Dr. Daniel Virgil Moore

Dr. Daniel Moore, 36, of Yankton, South Dakota, United States, was a surgeon by profession.  He was one of a party of American surgeons who had volunteered their services to the British War Office.  Moore recalled Lusitania zigzagging some time before the ship was torpedoed.  The lifeboat he entered, #14, as Lusitania was sinking was …

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Miss Kate “Kitty” McDonnell

Kate McDonnell, 25, of Cork, Ireland, was traveling with friend May Barrett, with whom she had moved to New York City.  In May 1915, the ladies were returning to Ireland on holiday and traveling aboard Lusitania.  Both Kate and May survived the Lusitania sinking. Kate was the daughter of Eugene McDonnell of 25 Prosperity Square, Cork …

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Miss Ruby Martin

Ruby Martin, 26, was a British citizen who lived in New York City, New York, United States. She was saved from the Lusitania disaster. She lived to be 81 and died in England in 1968. Contributor: Judith Tavares

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