Renovations and Goals for #Lusitania Anniversary 105 #Lusitania105

…so I plan to check this account at least once a week. I will also approve comments in moderation once a week so that people can communicate with each other in a timely manner. Excerpts from the Prichard Letters. What I’d like from you, the readers: Please keep commenting on the biographies — especially if you have information about that person or can correct an error. I may not be able to fix the biography immediately, but your contributions will…

Mr. Ralph Frank Abercromby

…sailing. The purpose of his trip aboard Lusitania was to return to England to join the Army. Per the list of interments, he was Body #23, body removed. Contributors: Judith Tavares References: “Ralph Frank Abercromby.” The Peerage. Web. 16 August 2011. <http://thepeerage.com/p12077.htm>. “Complete List of Passengers on Lost Lusitania and of The Known Members of Her Crew, ” The New York Times, Saturday, 8 May 1915, page 4. The New York Times, Sund…

Mr. Edward John Heighway, Able-Bodied Seaman

…s of the participants involved in a disaster. Kapitänleutnant Schwieger in command of the U-20 only claimed to have fired one torpedo, even though Heighway and others claimed to have seen the wake of two. Lifeboat number 5 was destroyed by water and debris dropping onto it after the torpedo strike, and from his account, it is more likely that the able seaman is describing the fate of a collapsible raft put in its place, possibly the same collapsib…

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