Cost of Assistance
It may be of interest to our readers to give a few instances (out of a great
many) of relief afforded by the Society with regard to particular vessels.
In the case of the ss Falaba, sunk by a German submarine on March 28, £129
15s was expended, including temporary assistance to 13 widows, 24 orphans and
6 aged parents. The steam-trawler Horatio of Grimsby, was reported as
missing and there is every reason to believe that she was a victim of an
enemy submarine. 10 widows and 18 orphans were relieved by the distribution
of £120 17s 6d. Of cases where the crews were saved and taken charge of by
the Society’s Hon Agents, the following may serve as examples:- The ss
Dumfries, 41 men were landed at Ilfracombe on May 19 and £87 11s 2d paid for
board, clothing etc, of 53 men. The ss Iona was sunk on June 3, and the 54
men saved were relieved at Kirkwall, Wick and Inverness to the amount of £79.
The ss Inkum’s crew of 41 men were landed at Falmouth on June 4, and the
expenses incurred by the Society came to £93 13s 11d. It should be added
that the cost of the men’s railway and steamboat fares will also be defrayed
by the Society when the accounts from the companies are sent in. In not a
few cases the Society’s expenses in connection with the men landed have been
either repaid by the owners of the ships, or have been recognised by
donations, the most notable of such payments being enumerated under ‘Special
Contributions.’ But the fact remains that, at the close of the half-year,
the Society’s overdraft at the bank stood at £2,744.
Title |
Cost of Assistance
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Author |
Unknown
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Item date |
June 1915
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Creation place |
Various
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Item source | |
Item medium | |
Content | |
Cataloguer |
Everett Sharp
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Filename |
GWA_3954_Cost_of_Assistance.txt
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
Julia Allison
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Contributed on the behalf of |
Shipwrecked Mariners' Society
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Collection
Citation
“Cost of Assistance,” by Unknown. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/5685.
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