THE LUSITANIA CRIME .
HOW AUCKLAND CITIZENS DIED. Ty Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Niglit. Auckland and Australian travelers in America, who returned by the Niagara from Vancouver, which arrived in Auckland to-day, have been in touch with survivors of the Lusitania outrage, and are able to give first-hand information a 8 to the sad end of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Macky, two well-known citizens of Auckland, who were drowned in the terrible disaster. The elderly couple met the end with calmness and heroism. When the boats were being lowered, there was one seat left, which was offered to Mrs. Macky. Quietly and firmly she declined it, in favor of a younger woman. "I am getting old, and would rather stay with my husband. You are younger, and have life before you," she is reported to have said to the other lady. The last glimpse of the couple was of 4hem standing on deekjkcalmly awaiting the end. On arriving in London, the lady to whom Mrs, Macky surrendered her seat advertised to obtain the address of Mr. Jack Macky, aud told him the story of his parents' death.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 August 1915, Page 3
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187THE LUSITANIA CRIME. Taranaki Daily News, 24 August 1915, Page 3
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