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Lusitania

A remarkable series of articles telling the story of the Lusitania disaster in 1915.

Highlights

Lest We Forget : The Lusitania

 

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Antiques dealer and family lost in disaster

The tragic story of Lusitania victim Edward Booth-Jones his wife and two children.

The Voyager’s Dream

The story of Lusitania Victim William Henry Helm Brown. William…

The Champagne King, the playwright and the Savoy Hotel

Lusitania survivior George Kessler. In 1889, the Savoy Hotel…

Philadelphia Banker and wife – Harry J & Mary Keser

Two victims of the Lusitania sinking Mr Harry J. Keser, Born…

William Meriheina : An inventive survivor

The story of William Meriheina, Lusitania survivor and inventor…

The Lusitania : Part 1 : Contents

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Stories life and death from the sinking of the Lusitania. …if…

The Lusitania : Part 2 : Three Narratives

Each May marks the anniversary of one of the 20th century’s…

The Lusitania : Part 3 : The Survivor

Lusitania survivor Barbara McDermott tells her story. There…

The Lusitania : Part 4 : The Families

Only a handful of the Lusitania’s families, and we are expanding…

The Lusitania : Part 5 : The Struggle to Abandon Ship

Robert William Whaley, John Idwal Lewis and Walter Dawson Robert…

The Lusitania : Part 6 : The Port Boats

One enduring Lusitania myth is that of the chaos that reigned…

The Lusitania : Part 7 : Passengers of Distinction

Stories of some notable Lusitania passengers. Photograph…

The Lusitania : Part 8 : A Hint of Scandal

Scandalous stories The sinking of the Lusitania had the…

The Lusitania : Part 9 : Earlier Voyages

Lusitania, Eluding Enemy Nears Port... The general perception…

The Lusitania : Part 10: The Warning

THE WARNING:  “Now, if your upper classes run away like this…

The Lusitania : Part 12 : Gone Forever: The Dead and the Missing

Eyes picked out by birds... An elderly lady, between 40…

The Lusitania : Part 13 : The Morning After: Post Traumatic Stress

A deck view in Second Class Jim Kalafus Collection The…

The Lusitania : Part 14 : Casualties of War

Sitting at Barbara’s kitchen table, on a late summer visit,…

The Lusitania : Part 15 : Happy Ending/Immortality

We part from Barbara McDermott on a happy note. We always do.…

The Lusitania : Part 16 : Appendices

Appendix A: The Unidentified # 6.  Female. 60 Years.…

Lest We Forget : The Coughlin Family

A beautiful spring day had brought together a band of people…

Lest We Forget : Albert Arthur Bestic

“To me she was my dream ship. I saw her first when in her regal…

The Price of Fame

Rose Ellen Murray, the Lusitania's Titanic Survivor Rose Ellen…

Lusitania : Final Voyage Folios

The Irish State recently acquired at auction some unique Lusitania…

Double Jeopardy – Lusitania’s Unique Victim

The astonishing story of the woman whose body was twice claimed…