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The cottager's widow. J. Catnach, Printer, 2, Monmoth-Court, 7 Dials

The cottager's widow. J. Catnach, Printer, 2, Monmoth-Court, 7 Dials

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Work of the ARC on the Otranto disaster, when nearly 450 lives were lost. Distributing Red Cross supplies to the cottager who cared for the Otranto survivors on the bleak coast of Islay, Scotland. Practically all the survivors who were landed here after their shop went to pieces had to be put to bed and given medical attention at once. The cottagers were wonderful in their unbounded hospitality, putting their all at the disposal of the RC. The Red Cross had to bring food and other supplies by car twenty miles over some of the roughest country in the world

Work of the ARC on the Otranto disaster, when nearly 450 lives were lo...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: American Red Cross Official Photograph. Group title: Otranto Disaster, England. O... More