History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…rn in 1879 and died in 1938. The next son was Joslin and he was born in 1880 and died in 1930. The youngest was Lt. Gordon Moore Pirie (born 1897) who also served in the 116th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He died on August 21st, 1920 in Hamilton of sickness related to his wartime experience. All three sons are buried in Grove Cemetery in Dundas, Ontario. Robinson Pirie had worked at Oak Hall, a retail clothing store, on Toronto’s…
…wice with the suction of the steamer, and the second time I came up I was 400 or 500 feet away from the ship. I clung to an oar, and just then I saw the Lusitania take her final plunge. It sounded like a terrible moan. In the water His account continues: “Immediately after she sank there were hundreds of people struggling in the water, praying and crying for help. there was wreckage all around – old chairs, wood, all kinds of smaller items – but t…
…frica, Greenland, and North and South America. In 1929 alone he traveled 6,000 miles through the Soviet Union. His business headquarters was at 61 Broadway, New York City, New York. He had residences at 110 Shelton Avenue, Jamaica, New York and 8866 Crestwood Avenue, Hollis Park Gardens, Hollis, New York. Bernard was a Republican and member of the Mining Club of New York City, The American Institute of Mining Engineers, the Castle Club, Woodhull L…
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