The Lusitania
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. In the matter of the petition of the Cunard Steamship Company, Limited, as owner of the steamship Lusitania, for limitation of its liability.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, District Judge.
On May 1, 1915, the British passenger carrying merchantman Lusitania sailed from New York, hound for Liverpool, with 1,257 passengers and a crew of 702, making a total of 1,959 souls on board, men, women, and children. At approximately 2:10 on the afternoon of May 7, 1915, weather clear and sea smooth, without warning, the vessel was torpedoed and went down by the head in about 18 minutes, with an ultimate tragic loss of life of 1,195. Numerous suits having been begun against the Ctmard Steamship Company, Limited, the owner of the vessel, this proceeding was brought in…
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