History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
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] …
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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