History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…nia survivor. The children Mary, Millicent, and Ogden Jr. were awarded $5,000 each for the death of their mother. Another $31,143 was allocated to Mary’s estate, which was already valued at more than one million dollars. The trust in Mary’s will included income and principal, the latter owned by Mary’s yet-unborn grandchildren so the funds would be transferable without taxes later in life. Half of the income generated by the principle went to…
…nd, she feared that the ship’s funnel would fall on top of them. Under the command of First Officer Arthur Rowland Jones, lifeboat 15 was safely launched. Only six lifeboats, numbers 1, 11, 13, 15, 19, and 21, were successfully lowered, all from the starboard side. Some of Lusitania’s collapsible lifeboats floated off as the great ship sank, providing refuge for many of those in the water. Wanderer of Peel rescuing Lusitania survivors. Image court…
…2013. <http://records.ancestry.com/Florence_Wallace_Watson_records.ashx?pid=116427284>. “William Wallace Watson (1892 – 1973).” Ancestry.com. Online. Accessed 15 May 2013. <http://records.ancestry.com/William_Wallace_Watson_records.ashx?pid=116246610>. Molony, Senan ( 2008 ) “Lusitania: Final Voyage Folios,” Gare Maritime (ref: #6316, accessed 13th May 2013 11:31:43 PM) <http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/lusitania-folio.html>. “Sutton’s History…
…and the two young ladies were about to spend a short time in this country and for this purpose they had embarked on the Lusitania. They embarked on the first of May, and had an uneventful voyage across the Atlantic until they came in sight of the Irish coast. Miss Agnes Wild, seen by our representative on Monday morning at the Queen’s Hotel, Macclesfield, detailed her experiences as follows: Throughout the voyage the threat of the Germans to blo…
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