Mr.
PATRICK CALLAN, Second Cabin Passenger
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Patrick Callan lived at 3028 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois,
United States. He supplied cattle to meatpackers in
Chicago. Callan had a wife named Mary and was the father of three
children -- Peter, Thomas, and Catherine. In the spring of 1915,
Callan had received a letter from his
father in Ireland stating that he needed help getting his affairs in
order because he was very ill. His father was a man of some
wealth.
Patrick Callan booked second-cabin passage on Lusitania and made friends with Flor and Julia
Sullivan. During the voyage, Callan enjoyed playing
poker. On the morning of 7 May, Callan stood on deck with the
Sullivans as Lusitania neared
Ireland and recited the poem "A Dream of Ireland":
I
feel the touch of a Munster breeze
Thank God my exile has ended
Due to the cold and fog, however, the three quickly went back inside.
After the torpedo hit, Callan met up with the Sullivans on the port
side Boat Deck. He was waving his arms to get their
attention. Callan had saved the Sullivans room in a lifeboat that
was
already swung out. Pat and Flor jumped in, but Julia refused.
She moved back into the crowd and pleaded to her husband that he
must stay with her. Flor jumped
out of the boat, and pushing through the crowd trying to get into the
boat
he reached Julia and said to her, "I'm mad at you."
Flor tried to pull her back to the boat but Julia refused to budge.
As the lifeboat was being lowered the Lusitania lurched
again and the lifeboat dropped by the bow, its occupants "spilling like
apples into the water[.]" Pat Callan was killed. His body
was never recovered or never identified.
Contributors:
Senan Molony
Judith Tavares
References:
Hickey, Des and Gus Smith. Seven Days to
Disaster.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981.
Molony, Senan. Lusitania: An
Irish
Tragedy. Mercier Press, 2004.
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