History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…ng about her further to be discovered/uncovered would be wonderful to thousands of alumni and hundreds present day students involved in the still strong and vital school. Elisa Yacoma I grew up hearing abuot my grandfather’s friend Vicente Egaña Aguirre ( born 1886,Bilbao) Condecorated as «The heroe of The Lusitania» it’s astonishing he is never been mentioned See :REVISTA VASCONGADA 437 UN HÉROE VIZCAINO VICENTE EGAÑA AGUIRRE L A horrible catástr…
…the passengers scattered about on the decks and in the staterooms, saloons and companionways, the ship under headway and, as it turned out, only 18 minutes afloat – such was the situation which confronted the officers, crew and passengers in the endeavor to save the lives of those on board. The conduct of the passengers constitutes an enduring record of calm heroism with many individual instances of sacrifice and, in general, a marked consideratio…
…in the disaster. Their bodies were either not recovered or never identified. Related pages The Frankum Family at the Mixed Claims Commission Links of Interest Lest We Forget References: Kalafus, Jim and Michael Poirier (2005). Lest We Forget: Part 1 ET Research. <http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/lusitania-lest-we-forget.html> “His Wife’s Lifebelt.” Manchester Guardian, Monday, 10 May 1915, page 8. Share this: Print Email Pinterest…
…ied based on his papers, silver watch, fountain pen, banker’s drafts for £2000, and other personal items he had with him. His body was then shipped to England. Although Maturin was predicted that his funeral would be held in a small, half-empty church on a rainy day, in London’s Brompton Oratory plans were set for “impressive last rights” (Hoehling/Hoehling, 220). A few recalled a passage from one of Maturin’s books, which perhaps prophetically, s…
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