NEWS OF THE DISASTER

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 7, 8 May 1915, Page 5

NEWS OF THE DISASTER

TORPEDOED OFF THE COAST OF IRELAND. Extraordinary Press Association. Received 9.0 a.m. New York, May 7. The Lusitania, carrying 1300 passengers, was torpedoed and sunk off Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. Assistance was sent. REPORTED BEACHING OF THE VESSEL. (Received 10.55 a.m.) New York, May 7. A despatch printed here says the Lusitania was beached, the passengers and crew being safe. NEWS CONFIRMED BY THE OWNERS (Received 9.10 a.m.) London, May 7. The Cunard Company state that a submarine sunk the Lusitania off the Old Head of Kinsale at 2.30. It is unknown whether the passengers were saved. UNCERTAINTY AS TO LOSS OF LIFE. New York, May 8. It is now stated that if is uncertain whether all on board the Lusitania were saved. , GREAT HOPES OF SAVING MANY LIVES. London, May 7. The Cunard Company state there are great hopes of saving many lives. One boat-load of survivors is being towed tc Kinsale. CAPTAIN LAUGHED TOO SOON. BIG LIST IN THE VESSEL'S POSITION, PROMINENT PUBLIC MEN QN BOARD. London, May 7. Leaving New York, the Captain laughed ?t the German threats, saying: "Wa are too fast for them." After being torpedoed, he sent out a wireless message: "Come at once. Big list in the vessel's position. Ten miles south of Kinsale." It is believed that Mr Hearst, the proprietor of pro-German newspapers, is aboard; and also that Mr Alfred Vanderbilt is among the passengers. TOTAL NUMBER OF SOULS ON BOARD, 1978. London, May 7. The Lusitania carried 290 first-class passengers, 662 secondclass, 361 third, and 665 of a crew. VESSEL STRUCK WITHOUT WARNING. BO?™-,- ' THREE HUMORED LANDED AT CLONAKILTY. New York, May 7. There are fears that not all the passengers are safe. One account says the ship sunk twenty-one minutes after it was struck without warning. Three hundred landed at Clonakilty. AUCKLAND RESIDENT ON BOARD. Mr J. C. Macky, of Macky, Logan, and Caldwell Co., with his wife and family, had booked their passages by the Lusitania. The Lusitania (laitnchedln 1906), is a turbine Kteamer of 31,937. tons, with a calculated speed of twenty-four to twenty-live knots, She is owned '>.v the Cunavd Steamship Co.