
When I Heard the Bell
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She never made it. At two in the morning, the ship ran aground by the mouth of Stornoway harbour, and over 200 men drowned in what remains Britain's biggest peacetime disaster at sea since the loss of the Titanic - devastating the Isle of Lewis and scarring a generation.
Acclaimed journalist John MacLeod examines the events of that dreadful night and uncovers a story not only of official incompetence, error and neglect but also of individual heroism, and the resilience and faith of a remarkable people.
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'Evocative and wholly wonderful' -- Roger Hutchinson * The Scotsman * 'Vividly written' * Press and Journal * 'Compelling ... fuelled by fury' * The Herald * 'Extremely impressive ... holds, grips, moves and - sometimes - shocks and appalls' * Shetland Life *More details
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- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- Prologue
- 'Raoir Reubadh an Iolaire' - Murchadh MacPhàrlain (Murdo MacFarlane)
- 1 The Dark Ship THE CONTINUED RESONANCE OF AN UNIQUE DISASTER
- 2 Tolsta 1917 LIFE AND WORK ON LEWIS DURING THE GREAT WAR
- 3 'A Happy New Year, Commander Mason' A MUDDLE, A SHIP AND A VOYAGE
- 4 The Beasts of Holm THE WRECK OF HMY IOLAIRE
- 'The Iolaire' - Iain Crichton Smith
- 5 'Grief Unutterable' THE DESOLATION OF AN ISLAND
- 6 'Searching and Impartial Inquiry' THE QUEST FOR ANSWERS - AND EXCUSES
- 7 'My heart is so full of him - and my loss of him so great' CHARITY AND MISERY, WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
- 8 Dead Reckoning REMEMBERING, EXPLAINING
- 'Banntrach Cogaidh' - An t-Urr Iain MacLeòid (Rev. John MacLeod)
- Appendix I: Charts
- Appendix II: The Ship
- Appendix III: The Lost and the Saved - 1 January 1919
- Sources
- Acknowledgements
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