S.A.R., [September Automatic Replacement] C.A.C., Mother, it is with a sad heart that I write of Clyde, but we have hopes yet. KAITLIN - Kelly Marie Tran RORY - Ben Daniels PROFESSOR ALCOTTE - Cyril Nri MARIANNE - Carlyss Peer CONOR - Akie Kotabe NADJULA - Munirih Grace HARRIS - Kerry Shale AGENT MURPHY- Danielle Lewis OTHER VOICES: Laurel Lefkow, Christopher Ragland, Eric Meyers, Gianna Kiehl, Eric Sirakian, Chris Kelly, Maddy Kelly, Merk Nguyen 28 min These are contained within The National Archives' BT26 record series. OANFA 1903 7,902 gross tons. We didnt sleep very much and Sunday morning found us on a raging sea a fearful sea. Pvt Smith enlisted into the Regular Army 8 March 1918 at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia. Applications for any other use should be made to. Fremantle. It is a wonder that the destroyer (the Mounsey) wasnt torn to pieces, for sometimes she would be a wave higher than our ship, then she would be far below; then she would come up again near us. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. She reported to Admiral Cradock in his flagship, HMS Good Hope and then made her escape as she was no match for the German guns. 1938 The Australia service extended to New Zealand. Pvt. RMS Otranto was an ocean liner that was built for the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1925. The wildcard is denoted by a * and can be used in both the first name and the last name search fields. For instance, a person living in Scotland is more likely to have sailed from Glasgow or one of the other Scottish ports. The passenger lists in BT27 include long-haul voyages to destinations outside Britain and Europe. Death Finds a Way: A Janie Riley Mystery by Lorine McGinnis Schulze Janie Riley is an avid genealogist with a habit of stumbling on to dead bodies. She was 632.0 feet (192.6m) long between perpendiculars, had a beam of 75.2 feet (22.9m) and a draught of 37feet 6inches (11.43m). The Titanic is an exception, with the ill- fated 1912 vessel and its 1894-1900 namesake listed separately. Arrived at Faslane for scrapping by British Iron & Steel Corp. We had no hopes-to jump into the sea meant death, for one could not live long in such a mad sea. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 30 July 1918 at the age of 19 years 8 months old. Passenger lists before 1820 included name, departure information and arrival details. Date. He was drowned during the sinking. The wave seemed like huge mountains. It is not necessary to select a destination country before searching. He told me about it only once, and only briefly, when I was a teenager, in response to my question as to his military experience. We did not suffer any damages, but the schooner was sent to the bottom. The records in this collection consist of passenger lists created between 1910 and 1939. Hudson was from Jakin, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Ft. Screven. The lifeboats were useless, as they had been crushed to pieces. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, from Fort Screven Georgia. Thomas and Margaret Goodwin had a son named Charles Goodwin who served in the Scottish Rifles and was killed in action during WWI just two years earlier at the Battle of the Somme when only 19-years of age and he is buried at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France. Whilst the ships listed in the Passenger Lists records are all departing from ports in the UK, not all of the ships themselves are British. Cpl. Ft. Screven, American Ex. 61541: Wayne. In theory if not in practice, there are no domestic British or purely European voyages in BT27, and no lists for Merchant or Royal Naval vessels or for troop ships. It is not known what the reason for his death was. 1 and agrees with his birth year being 1898 but offers little more information on Jennings (though they thought he was returning from WWI on the transport ship which is a mistake). The ship Champion of the Seas has again made a highly successful voyage to this port [of Melbourne] bringing about 400 passengers - 277 of whom are passage-warrant holders. Pvt. The remaining passenger lists are being progressively indexed by name with new entries being added over time. The "RMS" prefix stands for Royal Mail Ship, as she carried overseas mail under a contract between Orient Line and Royal Mail. I supposed it was done while I was fastened under the chain. This page is owned by Joe Hartwell 2003-2019 She was subsequently reconverted back into a troop transport and served as such until released from government service in 1948. "MED" or medical reasons. He was the son of Harrison C. Carpenter and Laura S. Grover, I (Debbie Baker) am descended from his sister, Mary Elizabeth Carpenter. Newsome was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. example: 1851 passenger list (scroll down) l847 Canadian list. Redirecting to https://www.shf.org.au/archives-research/ephemera/ephemera-otranto. Please note that not all ports are sea ports. . There were several men in the hospital who were killed outright. Commander: Captain O. Cppers. For these two reasons, we use a default +/- 2 years when you search by year of birth. ORIENT LINE PASSENGER LIST RMS ORONTES Australia service 1953 EMIGRANTS - $97.58. This is an incomplete list of American and British men who were killed during the sinking: Pvt. Commanders of Trans-Atlantic Steamships - 1894. Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, Royal Navy Service Number 192409, was the son of Roger & Rebecca Goodwin and husband of Margaret. 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. The Hirt family have run a nursery and greenhouse business in Strongsville, Ohio since 1915 and they do business throughout the world. The author of the preface, "William Marshal, Gent.," claims that he found a 1529 copy of The Castle of Otranto in its original Italian in the library of an ancient Catholic family in northern England. It was a ruby with pearls around it. His detachment was sailing aboard the Otranto and Sgt. see: Immigration and Ships Passenger List Research Guide Section 4: Research in the Years 1820-1892; Information on the lists:name of ship, name of master, port of embarkation, age, sex, occupation and nationality. By 11:00 am it was all over the Otranto was gone with many men and those who survived were taken to Belfast, Ireland. The Ship Hope, 1733 List A - The Captain's list List B - The signers of the Oath of Alligiance List C - The signers of the Oath of Abjuration. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 24 July 1918 at the age of 20 1/2 years old. For instance, if you search by last name without a first name, results without given forenames top the list, followed by the initials and exact first name matches in alphabetical order: if you click the First Name column header, results will be sorted so that the order is reversed and initials and first names top the list, with the blanks coming at the end of the list. Smith was born in Knoxville, Tennessee about 1894 and at the time of enlistment he lived at 615 E. 5th St., Cincinnati, Ohio. My search for him that Sunday morning one week ago today was in vain. In many cases, the country is self-evident, i.e., Boston is of course in USA, Melbourne in Australia and so on. Pvt. Barrow. Private Pearl B. Horn was discharged from the Army on February 1, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. His father, Samuel Dull of Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. His body was recovered and later returned to Farmington, Illinois for burial. Write to me soon and tell others to write to me. If you select this option, you will be returned only entries where New Zealand (rather than a more specific port) has been given on the passenger list. He is buried in Grave 190 in Kilchomen, Islay Island, Scotland. She took on a list very quickly and flooding into the engine room shorted out the generators and the lights went out. 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 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. There is a header, providing details about the ship and its voyage. Give my love to all the others and love and kisses to you, the dearest of mothers! He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Private Pearl B. Horn, was one of the American soldiers who was on the Otranto when she sank off the coast of Scotland and Ireland on October 6, 1918. Not all lists have survived. John was born in Allentown on 19 January, 1884. Pvt. The Castle of Otranto was the Blair Witch Project of 1764. Read tagging guidelines. The Willem Ruys and Oranje passed in opposite directions . PASSENGER LISTS Journey to Australia Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild THE COMPASS PASSENGER LISTS If you find a ship you would like to research you will find the URL link under the site name and also at the bottom of the page. When we got on deck we found a very strong wind and high waves. SBS TV | SBS Radio | SBS On Demand, news, sport, food, movies You need to bear in mind also that a significant proportion of passengers are shown on the original list without an age - these 'blank' ages are shown in your returned results together with those of the right year of birth, so that you can consider them as well. She was Orient Line's second ship of that name. If you also see a more generic option in the drop-down alongside specific ports, it is important to note that this is not an 'all ports' option. Sgt. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. However, within this alphabetical listing there is also an entry called New Zealand. The default setting is All, which allows you to search all ports at the same time. These are digitised records from two. 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. He was not married, and had no children. September Automatic Replacement Draft Unit No. Accordingly, you may wish to check under both Curacao and Caracas if you are trying to find a person who went to one or other of these destinations. View all Works. Pearl B. Horn enlisted into the United States Army on May 4, 1917 at Jefferson Barracks, MO, did his basic training at Camp Hancock, Georgia, and then he went to Fort Dade, Florida for artillery duty. John Elder. The National Archives holds detailed passenger records for arrivals and departures at all Australian ports from 1924. 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. Blair Witch launched the "found footage" horror trope and Otranto inaugurated the "Gothic." Interestingly enough, Otranto also employs a "found footage" gimmick with its first edition, pretending that the original manuscript was hundreds of years old, unearthed from the . Victor D. continues about his father in later life, He was a successful businessman in Atlanta, Georgia, his hometown. About the Collection. You can never know what it was like until you have been upon a storming sea. His shoulder always caused him great pain and finally, he retired from his business in 1946, turning it over to my older brother Robert Morris Perrin, when he returned from WW II. Notes. She took part in the invasions of French North Africa (Operation Torch), Sicily (Operation Husky) and Italy (Operation Avalanche). 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. partial passenger list. Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. Dull was born in Wood County, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973. McAfee was born in Coldwater, Ohio about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio. Edward was assigned to Fort Screvena, Georgia to train for war. Looking for . In the stories that Pearl Horn told to his son Paul, he told about the adventure of, Having to jump on to the deck of the British destroyer, and that many refused to do so and according to the various accounts that are now available on the web, over 400 died. I waited until she came alongside for the last time. Eastward bound ships when crossing this line observe the same date twice. Of course, our first thought was a torpedo, but were told that it was nothing serious. Arthur Harmon was badly injured when he leaped from the deck of the sinking ship to that of a destroyer and recovered in the Royal Victoria hospital, Belfast, Ireland. He sailed aboard the, Among the names of 200 American soldiers who lost their lives in the sinking of the transport. There is no single, standard format. This was started by Paul's father, Samuel Hirt. Eventually my father had surgery to remove the bone spurs and calcium growths. Passenger List is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Ascension is included under St Helena. 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. I thank one for my safety, and I pray for brothers and my chums safety. Oct. 13, 1918. He sailed on the Otranto with Casual Company No. During the first decades of the 20th century, the . 1903-06-30 SS Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Passenger List. Newsome was born in Belvidere, North Carolina about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 5, London, Ohio. length 482ft x beam 58.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 10 knots, accommodation for 12-1st class passengers. passenger list: [noun] a list of the passengers on a ship that is submitted by the master to customs officials at ports visited. HMS Otranto men listed on The Australian Naval War Memorial in Canberra: M. McNally, lost while serving on the Otranto. Westfal Larsen. BT - Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies Division within BT - Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments BT 26 - Board of Trade:. 1954 Nov 10. Geiger is buried in Kilchoman, Ireland as there is a cross in a cemetery there marked as: America Pvt. Pvt. Everything went well until Saturday night of the 5th, when we found ourselves on a high sea. see description line storage D28 144038857786 The National Archives has passenger arrival records, sometimes called "ship passenger lists," for arrivals to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and December 1982 (with gaps). List of passengers, including Dutch immigrants, arriving in Australia on the SS Prinz Waldemar., 1909-10-23 - 1909-10-23 If the card is for a child, you will be able to view the relevant parent's detail on the reverse of the card; similarly, if you find a parent travelling with a child, you will be able to view both sides of the card for the same charge. Passengers For New England, pg 407. 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. The differences between these different copies of the same list are usually cosmetic but there are sometimes also minor differences in content or in the Board of Trade's annotations or stamps upon them. Two sons of Mrs. J. S. Harmon, of Inman, both in the service of their country, were on the British transport Otranto that was sunk off the coast of Ireland when she was rammed by the Kashmir, one of whom, Arthur, was saved, the other, Clyde being lost. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 2, from Fort Screven Georgia. Smith sailed on the HMS Otranto on 25 September 1918 with the C.A.C. 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. If you want to search all ports within a destination country, do not select a destination port. Find out where they were going and where they were coming from, where they called home as well as their age, occupation and whether they were married or single. This means that you are likely to find what initially appear to be discrepancies when you click through to the image of the passenger list. I saw a number of men jump for the destroyer but miss and fall between where they were smashed to death or drowned. Orient Steam Navigation Co./Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Outward sailings January-April 1882 (issued January 18, 1882) Vessel (s) Ports of call. 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. 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. The Brig Alexander - The passenger list of the Brig Alexander and the Glenaladale Settlers of 1772. Pvt. At the time of writing, these include Jones River, Plantation and Stoopville. 1954 Nov 12. If you wish to search by country, simply select the country but leave the destination port dropdown at its default 'all ports within destination country' setting. Also on his discharge papers, it gives the dates of his departure on Sept. 25, 1918 to go overseas, and his return date of January 14, 1919. Pearl Horn told his son that they had to re-train on the Big French guns (his description) before going to the front. Analysis. Several ship-owners saw the opportunity to earn good money by transporting emigrants to America. The Otranto is the first of the new Orient liners to be fitted with wireless, and during her present trip she was able to maintain communication with 23 shore stations and 45 steamers. You can see the artist even painted in the men jumping from one ship to the other, just an unbelievable event.. 1948-9: Fitted out as a one class ship at Birkenhead. When I jumped I fell between the two anchor chains, which were stretched along the deck floor, and held on. So, if you are initially unsuccessful with a search try again periodically. In a letter to his mother, he tells in an interesting manner the story of the accident. 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. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. They may have arrived as a fare-paying passenger, as an 'assisted' migrant, a member of a ship's crew, in military or naval service, or as a convict. He enlisted into the Ohio National Guard at Cincinnati, Ohio on 17 March 1917. 1891-1954 immigration passenger lists: Original lists (1883-1891) also survived. Pvt. LOC 2018696845. Pvt. Early passenger lists typically include the name of the ship, the names of passengers, ages, ports of arrival and departure, date, country of origin, and occupation. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. He enlisted into the Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 18 years 1 month old. A few destinations in Africa which have yet to be allocated a country are included under Africa in the dropdown list. We were wet and cold, but were told that we would reach port in two hours. The Azores, the Canaries and Madeira are given their own identities within the destination country list. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 with Casual Company No. The Alfred brings no mail. His daughter Barbara Dilts Joike reflects; "I also do not have many memories of him. Sea departure cards are marked on the search results as 'card'. Route: Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg. Twentieth century lists include even more details and can give the town or county of origin, as well as the names of other family members, destination, physical description, and . Passenger lists are not always clear or precise as to their exact routes and any ports of call on their way to their final destination. Demise. "Tel" or "Tel $" meaning Telegram, meaning they didn't have sufficient funds to travel to their intended destination, and they sent a telegram requesting money from a relative or someone else. I was in bed and heard gunshots, I ran downstairs and sat on the piano bench scared and I thought the Germans had invaded us. Passenger Lists From Ireland - 1803 - #1 Passenger List From Ireland - 1803 - #2 Bowditch, Liverpool to NY, May 1839 He helps Isabella escape from the castle during Manfred's suspenseful pursuit, while also attracting the . Radabaugh was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. On the far side of the ring you can see 5 British Naval Officers watching the match. McAfee was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. This story of Pvt. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. They are divided into: 1. inward bound passengers "assisted" (subsidised) "unassisted" (paying their own way), or "coastal" (travelling to Victoria from an Australian port), and 2. outward bound passengers, regardless of destination. Wayne remembers that when he was a young boy his grandfather told him how he lost friends who got cut in half by jumping to the decks of the HMS Mounsey as the sea was rolling, washing back seaman that had just jumped off the deck of the Otranto. If you do open up a destination port drop-down list, you will see an A-Z alphabetical list of available ports. 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. For example, you may know that your passenger sailed to Chile without knowing whether he or she disembarked at, say, Antofagasta, Iquique or Valparaiso. The life boats were lowered to act as fenders between the two ships but boat after boat was smashed into matchwood. [1], In 1926 Otranto was slightly damaged when she struck a rock at Cape Grosso, Greece during a heavy rainstorm. River ports on such navigable rivers as the Amazon and the Yukon mean that, for example, inland locations such as Manaus (Brazil) and Dawson City (Canada) are included. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. The passenger train was carrying 342 travellers and 10 crew, with two crew on the cargo train, Hellenic Train data showed. However, often you will need to view both card and list, as sea departure cards usually do not contain details of destination, although they do have the date and departure port, meaning that you should be able to tell if a card relates to the same voyage as a passenger list found in your search. His initial role in the novel is to illustrate the relationship between the fallen helmet and the prophecy of the true heir being revealed. About this time the HMS Mounsey was coming along side and the swells crashed the two ships together. For instance, in the New Zealand drop-down list, you will see a list of ports from Auckland to Westport from which to choose. 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.