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Scene of the Tuscania disaster revisited. Ninety of the survivors sheltered in the little cottage of Robert Morrison, and cared for by the Morrison family. Morrison himself saved the lives of three Americans at great risk to himself. A Red Cross officer said in his official report: "In my opinion he is one of the greatest heroes that I ever heard of". The picture shows Morrison his sister, his aunt, his mother and his grandmother. The boy John Woodrow, was also a valiant worker in the Tuscania disaster. The old grandmother has never been off the island and speaks only Gaelic. She is over ninety years old
Scene of the Tuscania disaster revisited. Robert Morrison, a native of Islay who received the Order of the British Empire for risking his life three times to save three American soldiers, shows the photographer how he did it. He scaled a cliff and 250 feet high and rescued an exhausted American who had climbed part way to the cliff and was in a perilous position being too weak to hang on much longer. To accomplish this, Morrison had to throw a rope across a chasm, lassoing a neck of rock and then making his way across the rope to the position where the American soldier could be reached
Scene of the Tuscania disaster revisited. At Kinnabus, the scene of the tragedy, there are still two of the Tuscania's lifeboats lying amid a heap of debris and wreckage on the shore. Two of the heroes of the Tuscania rescue work point out the spot where the lifeboats came ashore. The two are cattagers who live nearby, Robert Morrison (pointing) and John Woodrow, one of his "hands" Morrison received the Order of the British Empire for his work in the Tuscania disaster. He saved the lives of three American soldiers. He lives at Upper Killeyan, Islay, Scotland
Islay House, residence of Hugh Morrison, the Laird of Islay. Both Mr. Morrison and his wife, Lady Mary, were of the greatest help to the Red Cross in its work of rescue and recovery. Mr. Morrison placed his entire estate and all his employees at the service of the Red Cross, and both he and Lady Mary were constantly on the scene. The ground for the Otranto cemetary was selected and donated by Mr. Morrison. It will be remembered that he was also one of the principal figures in the similar work after the Tuscania tragedy
American Red Cross work in the Otranto disaster, when nearly 450 lives were lost, Funeral of the victims at Kilchoman, Islay, Scotland. Scene at the graveside: this service was held on October 11, over the bodies of 199 American soldiers whose bodies had been washed ashore on the bleak Scotch coast. The mourners included a number of survivors, together with American Military, naval and Red Cross officers and a large number of British military and naval people and scores of local inhabitants, most of whom had also been present, some months before, at the funerals of the victims of the Tuscania
American Red Cross work in the Otranto disaster, when nearly 450 lives were lost. Funeral of victims at Kilchoman, Islay, Scotland. The firing party: Sergeant C.A. McDonald of Galesburg, Ill., one of the survivors, is seen carrying the flag. Colonel Heaton-Ellis, the highest British military authority in Islay, is seen standing close to the flag. He had charge of all relief work on behalf of the British government in both the Tuscania and Otrante disasters
Work of the American Red Cross in the Otranto disaster, when nearly 450 lives were lost. At Bowmore, a little village in the interior of the island of Islay, Scotland, the American Red Cross purchased almost every thing in the town in order to furnish supplies for the survivors, who were being shepherded in little cottages on the bleak Islay coast, twenty miles away. Mrs. J.R. Anderson (her husband is at the front in France) owns the only provision store in the little village, and she placed everything she had at the disposal of the Red Cross. The only car which the Red Cross could obtain to transport the supplies was a little old touring car, which did valiant service for three days transporting supplies over the rugged Islay roads & sometimes where no roads were
American Red Cross - Refugees - American Red Cross in North Russia. American soldiers and some children who they found starving near Archangel. When news was brought to camp, all soldiers chipped in to give out of their own supplies of hard tack, bully beef and bread, but that was not enough. One of the soldiers volunteered to nurse the dying mother and her little girl. Another soldier was sent at once to American Red Cross headquarters, a trip of an hour and a half from this small outpost camp, for expert help and a trained nurse. The nurse left at once with the soldier traveling throug a blinding snow storm to the little peasant cottage
Volunteer Workers in Roumania. A group of Roumanian peasants who volunteered their services to the American Red Cross at Bucharest in making garments for the poor in the devastated areas. One of the most admirable traits of these simple couuntry folk is a disposition to help their less fortunate sisters in the devastated countryside. The only return they sought was a little kerosene oil, so that they could work nights, and this the Red Cross was able to furnish them without difficulty
Scene of the Tuscania disaster revisited. Ninety of the survivors of the troopship were sheltered and cared for in this little island cottage, the home of Robert Morrison, a farmer and shepherd. One man died here from exhaustion, while another soldier was ill here with pneumonia and was cared for by the Morrison family for three days before he also died. The Morrisons not only used up their entire supply of food to provide for their unexpected guests, but also gave away all of their extra clothing. They refused to accept any payment from the American Red Cross
Summary
Title and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Group title: Tuscania Disaster.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
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Date
01/01/1918
Location
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Source
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html