Refugees on Decks of S.S. Atratto

Front: Many men on deck of the Atratto. Back: Associated Press release attached. Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Associated Press release attached to wire photo verso: From London. 200 ton steamer arrested off Palestine with 400 refugees aboard after a month at sea. With 401 Men, women and children huddled on the upper deck with cattle and poultry, the Greek-manned Panama steamer Atratto was arrested inside territorial waters off Jaffa, Palestine, on July 17, by the Minesweeper H.M.S. Sutton. She was escorted into Haiffa where the captain and cr[ew] are awaiting trial for attempting to smuggle refugees into Palestine. Though crow[d]ed in misery on the open deck 25 pounds was the cost of the passage into Palestine, the fee not including bedding or food. Associated Press photo shows: the crowded decks of the S.S. Atratto, showing that even the lifeboat (Ventre) was displaced with the great crowd on the steamers\u27 decks. These \u27berths\u27 cost 25 pounds a head.https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1623/thumbnail.jp