History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Annie Walker was maid to Marguerite, Lady Allan along with Emily Davis. They were traveling aboard Lusitania with Lady Allan’s daughters Gwen and Anna. Annie was at lunch when the torpedo struck the ship. She and Emily met up with the Allans on the port side boat deck and brought two lifebelts. The ship sank from underneath them. Emily, Annie, and Lady Allan …
David Dalrymple, 32, was a British subject and Scottish national from Invergowrie, Scotland, living in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. He survived the Lusitania sinking. He believed that two torpedoes had struck the ship and assisted women and children to safety. On the day of the Lusitania disaster, Dalrymple recalled that there had been a …
Frank McAteer was a trimmer lost in the Lusitania disaster. He was an Irishman and British subject from Warrenpoint, County Down, Ireland. Contributors: Anthony Carroll, Ireland References: Carroll, Anthony. “Lusitania’s local victims.” The Newry Journal. Accessed 24 January 2012. Online. <http://www.newryjournal.co.uk/content/view/1559/31/>.
Owen Slavin was a trimmer who survived the Lusitania disaster. He had so seriously injured his left arm that it had to be amputated by Dr. Silvio de Vescovi aboard the rescue vessel Westborough (Katrina). Slavin was from Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. Shortly after the “first torpedo” hit Lusitania, Slavin was hit by a falling …
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