History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…y. She fell into the sea clasping it; caught a steamer chair; put the baby on it and held it there, she floating by its side. As we drew near we saw the baby was already dead from drowning and exposure. We went to pull her in to the boat. “Let me bury my dead child first” she whispered. She let the babe sink as we dragged her in. The Lohdens were photographed in Queenstown with Edwin Collis, Dora Wolfenden, Harriet Plank, and Frederick Milford. Li…
…my way back I gave one to a man, but afterwards I was sorry I did not keep it for my wife. She had got out of the boat again, and we waited [on the port side], because for a time we thought the ship was going to keep afloat. When it was certain that she was sinking I put my wife back in the boat and clambered in myself. We saw that it was not free of the ship, but thought it would float off as the ship sank. To our horror, it went right down, and…
…my way back I gave one to a man, but afterwards I was sorry I did not keep it for my wife. She had got out of the boat again, and we waited [on the port side], because for a time we thought the ship was going to keep afloat. When it was certain that she was sinking I put my wife back in the boat and clambered in myself. We saw that it was not free of the ship, but thought it would float off as the ship sank. To our horror, it went right down, and…
…a “dull thud” followed by “an explosion in the hold” but very little noise and only a slight shock where he was standing. At once, he made his way to the saloon cabin deck which were practically deserted except for a few stewards. He recalled that there was no panic, and the stewards seemed rather confident that the ship was going to reach shore. He saw many boats launched from what the Irish Times reports as the “port side” that were quickly swam…
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