The sun., 1918-10-12
One Escapes by Lucky Chance.

so that it will be possible to locate them
later.
One Escapes by Lucky Chance.
There were few instances among the
dead where Identification was DELAYED
Every man had worn an Identification
tag on his wrist or neck. but some Of
these We're torn Off and II WIS necessa ~
to take finger prints of the men.
An instance Of the many rescu IS bv
the Mounsey was that of T. l.. Campbell
Memphis lawyer and a secretary of
the Y. NJ. c. A. He weighs eco pounds
He was perched on the Otrantos rail
awaiting chance to spring upon the
destroyer the third time the Mounsey
came up. AS he leaped the Mounsey
lurched away and instead OF landing in
the middle of the deck, as he had hoped
TO do, one OF his legs caught in the
guard cable on the side OF the destroyer.
Campbell pulled himself aboard unin-
jured
Just when the DESTROYER was pulling
away the last time" said Campbell to-
day. the men lined the rails or stood on
the after deck waving a farewell.
huge wave struck a crowd OF about
eighteen privates on the after deck and
dozen OF them were swept into the sea
to sure death. as II was impossible to
save them from waves running sixty to
seventy feet high.
AS soon as we were away from the
otranto all the survivors were ordered
below in order better to ballast the boat,
as we were terribly crowded"
Campbell said he left G. A. Carpenter
OF Waukesha, Wis, on board the Otranto.
Nothing has been heard from Carpenter
Little Remains of Otranto.
The first efforts to reach Islay Island
after the disaster failed, as the storm
continued. Army officers, however.
| finally got across, while others proceeded
down the coast. arriving there yester-
day. They found little left of the Otran-
TO- which each succeeding high wave
was breaking UP. Bodies were found
all along the coast. some singly and
others In twos and threes. As the army
men proceeded TO the southernmost point
or lslay and then up to Port Charlotte
they constantly found bodies that had
heen whipped around the southern end of
the island by the strange action of the
current
or forty-eight Drivates and non-com-
lnlSsioned officers, survivors OF the
Otranto. who were admitted TO hospital
here, twenty are suffering from shock
and sprains, others from fractured legs.
arms and ribs, and few from scalds
and decorations. Some Of them have
influenza.
The otrantos captain stood on the
bridge until the last, While there was
no panic on board on the part of the
soldiers. the sailors realized the serious
ness of the situation. Their one dread
was that the Otranto would drift on to
the rocks, on which the waves were
lashing themselves In wild fury.
Volunteer Rescue Party Formed.
When a torpedo boat destroyer brought
the news OF the plight of tho abandoned
vessel, Capt. Francis Dawson, represent
ing an American shipping concern, vol
unteered to lead a rescue party to the
island Whether this party was able to
land is problematical.
There were twenty-four cases OF in
fuenZa on board the Otranto. Most of
them were rescued. Another patient,
Second Lieutenant, was suffering from
pneumonia, He was brought out on
deck, hut was too weak to jump and re-
NAMED on board the ship. He was the
only one OF eight military officers on
board who was not rescued
A large number of survivors already
have been sent to rest camps In Eng
land. The sick and injured in hospitals
here are progressing favorably.
MY God. torpedoed again :" was the
exclamation OF deck hand OF the
Otranto who. when the collision oc-
CURED. was bathing. He had had ex-
perience with submarine Just twelve
months previously and he feared a sim
liar fate had overtaken the Otranto.
The steamship, he said, had an ugly
dent on the port side and the stoke
hold flooded rapidly A tremendous
sea was running and the Otranto
pitched violently, Notwithstanding her
great intake OF water.
Kashmir yeers suddenly.
Another survivor said:
"The Kashmir was abreast on the
port side, She suddenly veered, as II
her steering gear was damned in the