Mr. James “Jay” Ham Brooks

…d Mary Hoehling. The Last Voyage of the Lusitania. Madison Books, 1956. Preston, Diana. Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy. Berkley Books, 2002. Share this: Print Email Pinterest…

Docket No. 2485: Amelia Macdona

…ding Macdona. The deceased was a woman of culture and refinement who lived comfortably from the income of her investments. The statement is made that from time to time she made contributions to the support of her stepson, who was 30 years of age at the time of her death. No effort has been made to estimate the amount of such contributions, but it is stated that they “were not made with any great regularity or frequency, and were not of very large…

Mr. Leslie Noel Morton, Able-Bodied Seaman

…he water. Leslie, along with another crewman, Joseph Parry, rescued about 100 survivors while they were in the water in a collapsible boat. Both Leslie and Cliff Morton were rescued from the Lusitania disaster. For his heroism, Leslie was awarded the Silver Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Lives at Sea. He always maintained that he saw two torpedoes heading towards the Lusitania instead of just one. Contents “Gertie” Jumping ship Lusit…

Mayer Opinion pages 33-39

…oint it was about 140 miles to the Scilly Islands and that she was nearly 100 miles from the entrance to St. George’s Channel, the first channel she would enter on her way to Liverpool. No transatlantic passenger liner and, certainly none carrying American citizens, had been torpedoed up to that time. The submarines, therefore, could lay their plans with facility to destroy the vessel somewhere on the way from Fastnet to Liverpool, knowing full we…

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