US EditionOn This Day, May 7: U-boat sinks British liner Lusitania killing 1,200
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On May 7, 1915, the Lusitania sank after being hit by a German torpedo. The tragedy, shrouded in mystery and propaganda, shaped the culture and politics of the 20th century.
For six days, since they set sail from New York, Captain William Thomas Turner had not had to deal with any major problems, the voyage across the Atlantic was calm. True, except for the fog, which forced him to give the order to reduce speed a few hours earlier. His ship is due to arrive in Liverpool tomorrow morning. Then the tide will be high and the water level in front of the mouth of the Mersey River will be high enough for such a large shi…
The Lusitania: A Tragedy Hits Home
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, Jessie Taft Smith of Bazetta Township in Trumbull County was relaxing in the reading room of the British passenger liner RMS Lusitania when she heard a loud noise. “The ship seemed to lift,” Smith recounted in testimony days later. “Shortly afterwards another explosion occurred. I […] The post The Lusitania: A Tragedy Hits Home appeared first on Business Journal Daily | The Youngstown Publishin…
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