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wnnton nnej murderous ncts committed by the "GOl'lnaus,
'has stirred the civilised '- world 80
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as the col<l,bloolled socrtllce of miarly 1 ,500 nop",oInbat('I!-~' li~os by the rtorl'edoin~ of the Lusitimia,
qeed, as tuthlle~B n~.: it .wn's c~uelJ arop-ses .the
is Oll~ moteltrootcif the' iridisqrimfnate
,which has plnced ' Ute ' whole ' Germ~n race
' of , civilised communitie.' I By their 'das,
, ,,,,,,dlv cttnoe""tlto Germans have ldemonstra-tcd thot they
wage 'this !war , under condiii~n~i of 'colddalibernte murder -and Qutr1llge, of
's uch a.s ·tlle world has ne~~r knor n • .
weather was heaptifully line ",hen the giant
fate ,of which warnings ~tin4eeded ,alas I)
iSRued by IGerman ogen~ies b'efoJ,~ sh~ left
eight milet off tbe Old Head of IKinsale ,'
dispatched b~ ~
'her'
with I
awf.!1 sudd,e n, ailie and aent her,
perhaps I twenty minutes she
he:~pl,essly , bn , her ai~e,h while thoSji on board
f,,!, ,among
tli<1mlse'\v"s, '' T\,~l
,",re " wus , no pame
at first ",any seemed to th1
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ent~r~d th~ ~orwnrd s~~ehold,

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and
boats 60uld not he" loweI'~d immediately,
• Altpgether bet:ween ' ten and n, Idoz~n ,
down In tlie shIp, ' ,Some, weanng life
to ' wireless messages, rra~hed ' the
. aIle. crew were saved.
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'~:~j~t;,"~!~n~of the~"oS8el waS" ';,i',iinn""
H ).million sterling, m',int"n'mc~,
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re.!lta.tfraDt, tbe pass.'ngl"
turas of, the vassel
Il.dmirlttion
tirfi~ or ~el' ,laupching,
c.l'nD,,,"tj,,"J,, '~
~ little -attention was pa~d
tho public, whoso iDter•..t lw."
ally centred on the engi"ce,irng "prldora
tho 'vessel embOdied.'

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the construction of

passong8r . aocommodati9D~afts~en

technique
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artists who jkno'w how to 'C c;>mh;ne
with the rn~t ~ lodmir~,bI9 taste.
T]'fo,ughol,t the vessel 'one foun~ bothing to .
most sensitive Jye j el erythin g was
in dxquisite' harfDo.ny,
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were lofty domes ,ashioned" and
by ~pert decor~torB j ~a.n~ling8 pl'&by skilled workers; charmlng tap03curtains' and ca ots, SevJ;al different
of wood were u
in thd urnishing of
,n!' 1P'""I'IC roo",s,
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whiw n.DdJ gold,
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Bo'n. l otll~r r6fiP~~8, the Lus/tanis WruJ ~l1r­
, l.n.ter .toats, 8119
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mag~ificently ~uippPd vessel afl~D.t,
1">0' 1 «art',,_nB, oPen fireplo_~.~, br,nss oed~
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p'ata~fM staterooms l comm ious wardrobqs
mirrors ~dded:to t~e comfort. of the
,"!"'~llant, Bedst, ndR were I's ubstituted 'for
in In,ny cases there wpre ,private
toilJt
:w"ith! priYate suites
The r'fDding
and' ~he lounge
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style,
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The lounge ""&8 in the style of
Georgian· period.
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panols, a riChly,modelled
tiful marble milDtelF,i',l!l.p,"j,,~~utl,a
luxurious

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TB.e accommodation for .(><"'D~~;Ia.ia
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YeMS ago,
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V s.riety and ez.~BUence lf8S
"of the' culina.ry aJpa.rlmeIit ..
tJia.f was in fiea.8Oil was ob¥na!.'••
:flowers of exquiait&
the saloon ta.b1es, I It is

that Sir H&n-ry Lucy •.
menta.ry writer, wrote that he lwishl\CI
,of fAre oJt the ~91'8 of
be printed on the back., 01
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