Welsh Newspapers

Search 15 million Welsh newspaper articles

Hide Articles List

22 articles on this Page

LUSITANIA AT FISHGUARD,

News
Cite
Share

LUSITANIA AT FISHGUARD, ANOTHER CUNARD SUCCESS. 175 PASSENGERS AND 950 MAIL BAGS LANDED. The Cunarn liner, Lusitania, sister ship to the Mauretania, with over 300 passengers and about 1,400 mail bags, called at Fishguard on Monday afternoon, and the magnificent position and the potentialities of Fishguard as a Transatlantic port were again demonstrated. Everything was carried out with activity and precision 175 passengers were disembarked and 950 mail bags landed the passen- gers travelling by the G.W .R. express trains from Fishguard to London, saving 13 hours as against those who went on to Liverpool. The Lusitania dropped anchor at the entrance to Fishguard Harbour at 4.42 p.m. after the strong flood tide had swung her into possition almost opposite the breakwater point. A strong north-east wind blew straight into the harbour, and outside the harbour the sea was heavy and troublesome to all— except the leviathian, Lusitania, The smart, fussy little tug St. David's, was the first to run out, and the Lusitanian's passengers cheered and waved handker- chiefs. Messages were exchanged, and then the Pembroke, with 40 alert postal men from Swansea, got into position under the lee side of the liner. And smartly did the Swansea postal men do their work, for at 5.42 the mail bags were deposited in the ocean mail train, which started on its run to London a minute later. Meanwhile the Great WestErn, curt- seying very graciously as she approached, also manoeuvred into position on the lee side of the Lusitania. It was refreshing to watch the tons of luggage being shot from the Lusitania into the Great Western-so clean, swift, yet careful-and the work occupied only about 12 minutes. The passengers followed. The ladies were assisted down the gang- ways by Cunard officers and attendants, and except for the loss of a gentleman's straw hat as the owner hurried down the gangway, everything as already stated, was worked with precision and ease, although the conditions were none to favourable. The first ocean express left Fishguard at 6.22 p.m., with two powerful engines, and the first stop was at Cardiff. The second ocean express left Fish- guard at 6.81, and reached Cardiff at 8.45. Eight of the passengers were conveyed by the Cunard Line Continental express via Southall to Dover, and they reached Paris on Tuesday morning. The arrange- ments made by the G.W.R. Co. were perfect and passengers could not speak too highly of the steps taken to ensure their comfort.

I Pembroke Assault Case. I

Advertising

Fruit Bottling. I

I Roose Ptty Sessions. I

Advertising

i I Little Haven Revision…

[No title]

Haverfordwest Dog Show. !

MILFORD HAVEN NEWS.:

3. Mary's Church, Haverfordwest.1…

Haverfordwest Grammar I School.I

SUPPORTING THE BUDGET.

Dates to be Remembered at…

Advertising

Startling Discovery on a Milford…

PEMBROKE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY…

NEYLAND NEWS.

[No title]

Family Notices

I APPROACHING -EVENTS.

LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.