The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-08-14
BRAVE DEED OF TURK
~ Remarkable Feat Of oarsmsnshlp
He Reached the Greek Fleet In
Time TO save Kavala From
Pillape and Ruin.

Nhlch SHOWS o q brave Turkish
heherman saved the town OF Kavala
from massacre by the retrcating Bul.
garlan army II is a graphic sldellght
on the horrors due TO the reopening
OF the war.
u have heard from an eyewitness
most striking and picturesque details
az to the way 10 which Kayala was
saved just In the nick Of time from
IRE and slaughter SAYS the Salonika
correspondent Of the London Tele.
graph. The mass Of the Bulgar
army. In danger NJ having It's retreat
cut OF from tho north. had evacuated
the town, leaving behind only n small
force 81 zoo men, commanded by a
lieutenant. with orders 60 burn and
sack the town next day. The terrified
people had hidden themselves In their
darkened houses. behind locked doors
and barred windows. Rumors had
gone about that the garrison quar-.
tered In the fortress overlooking the
town was laying In large stores OF pc
troleum and that %bayonets were being
sharpened and guns loaded. There
was nothing TO hope for or 10 do, only
with unavailing curses and prayers
| await the coming OF death In Its most
hideous form.
Through the pitch black streets a
Turkish hoatman crept down 10 the
port. No boat was allowed 10 leave
the bay. patrols faced the quay,
searchlights flashed over the still and
silent waters. Very quietly. lying Nat
on the gray stones, he loosened his lit
tie craft, crawled In, and, with muf'
fed oars, pulled away None heard
MIN and the s%earchlights playing all
around him left him In darkness, II
was. he says as II n great hand were
stretched over him, and its shadow
lay around his boat.
"He cleared the bay, and with all
his might and main bent TO his oars.
Far across the sea, rs miles away In
the bay 81 Thassos. lay the Greek
feet Through the long hours of the
night he rowed needless OF aching
arms and limbs. rowed for his life
and the lives Of thousands who lay he.
hind him IN the duaking town. In the
early morning the port Of Thassos
opened before him The great ships
were there. always under pressure
stralning at their anchors,
with a last EFFORT he pulled M 10
the side. and the startled sailors hang
ing over the ganpway heard a cry OF
warning. n cry for help, rise mp into
the night For the sake Of Allah
and for the sake ~ your God, come
quick. for NJ sunrise the Bulgars sack
the town
AT morn a thick column Of smoke
rose behind the "promontory WHAT
could Il be- With beating, shaking
hearts they watched the nose Of a
ship creep round the corner, a long,
low. gray thing with protruding guns
and tunnels vomiting smoke.
1T was a destroyer At the stern
noated something they could not see
Yet. God in heaven Il was blue WITH
n white cross The next instant the
hell was changing out n crazy, lerkS
neal. ard a frantic creature was tear
ing down the streets shrieking The
Greek feet The Greek feet
In one moment shutters we're lei
down. doors burst open, and a
ing. sobbing crowd rushed down tc
! the sea The destroyer had stopped
n hoot was lowered the captain wal
rowcd ashore lie hardly had tim
10 reach the ground before 30 stronl
arms mad caught him mp and VIII
weeping and with laughter, carried
him shoulder high through the cheer
ing streets. while behind him, content
edly nodding his red fezzcd head. un
. obtruslvely walked tho simple TURK
. lsh fisherman who had saved the