Mrs. William Edward Leverich (Rosina Thomas Philips)

…Lusitania to visit the elder Rosina’s son, William Edward, then living in London, England. Both mother and daughter were lost in the Lusitania disaster, and only the mother’s body was recovered and identified. Rosina T. P. Leverich was the daughter of Alexander Philips and Rosina Thomas of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. They later settled in New Orleans. Rosina married William Edward Leverich, and a daughter, also named Rosina, was born to…

Miss Phyllis Marichal

…en the family was at lunch, the torpedo hit. Joseph, who was trained in munitions in the French army, believed that illegal munitions caused the second explosion that caused Lusitania to sink in 18 minutes. Glass, china, and chandeliers crashed as the ship listed violently to starboard. Joseph and Jessie had insisted that their children dine with them in the main second-cabin dining room instead of in the children’s nursery, and was thus able to k…

Mr. John Moore

…band, who were returning to Ireland because they had been “discouraged by conditions caused here [in the United States] by the war.” Walter, Jeanette, their ten-month-old son, and John sailed on Lusitania on 1 May 1915. Jeanette recalled that when the ship passed by where Titanic sank in 1912, some passengers threw wreaths into the sea. On 7 May, Jeanette, Walter Sr., and John had just finished lunch. John went to play cards, and Jeanette went to…

Mr. Francis Cranston Kellett

…however, Myers would later recall that they had put them on wrong. Confusion and excitement prevailed aboard the sinking ship. People were pouring out from belowdecks. Second cabin passengers were moving forward into the port side first class boat deck. One woman from second cabin came up to Myers with a boy and asked if he would help her and the boy into a lifeboat. Myers assisted the woman and her son into the port side boat was already swung o…

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