Iolaire disaster recalled on isle
The 90th anniversary of the wrecking of a ship carrying hundreds of
sailors home following the end of World War I has been marked on the
Western Isles.
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About 300 people gathered at a memorial on Lewis dedicated to the Iolaire disaster in which 205 of the 280 passengers died.
The yacht was wrecked on a reef called the Beasts of Holm off Lewis in the early hours of 1 January 1919.