per-* sons were drowned.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 94, 22 April 1911, Page 5
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144LTJSITANIA WRECK, MASTER AT FIRST REFUSED TO LEAVE HER. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 94, 22 April 1911, Page 5
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