History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Lorna Pavey, 28, was from Fort Qui Apelle, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was crossing aboard Lusitania to join the Red Cross. She was at lunch when the torpedo struck the ship. Lorna survived the Lusitania sinking. Lorna had been a governess in the employ of Frances McDonald. Frances’ younger brother, Arthur Benson, would become Lorna’s future …
John Wilson, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, was a British subject traveling aboard Lusitania with Archie Donald. Wilson was a chemist by profession. He and Donald had been roommates at Cambridge and they shared a cabin aboard Lusitania with George Bilbrough. Wilson aided Lorna Pavey to safety and survived the Lusitania disaster. Wilson, Donald, and Bilbrough often …
John McEvoy was a refrigeration greaser from Jonesborough, County Armagh, Ireland. He survived the Lusitania disaster. McEvoy was asleep in his cabin when the torpedo impact and explosion awoke him. A fellow sailor reported as Griffith who was lost (William or Samuel Griffiths ?) rushed into the cabin and gave McEvoy a lifebelt. McEvoy got …
Andrew McKindrey (sometimes reported as McKendry or McKinley) was a native of Newry, County Down, Ireland. He survived the Lusitania sinking. When reporters asked Andrew how he survived the Lusitania disaster, he survived replied that he did not know but, “I owe my life to learning how to swim on ‘the track line’ [Fathom Line] …
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