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H. Williams Liverpool, Eng. Mr. Charles F. Williamson New York, N.Y. Mr. Winter Liverpool, Eng. * Mrs. A.S. Witherbee New York, N.Y. Master A.S. Witherbee Jr. (_3 yrs._) New York, N.Y. Mr. Lothrop Withington Boston, Mass. Mr. Walter Wright Scotland. @ Mr. Arthur John Wood England. * Mr. Robt. C. Wright Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. J.M. Young Hamilton, Ont. Mrs. Young Hamilton, Ont. * Mr. Philip J. Yung Antwerp, Belgium 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 SUBMARINE CREW OBSERVED. [By The Associated Press.] LONDON, May 10.--The Fishguard correspondent of The Daily News quotes the Rev. Mr. Guvier of the Church of England's Canadian Railway Mission, a Lusitania survivor, as saying that when the ship sank a submarine rose to the surface and came within 300 yards of the scene. "The crew stood stolidly on the deck," he said, "and surveyed their handiwork. I could distinguish the German flag, but it was impossible to see the number of the submarine, which disappeared after a few minutes." ERNEST COWPER'S ACCOUNT. _QUEENSTOWN, Saturday, May 8, 3:18 A.M.--A sharp lookout for submarines was kept aboard the Lusitania as she approached the Irish coast, according to Ernest Cowper, a Toronto newspaper man, who was among the survivors landed at Queenstown._ _He said that after the ship w
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