History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…r of 116, Long-lane, Halesowen, England. Mr. and Mrs. Harris had cabled their daughter on Sunday, 2 May 1915, that they would be traveling aboard Lusitania. Both Rueben and Emma were lost in the Lusitania sinking. Reuben was a contractor and had been in Canada for four years, having worked in Calgary, Alberta, and Toronto, Ontario. Previously, he had been a well-known contractor in the Blackheath and Halesowen district. Contributors: Michael Poiri…
…tional information on that last complete voyage at all ? Thank you guinness0298@yahoo.com Bethany Taylor looking for info if possible, my grandfather was said to have been on the Lusitania as a boiler men. His surname was Meredith and i believe his forename was John. Thank you in advance Mary Gleave Edwin Gleave crew member Corey Ferguson Arthur William Norman was my one of my Great Uncles. He as below deck, but off duty when the ship was torpedoe…
…the sinking, when the ship was in sight of Ireland, he saw the submarine 700 t0 800 yards away from the ship fire the torpedo. He rushed back to his cabin and put on his lifebelt, and with some companions, jumped 50 feet into the water from the Lusitania’s port side. Hanley could not swim, but his lifebelt kept him afloat. He floated on his back and used his hands to paddle away from the giant ship and flying wreckage from what he believed to be…
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