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Many survivors from the Lusitania report that a second explosion took place either immediately or a few seconds afterwards, some suggesting it felt more severe. [177] This explosion has been used to explain the speed of Lusitania' s sinking, and has been the subject of debate since the disaster, with the situation of the wreck (lying on top of ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:55, 29 April 2022: 3,438 × 5,025 (1.2 MB): NorthofNow: Uploaded a work by Library of Congress, Washington, DC New York : New York Times, Co., 1919. from The war of the nations : portfolio in rotogravure etchings : compiled from the Mid-week pictorial. https://lccn.loc.gov/19013740 with UploadWizard
Map showing the movements of RMS Lusitania and SM U-20 prior to the sinking of the former. Marked are ships sunk by U-20 on 6 and 7 May and key geographic points. On 7 May 1915, Lusitania was nearing the end of her 202nd crossing, bound for Liverpool from New York, and was scheduled to dock at the Prince's Landing Stage later that afternoon.
Here’s what’s known — and what remains unclear — about Wednesday’s deadly explosions in Iran: • Authorities say the twin bombings killed at least 103 people and wounded 211 others.
Around 2,600 properties in the vicinity of Glenthorne Road, including 1,400 university students, were evacuated on Friday and Saturday.
One person was killed after an enormous fire Monday night at a suburban Detroit warehouse, known to stock combustible materials, ignited explosions, shook homes and rained down debris as far as a ...
Jack Doyle's grave Sinking of RMS Lusitania Memorial. The Old Church Cemetery (also known as Cobh Cemetery) is an ancient cemetery on the outskirts of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland which contains a significant number of important burials, including a number 3 mass graves and several individual graves containing the remains of 193 [1] victims of the passenger ship RMS Lusitania which ...
Schwieger wrote that he was surprised by the size of the explosion, reasoning that a second explosion must have happened, possibly caused by coal dust, a boiler explosion, or powder. According to his logs, only then did he recognise her as the Lusitania, a vessel in the British Fleet Reserve. [4] In 18 minutes, Lusitania sank with 1,197 ...