The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-10-18
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THINK a72 AMERICAS
British Destroyer MAX.
cue Of 576 men.-n,.
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lumber OF American troon.
lost as the result Of M ~ =, =
the transport Ortranto II
channel, between the sa.. y
irish coasts, in a co,lis,o.
steamer kashmir.
The ortranto, after the !.
was dashed to pieces on Il. !
he south Scottish coast. W..
able loss Of 372 American -.
Three hundred and ono !"
taken to Belfast BY tho d.
stroyer Mounsey, the ONLY wv
made an attempt at rescus !.
rifle gale when the Kashn,,
vessel in the convoy with 4. !,
rammed the Ortranto amId,,,
Seventeen men were picked
on the Scottish coast.
OF the 800 American .o,a
board the Ortranto, $40 w..
Seventeen were rescued sl,v.
leaving 372 unaccounted "a,
Crash oeeurs
The Ortranto and fhe oth.,
OF the convoy were battlin.
heavy seas and high winds
morning. The storm was !.
and the visibility SO bad /,
kashmir, a former Peninsul.
Oriental liner. crashed Ipto
tranto squarely amidships.
The Kashmir backed ava,
damaged, but was able TO M
AS the bows of the Kashmi,
pulled from the great hole in /
of the Otranto, the water M
but for time it did not serve
the engines. The Otranto 4
proceed, but made no headwsy
the gale in her crippled condId
Tuseania Recalled.
Within a short time the WI
out her fires and the Otrapto
helplessly toward the rocky 4
Islay island, where most Of d
cania victims met their deaths
Thirty minutes after the cra}
British destroyer MOusey, herSl
aged by the heavy seas, appeat
of the haze in answer to the
calls of the Otrant0. When
strOyer Unanswered to get AID
Captain Davidson of the d
warned Lieutenant Craven, con
ing the destroyer, not to make
tempt.
When 1T was seen that
would make the attempt snyw,
men were ordered to remove
shoes and heavy clothing and
save themselves as best they 4
Towering Sea Running
The destroyer stood off about
dred feet and then gradually
nearer, against the great odds
waves and the wind which tfe
mOmentarily to carry her
away from the Otranto or dash
pieces against the side of the w
vessel.
AS the destroyer steered Dwi
side Of the steamer, many OIL
leaped too quickly and missed
reckoning, and dropped oefHt
boats. Some of these dlsappu
the water, but Others were esus
crushed to death between iR
and the lifeboats which had oee
cred to act as buffers. Inc aes
was badly battered.
The captain of the DESTROYER
time it was brushed away Nv
side of the Otranto. would asa'
near enough for many more y
to the deck of his vessel
scribed as a veritable ram Tue
of men landing on the des'ro.a
Many of those who rea'n
decks of the vessel slllere'
bones or otherwise were nurL
who missed the deck of the ~'
went almost to instant death
Four times the battered 20
came alongside and each -
previous scenes were fepea|
the end of the fourth Trip sm
Americans, 236 of the crew =
sailors and one British o
board. The bow was fuli aaI
done all possible, she Slar''
One of the American :"
board the Otranto pictufeu
when the vessels eolilae'
lined the decks rs though
and at the word nj eonill'aaa
attention like statues
wavered. remaining there -
formation. exemplifying
crisis the nohlest fradl''"s lin,
army for heroiSm ana ui>o III
same thing. said the solu''''
the seamen.
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