U-Boat Victims - Lusitania [165-WW-537F-10]
Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special StaffsSeries: American Unofficial Collection of World War I PhotographsFile Unit: U-Boat Victims - Lusitania
Subject: 165-WW-537-10
Number EU
Und. & Und. ©
Photographer
–1918 Rec’d
May 10, 1915 Taken
Description:
165-WW 537 F 10
130 VICTIMS OF LUSITANIA DISASTER BURIED IN ONE LARGE GRAVE AT QUEENSTOWN, IRELAND, MAY 10, 1915
One of the most mournful of the scenes which followed the sinking of the Lusitania was that at Queenstown on Monday May 10, 1915 when 120 of the victims whose bodies has been recovered, were buried. All business was suspended and thousands of people came from all over the country to attend the burial services. The Lord Mayor of Cord, High Sheriff and members of the public bodies at Queenstown walked in the procession. The picture shows the caskets in the immense grave.
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Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special StaffsSeries: American Unofficial Collection of...
