Mikiya bala'i
Iolaire ta nutse ne a bakin tekun tare da mastakinta ta fito daga cikin ruwan, wanda ya ceci Donald Morrison.
Lokacin da Jamus ta amince da shirin yaƙi a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 1918, an fara ruguzawa a cikin sojojin Burtaniya. Talakawan jirgin ruwa sun sha'awar hakan, da kuma manyansu da, sama da duka, 'yan siyasa. Dubban daruruwan matasa, wadanda ake tsare da su a karkashin tsauraran horo, wani lokacin mil mil daga gidajensu, galibi suna fuskantar kasadar rasa rayukansu a cikin watannin da suka gabata, a daidai lokacin da barazanar "Huns" ta zama kamar ba ta wanzu, wani abu mai fashewa. .
Da alama dai fargabar barkewar rashin gamsuwa a tsakanin talakawan sojoji ne, ba wai batun tattalin arziki ba, ya zama babban abin da ya haddasa gaggawar korar sojoji da ma'aikatan ruwa daga mukamai. Don haka, mayaƙan da aka lalatar da su sun yi yawo gida a cikin daula mai tsayi da faɗi. Koyaya, wannan “tafiya mai nisa zuwa gida” ba ta ƙare da kyau ga kowa ba. Ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa da sojoji na Lewis da Harris a cikin Hebrides na waje sun kasance masu mugun hali.
Hailing daga Outer Hebrides, ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa (mafi rinjaye) da sojoji sun taru zuwa Kyle na Lochalsh. Ya kamata a lura a nan cewa daga cikin kusan 30, 6200 mazauna Lewis da Harris sun shigar da kusan mutane XNUMX, wanda a aikace shine mafi yawan matasa masu dacewa.
Kyle na Lochalsh ƙauye ne da ke bakin ƙofar Loch Alsh. kimanin kilomita 100 kudu maso yammacin Inverness kuma an haɗa shi ta hanyar dogo. Ma'aikatan jirgin sun isa Inverness, an kore su daga sabis a Orkney tushe na Grand Fleet - Scapa Flow. Wannan, da kuma gaskiyar cewa jirgin ruwa na gida, mai suna Sheila, yana tafiya sau ɗaya a rana daga Kyle na Lochalsh zuwa Stornoway a kan Lewis da Harris, kuma a rana ta ƙarshe ta 1918 fiye da rabin mutane dubu da aka lalata sun taru a wurin. Duk da haka, ba kowa ne ke da wuri a cikin jirgin ba.
Sama da matasa 100 ne suka kara dakata, wanda idan aka yi la’akari da irin bacin rai da bacin rai, yana da hadari a kansa. Kwamandan yankin teku, Lieutenant Richard Gordon William Mason (wanda ke zaune a Lochalsh), a fili bai so ya yi hulɗa da ’yan’uwan teku masu bikin Sabuwar Shekara ba kuma ya yanke shawarar yin amfani da ma’aikacin rikon Iolar, wanda ke tashar jiragen ruwa, don kai ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa. Kwamandansa, Laftanar Walsh, da kuma Mason daga Royal Navy Reserve) ba a sanar da shi a gaba ba cewa an yi masa tanadin aikin sufuri. Lokacin da Walsh ya sami labarin cewa yana da kusan mutane ɗari da zai shuka, da farko ya nuna rashin amincewa. Hujjojinsa sun yi daidai - a cikin jirgin yana da jiragen ruwa guda 2 ne kawai masu karfin da bai wuce mutane 40 da riguna 80 ba. Mason, duk da haka, yana marmarin guje wa matsala ko ta yaya, ya dage. Bai gamsu ba har ma da hujjar cewa Kwamanda Iolaire bai taba kira a Stornoway da dare ba kuma tashar tashar jiragen ruwa tana da matukar bukata ta fuskar kewayawa. A yayin da jami’an biyu ke kan hanyar dakile tashe-tashen hankula, wasu ma’aji biyu tare da mutanen da aka kora suka isa tashar. Wannan ya warware matsalar, - Mason ya yanke shawara a zahiri.
a alamance, "kashe" halin da ake ciki. Don haka, mutane 241 suka shiga Iolaire. Ma'aikatan jirgin 23.
Kyle na Lochalsh yana da nisan mil 60 daga Stornoway. Don haka ba ta da nisa, kuma hanyar ta ratsa ta cikin magudanar ruwa na mashigin Minch, wanda ke da yanayin yanayi mai yawa.
