The Cunard liner Lusitania, carrying 1,918 passangers and crew, was hit by a torpedo fired from a German U-boat at 2.00 p.m. on the afternoon of May, 7th., 1915. 764 people survived the sinking which took place10 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale. Picture shows one of the victims being carried through the streets of Cobh (Queenstown). 08/05/1915 Ref. 44
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