History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…iners. there Blood is on Britians hands Erik If she was carrying more ammunition than she listed on her manifest, I could see that. But what I can’t believe is that the ammunition would be LIVE during transport. Who would be that stupid? Even if all the individual parts needed to make them live were in fact all being shipped together, only a moron would combine them before a seven day ocean crossing with rough waves and FIRE in the boiler rooms. I…
…harlie Westbury. Joseph’s wife would have preferred that Joseph take a job on land but did not object as both father and son were working together. Joseph also had bronchitis, and the warm air of the kitchens was better for his respiratory system than the cold air he would have had to breathe had he been working outside in Liverpool. The Lusitania‘s last crossing was to be the close of George’s sixth round trip aboard the ship and Joseph’s first….
…e. The ship righted herself almost reassuringly as the water overrode the longitudinal watertight compartments in larger quantities than before. Moodie took off his lifebelt and gave it to Mina, but before they could jump, the Lusitania then took her final plunge. The entire Chantry family was lost. Their bodies were either never recovered or never identified. Contributors: Michael Poirier Judith Tavares References: Hoehling, A. A. and Mary Hoehli…
…of John Henry Bull of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Her husband was a fruit and seed merchant, and in 1881 the family resided at 182. Albemarle St., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. The children they had were Harry Farrer, Frederick Miller, Percy, and Florence. Florence was born around 1877. Florence married Reuben Burley, and in 1904 the couple moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. In 1914, Elizabeth’s husband John Henry di…
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