Show first F arst to aid iki d in katria otranto into wreck red cross swift and efficient help wins high admiration FISH BEHAVE splendidly folk of islay sacrifice them tham selves elvea in rescuing and giving aid to shipwrecked soldiers london also so rapidly are evenly falling 14 ono one after tile tho other that tho ilia otann to disaster limy be considered nn jill old mori atory yet there Is n very great deal which lins ling not yet been told ab about out how splendidly ilia irish he be lit in succoring survivors and liow flow nobly the simple folk of islay literl faced themselves in rescuing and gi fila v ins ing aft to the shipwrecked soldiers eold lera who were cast many of them ancon eklous upon the wild scottish shore and the story too of 0 the swift lind successful ild aid furnished by tho ilia amerlean american lied cross Is one of which the whole united states enn can he be proud when tile tie survivors landed lit belfast only 12 hours after tiley lind had been token taken off the disabled otranto by it during british destroyer they were in ill pitiful plight they liar been clingi ig 19 to the ho deck of the destroyer with heavy sens seas constantly breaking over then them and with a cold wind ivind chilling them hem to ilia ho bone bolic to save themselves from froin being carried overboard avci board many lind had lashed themselves to torpedo tubes find and to the vessels superstructure super I 1 because of the loss of the destroyers ers wireless equipment due to tier lier running into the troopship while lille taking off on the men silo sho had been unable to give notice of tier her coming consequently no provision had been made nn short shore forthe for the reception of the survivors the seriously injured tind sick were mere rushed off to hospitals ns as sorn ns no could be brou brought glit to the dock the others wet through and shivering PhI vering with cold and exposure nil of d them hem without shoes anol ninny without much clothing were vere marched arched in awny to the victoria barracks consul aids men meantime the amerlean Amer lenn consul lind been of the lie mens arrival nirl Mil lie he immediately got in touch alth cited cross headquarters tit nt belfast although it was ais sunday night and long past nine ilia lied cross wits vins ready for the emergency the emergency iv sr chouse prepared prep tired and stocked six months before in prepare pre pnra alon for just such it a dist disaster ister was opened fit at once find a hi ing squadron of automobiles began loading supplies of clothing Medica medicaments ments and comforts were rushed off on Inin tedi abely to lie ho barracks where the men wore were being sheltered hunter sharp consul had gone to it alio barracks its as son ns no lie ho lind had learned that iriv reil red cross aror a machinery was in operation iio appeared before ilia men juen introduced himself ns as lite amerlean american consul find cliveres cli vered klitin with ilia he information flint tile cited cross was on alio a job and soon would be there with alth till nil the hect necessary sq ary equipment three cheers for or abe lied cross t proposed propos pd it i husky Cleor ginn the cheers were cio elian with it ft will and ilia inen ilien picked up heart they cionci crowd around the lie consul colit comfort fort irr n the very cry presence of on the nil HIP flip me ilg bare loom infill lind hild begun to center completely con on oil the lie question of f food ien ilia first red cross eni cm honking dicer fully rtin idled into the lie cobbled drive way of ilia bm racks the door opened find n cheerful voice olce called out anybody witult ant any cigarette 0 s me are nil the american brands there was n rush to 0 o ilia doorway do orMi find tile licit thein selves took charge of cigarettes chocolates biscuits find citrin woolen clo illing of jill kinds there were american women too that spoke with all sorts of at american accents front from pure to the tie hearty tones of at the pacing pacina const call anino ha news iffat tant ether survivors and ninny bodies were likely to tic lie found on tile const ot of isley oft off the scotch coast where tile otranto lind find perished on oc the lie rocks it wit ans known that tile red cross 0 tn tit scotland was trying to reach islay hut but it was doubted whether owing to tile terrific storm trilvee hy by the usual routes was possible so tile nod croaa in to solid till nn on oil tile lie perilous trip front roni ireland to islay A party of bight including two all and carry ing inigo outfits or of clothing tine n quantities of medical nil and other sup sill pills lunde tile voyage on oil 11 stil lill ve vc sol gel furniA lied hy by the dritt it navy here lit in islay it hiis found lint flint tho loss of life lind ind occurred for ilia otranto lind hall kno gune K no on the rocks roch close to the bee cono neof of tho Tuge allia dis dl aster of tier 4 aitio 10 passengers 20 inen including 17 american soldiers ani hiroo invin hors of the crew were III the only survive inn ivors rR these tive litY more dead than alive were A ere washed un till coil sellous on oil lie file rocks n blenk and desolate spot find were taken curo care of oc hy by it il of cottagers who live on oil tills harre tit nt n little hil lillet known na as IC lie join fill which consists of only throe three houses a church find a schoolhouse |