Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-01
REV. JOHN TAYLOR
ON ILL.FATED liner
U.BOAT SINKS Y. NJ. C. A. SHIP OFF
COAST OF ENGLAND.-ALL
ARE RESCUED.
81 AMERICAN "Ys MEN ON BOARD
Head Office of Y. NJ. G. A. Wires Mrs.
Taylor of Resuce Of Her
Husband.

neu OH DOdTu Iu0 DllLloA oISdLuSAAk
Orissa, which was sunk by German
Submarine off the British coast, early
Monday morning. Mrs. Taylor receiv.
ed message from the head office In
New York Monday afternoon stating
that the ship on which her husband
sailed had been sunk but that all the
passengers were rescued, Mrs. Taylor
and baby daughter came to Manches-
ter after Mr.. Taylor left for the east
A short time ago Mrs. Taylor received
word stating that her husband had
sailed from New York the 18th Of
April. Since that time much anxiety
for his safety was felt by the family
here,
A London dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune on Tuesday gives the follow
ing account of the disaster:
The British steamship Orissa. bear
ing fifty-seven American Y. NJ. c. A.
workers on their way to France for
army work, was torpedoed yesterday
morning while under convoy and
foundered in twelve minutes.
All the passengers and all Of the
crew except three, were taken from
the lifeboats by destroyers, and land
ed safely at an English port. They are
now in London, and little the worse
for their experience.
Those on board are commended for
their GOODNESS by the ships officers.
The vessel was struck amidships
while proceeding in large convoy
under the protection Of number Of
destroyers. It was proceeding at
about ten knots, in bright moonlight
when struck. There was an immediate
heavy list and three minutes later the
boilers blew up, extinguishing the
lights all over the ship. All the life
boats, however, were successfully
launched.
Destroyers were sent Immediately
to the rescue and all the lifeboats were
ipicked up within half an hour, and 9
few hours later landed at a British
port. The Americans are all safe and
WE'LL On their arrival in London they
were taken in charge by the American
Y. M "A. and Red Cross.
They were taken to the Kingsley
hotel, where fifty-seven complete out.
fits Of clothing and an ample dinner
awaited them. The men among then
who had lost their money were pro
vided for, and arrangements were
made to replace missing passports.
| An American Red Cross doctor ex
amined each man and prescribed "s
long nights sleep for ALL"
The ships company had spent mos
of their time aboard the ship in mill
tary drills and daily and nightly life
boat drills. Every man knew his sta
tion and duties as though by instinct
"The Americans behaved like vet
erans, and were Of the greatest as
sistance in launching the lifeboats an,
handling them," said one of the offic
ers of the ship, in this connection.
Two of the members of the crey
who lost their lives were caught beloy
and went down with the ship. Tn
third man was the ships baker, who
after reaching his lifeboat station
went back for his money belt.
Several of the survivors were anx
ious to cable assurances Of their safe
ty to relatives in the United States
but the Y. M. G. A. had already take
steps to have it's headquarters in Ne,
York notify all the survivors familie:
Philip Cook Of Baltimore sent
cable message to his wife, saying on
ly +: See Acts, chapter xvii, verse
Al to A." (This is the passage des
cribing the shipwreck Of the Apostl
Paul, ending with the sentence: "An
, so 1t came to pass that they escape
! all safe to land.")