History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…“instantly up through the decks went coal, debris of all kinds . . . in a cloud, up in the air and mushroomed up 150 feet above the Marconi wires.” This was accompanied by “a volume of water thrown with violent force” that knocked the Grants and Brooks flat on the ground. Chastina weakly called for her husband, “Oh Monty.” Brooks got up and ran between the second and third funnels to find Montagu and Chastina lying on the deck on the starboard si…
…“instantly up through the decks went coal, debris of all kinds . . . in a cloud, up in the air and mushroomed up 150 feet above the Marconi wires.” This was accompanied by “a volume of water thrown with violent force” that knocked the Grants and Brooks flat on the ground. Chastina weakly called for her husband, “Oh Monty.” Brooks got up and ran between the second and third funnels to find Montagu and Chastina lying on the deck on the starboard si…
…ter. We first saw a smoke stack, and then all around we could see steamers coming in a cloud of smoke showing they were putting on every ounce of steam. Henry Needham was one of the survivors who wrote to Gertrude Prichard about the fate of her son, Richard. Henry writes of Prichard: “He was a great favorite on board, he arranged all the whist drives & seemed to do most of the work.” Henry Needham returned from his World War I service, only to be…
…ship. We heard the explosion and it was nothing very terrifying; we saw a cloud of spray thrown high into the air, and the next we knew was that water and wreckage were falling into the sea near us and on the decks above us. As we were not on the top deck, we were protected from the falling debris. The torpedo did not make a very big noise and did not shake the ship very much. All we felt was a slight tremor. The ship, however, immediately began…
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