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You can search these arrival records in our collection. At this time the mortally wounded Otranto was grounded on some rocks and was tearing herself apart and soon tore into two parts. The remaining passenger lists are being progressively indexed by name with new entries being added over time. Lauch was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. I can remember standing in front of my mother at the funeral parlor and seeing his coffin with the flag over it. He is buried in Grave 190 in Kilchomen, Islay Island, Scotland. He is buried in the Chatham Naval Memorial, grave reference 28. Original lists (1883-1891) also survived. From the Obituary section of The Allentown Morning Call, in Allentown, Pennsylvania: Private John C. Geiger, up to the time of enlistment last August, employed by the Lehigh Portland Cement Company as their travelling freightagent, perished on the transport Otranto when in a collision off the Irish Coast she was beached and battered to pieces causing a loss of over 200 soldiers, Private Geiger was 33 years of age, and was known by all as a good fellow, genial, always wearing a smile and ready to do a good turn for anyone. Swadner was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Wherever possible, given destination ports are those of the passenger not of the ship. Sgt. Summary Menu 'At The Equator' published by the Orient Line for passengers travelling on the SS Otranto in 1954 and used for a child's birthday party. The life boats were lowered to act as fenders between the two ships but boat after boat was smashed into matchwood. Kashmir also carring American troops, in Machir Bay off the North coast of Islay, Scotland, drifted ashore and became a total wreck. This will allow you to view all of the voyages that a ship undertook from the UK, between 1890 and 1960. Present at the North African, Sicilian & Italian landings. Journey to Australia: Tall Trees Family History DEPARTURES: 1822-1869 London, England Liverpool, England Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Men were lashed to guns on the deck of the Mounsey and was getting crowded and she was leaking, the pumps were going all the time but they were still waist deep in ice cold seawater and did not expect to see land again. In February 1957 she made her final voyage, from the UK to Sydney, Australia via Cape Town, South Africa. Other services may also be available. Our trip was eventful until the night of the 1st when we collided with a French Schooner. London, Naples, via Suez Canal, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney. Likewise German ships which would naturally include an umlaut in their name may be spelt with a 'u' or with a 'ue'. His mother, Mrs. Lue Radabaugh, R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. The Passengers of the May Flower in 1620 [pg 47] Passengers of the Mary and John, p. 265. The first was a 1909 passenger liner that in 1914 became the armed merchant cruiser HMSOtranto and in 1918 was lost as a result of a collision. Voyages from all British (English, Welsh and Scottish) ports, and from all Irish ports before partition in 1921 and all Northern Irish ports after partition, are covered in BT27. And many of these men were from the State of Georgia. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. In May 1932 she played a small part in the rescue of the passengers and crew of the French ocean liner Georges Philippar in the Gulf of Aden. Where an age is given for a passenger in the original list, we have calculated the approximate year of birth using the simple subtraction of the age from the year of voyage. You could see the waves break upon them. Phone: (902)-569-2333 and (902)-894-9885 The following 4 vessels, the Alexander, Jane, Lucy, and British Queen were all associated with the migration of Scots Catholics from Clanranald's Estates! My injury isnt very much only a bruised thigh. Register of Immigrants: Otranto, 1911-1912 Access status Open Previous System Identifier DID39118 Description Register of passengers on immigrant ships arriving in Queensland Format PDF . The Orient Line, along with the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, were the two British based shipping lines that pioneered and dominated the passage of migrants by sea to Australia and other colonial outposts in the Orient, such as India, Malaysia and Hong Kong since the 1850s. I have a copy of my Grandfathers letter of recommendation advising all records went down with the ship and I also have a painting of the HMS Otranto and the Mounsey coming along side. The Hirt family have run a nursery and greenhouse business in Strongsville, Ohio since 1915 and they do business throughout the world. The Azores, the Canaries and Madeira are given their own identities within the destination country list. Later in life Pearl B. Horn did not talk much about the war in an detail, but one day many years ago, he told his son, Paul Horn, a few things about that time and his limited experience in the last battle of WWI, Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The "RMS" prefix stands for Royal Mail Ship, as she carried overseas mail under a contract between Orient Line and Royal Mail. All British ports found so far within the BT27 passenger lists are given in an alphabetical A-Z drop-down list. In addition, crew on passenger lists are not normally shown, although the captain or master is usually named on the header pages and some pre-printed and other lists do give details of senior staff. Sgt. John was born in Allentown on 19 January, 1884. The conditions of the sea at that time were swells of 15 to 20 feet or more and men were being thrown across the deck of the ship. Soon the word was passed the another ship the Kashmir, had broke her rudder and her Captain was unable to control her hitting the Otranto amidships and bow on port side. His service number was 213177 and died while serving on the ship on 26 March 1918. We left Camp Merritt, N.J., on the 24th of September and went to New York; there we boarded the transport that was to take us over there. As we left our dear old country and bid adieu to the Statue of Liberty in a mist of rain, so our view of land was hidden. Firstly, the simple calculation ignores the date of voyage within the year: for instance, a passenger who was aged 21 and who travelled on 1st January 1911 is more likely to have been born in 1889, while a passenger of the same age who travelled on 31st December 1911 is much more likely to have been born in 1890, yet both will displayed in your results with the calculated year of birth of 1890. Dear Mother, the saddest thing that I have to write is that I havent heard a word of brother Clyde, but I am living in hopes that he was among the number saved. Several ship-owners saw the opportunity to earn good money by transporting emigrants to America. GGA Image ID # 12e0a9f329. McAfee was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Pvt. FOR SALE! You can see the artist even painted in the men jumping from one ship to the other, just an unbelievable event.. There is then the body of the list, giving details of the passengers travelling on board. I waited until she came alongside for the last time. For example, in the 1890s passenger lists the city known as Jakarta was generally referred to as Batavia, so if you select the destination country Indonesia you will find that we have joined together these two names as Jakarta (Batavia) in the dropdown list of ports. He was 20 years old at the time he enlisted and was born in Montgomery, Alabama and lived at the home of his father George W. Smith, at 1111 E. Lurna St. in Pensacola, Florida at the time he enlisted. He was selected for the September Automatic Draft from Ft. Screven troops, for duty in France. The indexing is complete only for the assisted immigrant programme through to 1888. see description line storage D28 144038857786 There is a header, providing details about the ship and its voyage. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 17 October 1918 at the age of 18 years 6 months old. He said that he had to spend a couple days in the hospital (did not say where, but from articles, it may have been Belfast) and then on to England for final training before being sent over to France. Paul Horn continues, What I recall from my conversation with my dad, was the story of having to go to the "front" area and with many others from those units in the rear, having to pickup the dead soldiers left on the field. length 482ft x beam 58.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 10 knots, accommodation for 12-1st class passengers. He wrapped himself around railings. The records in this collection consist of passenger lists created between 1910 and 1939. Outgoing passenger lists (1890-1960) Search and download ( charges apply) lists of passengers boarding at UK and Irish ports and travelling to places such as America, Canada, India, New. 1949: Resumed Australian service. These are digitised records from two. He and his friends were intoxicated one evening, rode into Edwardsville to enlist but they were turned down because of their current condition. Atlantic Flight 702 has disappeared mid-flight between London and New York with 256 passengers on board. The manoeuvring of the Mounsey was magnificent and the destroyer was in danger of being dashed to pieces her self and she was taking on water. [5] On 4 August 1932 she collided with the Thames barge Why Not in the Thames Estuary at Thameshaven, Essex, England; Why Not sank.[6]. S.S. Kronprinz I think I held to this chain for nearly an hour; but I wasnt lonesome, as two other soldiers were holding to the same chain. Pvt. Clifford was married to Aurelia Nell Parsons and had a daughter, Merle and a son, Hazen(?). On the far side of the ring you can see 5 British Naval Officers watching the match. For instance, in the South African dropdown list there are the important ports of Durban (Port Natal) and Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay). During the first decades of the 20th century, the . Old Calabar and New Calabar are different places within Nigeria but have been merged within the dropdown list of Nigerian ports, as many entries in the passenger lists simply state Calabar. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, MA; 1820 to July 29, 1891 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Numbers) (National Archives Publication M277, 115 rolls) The original customs passenger lists for Boston prior to 1883 were destroyed in a fire. The Castle of Otranto, novel by Horace Walpole, published under a pseudonym in 1764 (though first editions bear the next year's date). Passenger List was created, co-written and co-directed by John Scott Dryden; co-written and co-directed by Lauren Shippen; and edited and sound designed by Mark Henry Phillips, who also composed the music for the show. However, if you know that a particular passenger left from a particular port, or are only interested in passengers sailing from a particular port, you can select (for instance) Southampton from the list. I know he was stationed at Savannah Georgia and a friend who had seen a picture of him in his uniform said that it was Coast Artillery. Corporal Herbert A. Dodd drowned 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, from Fort Screven Georgia. The men on the Otranto were instructed to remain calm and 15-20 minutes later were again instructed to get on deck as quickly as possible.