New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 - April-September, 1915 by Various
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Total number of Saloon Passengers 293 Survivors marked * Identified Dead marked @ (This list, as corrected to May 22, 1915--the final revision--is a facsimile of the broadside issued by the Cunard Company. It will be noted that all of Paul Crompton's family perished, including himself, his wife, and six children.)] The characteristic courage of the Irish and British people was manifested at the time of this terrible disaster, the Coroner continued, and there was no panic. He charged that the responsibility "lay on the German Government and the whole people of Germany, who collaborated in the terrible crime." "I propose to ask the jury," he continued, "to return the only verdict possible for a self-respecting jury, that the men in charge of the German submarine were guilty of willful murder." The jury then retired and prepared their verdict. Descriptions by Survivors |
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