_A record reported to have been compiled chiefly from British
Admiralty sources since the sinking of the Lusitania was published by
The New York American on July 13, showing that out of 122 ships sunk
by German submarines in the war zone, every passenger or sailor was
saved on all but 14. Following is The American's summary:_
Total number of ships definitely reported
sunk by German submarines
in sixty-four days, since the
Lusitania was torpedoed 122
Number of ships on which any loss
of life occurred 14
[Note: Some of these fatalities
occurred, according to British Admiralty
reports, either from explosion
of torpedoes or from upsetting
of lifeboats, or from gunfire of submarines
while the enemy ship was
trying to escape.]
Total loss of life on 122 ships, from
all causes 131