History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…ss 60 miles west of Cape Finisterre, to cross the parallel of 50 North in Longitude 9 West and then steer a mid-channel course up the Irish Channel. After passing 49N she was to maintain a speed of not less than twenty knots and to zigzag” (Beesly, 100). Relying on general instructions that Lusitania received to steer a mid-channel course without making landfall is absurd. Given the detailed instructions that the Admiralty gave to ships traveling…
…Lusitania sinking and was treated at the hospital in Queenstown. She was pronounced fit to be discharged by Monday, 10 May 1915. Margaret Touhy had been working in the United States as a nanny. She was in a life boat which then capsized, and she was apparently pulled from the water by a soldier. She never wanted to talk about her experience. She married a man by the name of Mulhern and had five children. Contributors: Judith Tavares Josie Wright (…
…e), 24 or 35, was an Irish national and British subject originally from Cloonconna, Swinford, County Mayo, Ireland. As of 1915 she was residing in New York, New York, United States with her husband, whom she met in the States. Catherine survived the Lusitania disaster and was rescued by the Westborough, disguised as the “Greek” Katrina. Early life and move to New York Catherine was the daughter of John Ruane of Cloonacanna. She immigrated to the U…
…ong with some members of the Duffy family and whilst there, took up the position of shop assistant. She next appears on the 29th of March 1906 when she is recorded boarding the White Star Liner Baltic at Queenstown (now Cobh), County Cork, as a third class passenger. Together with her Mullingar cousin, Anne Duffy, she had taken the decision to seek her fortunes in the United States. On the passenger list the girls record themselves as both being 2…
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