History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…of the States of New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Illinois. Since 1900 he had devoted himself almost entirely to casualty underwriting and reinsurance brokerage business in New York, working for the firm of Ream, Ives, & Wrightson, Inc., eastern managers of the Prudential Casualty. He was general manager of the company for two years and was paid a salary of $6,000 per year. At the time of the Lusitania sinking, Bloomfield was en route to Lo…
…ded an underpowered ship through the stormy seas to the distressed Tahoma 300 miles away. Miller’s ship was one of three that rescued the 87 officers and crew of the Tahoma, taking them to the safety of Unalaska, Alaska. Miller’s ship and his crew rescued 29. Miller returned to Erie, Pennsylvania in April 1915, where his parents still lived in Fairview Township. He also had a younger sister and brother with whom he corresponded. For his rescue of…
…Franklin Peardon would be accompanying them. The Rogers had ticket number 10859 and stayed in cabin A-25. All three were lost in the Lusitania sinking on 7 May 1915, and only Agnes’ body was recovered, #188. A memorial service was held for the three at the Shelbourne Street Methodist Church on 16 May 1915, a national day of mourning, as 170 Canadians were lost in the Lusitania sinking, 86 of them from Toronto. Agnes Bloor Hill was the daughter of…
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