Saturday, February 2, 2013

Lusitania Badly Damaged.

New York Times 100 years ago today, February 2, 1913:
Six Months Are Likely to Elapse Before She Can Return to Service.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Feb. 1.— Reports from Liverpool say that the repairs on the Cunard Line steamship Lusitania will be a much longer job than was expected. Six months is now the period that is likely to expire before she goes into service again.
    All the men of the Cunard Company's shore gang, who were working upon her, have been taken off and work is suspended, pending a decision whether she will go to the Clyde for repairs by her builders. Not only are the turbines injured, but the vessel's bottom is greatly damaged.

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