Dead Wak by’ Prik L &s0h i LW fal) >< 7 5.5. Lasams - AndiGaby Tarver 3~3:\- 7The Great Lusitania Phediilisitenia weighed about 44,000 tons and had a speed of 25 knots - 30 miles an hour The Lusitania had a nickname too , Lucy was her name. Lucy > dwin Was the Maure tania.The Lusitania was bvilf and meant to be fast, In (903, Britain was losing the race against Germany for the Passenger- Ship Industry. Germany won as “the World's fastest ocean liners” and received “Blue Riband. Germany : Won the award becavse they crossed the Atlantic in Short time. Then , the Admiralty with an interest rate were born, Lusitania told Conard that Lusitania need § of atleast a4.5 knots: Lucy had a speed oa 4b Knots and then was used for war wit artillery, The Lusitania was then a a battleship, lend Conard £ 2-4 million of 215%. The two ship S and Mauretania . Admiralty had to have a speed naval passenger andThe ship burned coal all day or (I40 tons) a day to provide electricity, furnaces hof etc .When the ship Was on the Sea there were three hundred Strokers, trimmers, and firemen. Shoveled coal to 192 furnaces and beat 25 boilers . The meriS would ducn black because of the coal and these were Known as “the black gang. fic orlers occupied the skin men The gigan bottom deck (2344 long and 18f+ in diameter) . The boilers were always paid attention because they Stored explosive energy -The Lusitania was not a perfect linear and also had problems. Once a baking oven exploded ond injured a Crew Member, boilers need to be Scaled and cleaned , light bulbs failed (total of ©,000 amps) , and crossings during the winter caused pipes to freeze or rupture, Coal dust past through key holes and the rails, deck chairs , pans etc. \ | Was found in (Captain Hs hy Turner | Captain Turner jbeen in 1856 and raised by @ ie father who’ Was’ /\\sea /icaptam. His Sather had expectations that Turner would enter the church and not a Sea man. Turner ignored and went to catch his dream ir the first joo vas cabin boy of the Grasmere sea. His Thunderbolt. Once yours then second mate of the Tuener had been Knocked by a wave and into. the sea. A fellow crewman threw him a life buoy and fe was stuck For one hour wih the sharks. On October 4; 1877 be joined Conard and was paid 45 per month. Two weekS ater he was third officer of the Cherbourg -Served as third officer on two other Cunard ships, learned that in order to be Captain were re vired to excel a shie before company. Therefore, he left the 23, 1880. In February 1893, that fell from Later on, Turner joining the company on June Turner reseed a |4 year ald boy a dock in Liverpool! Harbor. The water was cold thal can prono- unce a person dead in o few minutes. Won a silver medal for heroism — by the Liverpeo!. As we Know Turner joined Cunard in 1883. Turner married his covsin Alice Hitching and fad two Sons. Percy Was born in 1885 and Norman eight years later.He worked as third officer and then 4o chief officer, In March \% 1903 Cunard awarded him Command and master of the Aleppo . Problems at home began when his wife |ef+ fim (with fercy and Norman) and Moved +o Australia. Turners Sisters hired a young women, Mabe| Every to care for hier but She Served as great company than a house Keeper. She Saw that Turner loved Cats, dog 5, bees, would smoke his pipe and read a Short Stories , and most of all enjoy laughing - Turner WaS an ex pert with the Aleepe, commanded the Carpatha ie Tyernia, Corona, ae 4, and Umbria. A Wen Silver Salver < t by Cunard for achieving Cound - eS trip to New York and back ef iq fourteen days, brant In |415 ys luener was considered “feac lessFa ul Crompton did farai ly Paul Crometon ig from Philadel phia oe traveled with his family. His wife and his six childeen ( Some of them traveled free), the nanny Dorothy Alen twenty - nine years old took care of all the Crompton children, Payl Crompton woS covsin of Alfred Allen Booth , Conard’s Chairrn anMari ari¢ dnd Antene Depage Marie was a nvrse and Antoine a physician. that were Both were famous for helping people in war. Their sen Lucien ad been Lusitania , wounded sent +o War Before going on the Antoine had signed a new wills yo 9Charles Frehman Charles Frohman was proball y one of the richest passengers on board. He wrote Ethel Barrymore, Peter Pan 5 Sherlock Holmes ...e4c.Robert Kay Robert Key 18 a young American boy New York , Seven years ald and traveling with his pregnant mother who was almost dee, His mother, Marque wa was British - Robert had felt ill in the middle of the trips and the Sound measelS, that he Should be in the varantine until they reached Liverpool. Leon Bronx doctorLeslie Merten was 9 feet Leslie “Gertie Mocton an \8 year old who e ten and a half ‘aches tall, and with blue eyes and Wid vrother Cliff Morton came from Liverpool to Wen York, While in Sea for sixty-three days and yith basically 96 cargo the plan Nas traveling to New York for a load of — Kerosene then to Sydney, Australia. From Sydney they WoNd pick vp_a load of grain and crvise back to Liverpao!. Eventually, the Morton brothers were only in New York and the whole voyage was aperoximately going to take one. year: The Mortons had decided to go back fo En land ingtead 1S? they bovght second class fickets.both Leslie and CIE saw Wow marvelous Chief Officer Sohn Preston Piper the ship and Said sit One days P° the Losi tania Was Saw the boys looking at ania _ lost ten deckhands ,aveid Serving British army. Therefore, leslie and Cliff had jobs in the received their money from the Lusitania and tickets .William Une Meriheing Willian Uno Meriheina was a twenty -six year old race car driver from New York and was traveling +o South America for General Motors Ex port Company. He Was born in Finland and moved to New York in 1893, He was the first driver to Face in Indianapolis Motor Speedway, William — survived two horible crashes, causing his car to coll over, “Dandy Sunshine Weather. *Frederic Pear] and fearai ly Frederic Pearl and bis family are from New York . His wie and four children ; oldest five Year boy, Shree year old daughter two year old daughter , one infant, and : born yet. Two nannies other ‘8 not with the children on board to beWilliam §. Wedges? yillian oe Hodges traveled with his family (wife and two Sons) to furope for the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Mrs. Arthur Luck Mrs, Arthur Luck from Worcester Massachetts traveled with her two Sons , Kenneth Luck eight years and Elbridge Luck nine years + The Fons ly wanted to go to Liverpoo | to join Mc. Luck,Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt JF Alfred Gwynne Vander bil4 Ns tall, lean, with dark eyes and hair. Alfred of Cornelius . He (S$ the Son later married Ellen French but she Gled o divorce in 1108. Fllen French teal Name was Mary Ruiz pwife of Cone Diplomat. Alfred married the time with Margaret Qa Second Emerson,Theeda Te Pe e Theodate Pope a fourty ~year ald from Fatmington, Connecticut and traveled with her mother and Edwin friend. She was five feet. blond hair, blunt chin, and blue eyes: She was o feminist and came from a wealthy family. Her father was Alfred and er cnother was Ada, At the age of nineteen iShe changed Storm Effie +o Theodate Q like Itlo y she was her name her grandmother's name. In an architect and tne First Lemale +o be licensed in Connecticut). Three years later her father died fcom Cerebral hemorthage,Charles Emelius Lavriat Jr. First -class passenger and a Boston bookseller .Lavriat was a 42 year old good looking , with yell trimmed brown hair. Since 1844 , he was the president of Charles £ Lauriat Company + Lavriat enjoyed swimming ja yachtsman, and water polo (also raced his (8-foot sailboat), His father Charles finelivs Lariat and Dana Estes owned Estes and Lavriat , published books back in 1872. The “buying trip® was visiting London to bvy old books and bringing ¢< them back +o the United States (sell at high prices). Lavriat took his first trip in year 1873 on one of Cunard’ linear , the Atlas. Lauriat Sr. wag on his way to the next vying trip and along carne Lothrop Withington. Ficst they Sook a train to New York ; and headed to his sisters home , Blanche with nec husband George W Chandler,Margaret Mack and D.A. wer te Margaret Mack worth, 3! years old father D.A. Thomas a business man class passengers: and her , Were firstRichard Preszen Prichard Richard Preston Prichard {wenty-nine year old, with dark brown hare high forehead, and blue eyes. He wos a medical Student at McGill University but had worked as 9 lumberjack and a farmer, Then moved to Canada after his father died wecavse he needed +e Send money to his mother in England.George Kessler George Kessler was a wine importer and Known as the “Champagne King” and for his parties. One of his parties had a Gondola theme that filled the Hotels courtyard full of water and the guests wore Venetian garb clothing There was a cake with 4 height of five feet and code on too of a baby elephant.Dralls Everyday lifeboat and fice drills took place. To place when the Shi moved So the Ship must completely Stop . Two \ife~ oats were used for the drills, John Lewis dhird mate directed the drills. Senvor John Lewis and Staff Captain Jack AnderSon's also did inspections almost everyday at 10:30am. of the whole ship. Lounges, boilers, dk ning fooms were checked. The Senior Surgeon, assistant Surgeon, the purser, and Chief Steward lheleed with the inspections .Sclawieger’s om of View Schnieger felt horrible and guilty to seeing the chaos ‘tom the Lusitania, People ran to get in a lifeboat others jumping the .rar'ls, lifeboats coming down with a handful of people, and the Ship was sinking al a fast Cate, Schwieger could pot see more but to Vanish the seas,Lysitani a'S Roster » : -44q British citizens + 184 Americans 2 Th Russians » 15 Persians » 3 French -& Greeks -% Swedes - 3 Belgians +3 Dutch Ae Ltalians +2 Mexicans +2 Finns . \ traveler Seon: Denmark, Spain Argentina Switzerland, Nerway » and India. , Survivors + “1,994 Passengers and crew =1b4 survived 4419 ) 195 Ton oun, d - 33 infants, 6 A) nan ~ 00 Passengers wete never found “123 Americans deadJ omu For third class 4 - Wiltshire Cheese » Gears . peaches 7 apricots > pine applesJt For first-class: \ *S0upS “hors d’ oeuvres “halilout *mMignons de Sole Souchet “broiled sea bass sa s> (LD + veal cutlets S ~tournedos of beef Ses L Bordelaise baked Virginia bam "coast teal duck “Celery fed duckling stibs of beef Dessert cs «chocolate cake - apple Tart - ICR Cream ~ Strombercy ~ NeopolitanCarge -Muskrat skins > nets * beeswax ‘ bacon * Salt beick + dental goods + lard = beef fongue * machinery i a o ee (o4[S Elevator Company) * Candy - Oil paintings -44 million ($92. ed today - Ruben, Monets Titian, and Rembrandt * Aluminum powder sbeonze powder Shrapnel - laden artillery shells : Remington rifle amynunitionUnterseeboo! -20 or U-30 was fed by Captain Walther Schwreger- The U-boat contained 4wo periscope which were for battle and the other for availiary . Schwieger Was tall, slender, had broad shoulders, pale blue eyes, and good | Ynumor. Tesues between the U-boats were vegetables and meat were Stored im the coolest places , water yias rationed, Therefore, the food Spoiled very yickly and must be Shared — among the men, No bathing took place and that wWaS one horrible odor. Other odor's included diesel fuel anda bad toilet Smell. The toilet can only ie flushed when the U-boat ceached the jes yrface,i orpede's Tor pedos cost about $5,000 - $100,000 oo | jorpedo Weighed abot Ancee thousand pounds and Uteoat 20. carried gore Out at the Nee forpedoeS only three Wovld succeed and sixty encerh eh torgedo shooting cesulted cease in