Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-13
Carmania Reports That Two
Got Away, Each With 35
Persons Aboard.
CUTS DEATH LIST IN TWO
If THEY HAVE ESCAPED
Succoring Vessels Report Desperate
Efforts at Rescue in Tumul-
tuous Storm.

FISHGUARD. October ls.-The Car
mania, first of the rescuing vessels on
the scene OF the disaster to the volturno
arrived here shortly after o'clock this
afternoon. Capt Barr met the newspaper
correspondents with a positive refusal
TO say word about the Volturno until
the Carmania resshed Liverpool and he
had delivered his report to the Cunard
| company.
He referred his would-b interviewers
to the ships bulletin for an accurate
account or the tragedy. The greater
part of the contents of this had already
become history.
The fire on the Volturno appears TO
| have originated in her cargo hold When
| 1t became evident that the fiames had
gained the mastery Capt Francis Inch
devoted all his energy to the salvation
| OF his passengers.
Six Small Boats Launched.
| The Carmania's bulletin says that six
| small boats. were launched from the
Nolturno. that two OF them. with
thirty-five persons each on board got
away and that the other four were
smashed against the ships side and all
their occupants perished.
| After the failure Of the lifeboats from
L
ship. and when Capt Barr maneuvered
his vessel close to the Nolturno. the
passengers on board the Cunarder did
everything in their power to encourage
the terrified crowd huddled together
In the after part OF the Volturno. They
waved handkerchiefs and shouted
! cheering words through megaphones
| to which they received answering sig
nails from the emigrants on the Vol
/ turno. Baked In his attempt to es-
tablish communication between the
| Carmania and the Volturno. Capt Barr
| sent out broadcast wireless signals
| which brought to the vicinity an in
ternational fleet to the succor OF the
doomed ship.
Life Rats Were Futile.
Late Thursday afternoon Capt. Barr
made another attempt to reach the Vol
/ turno by throwing overheard life RATS.
which he hoped might be secured by
4 those on board. but this attempt also
proved futile.
In the meantime the despairing mes-
i sages from Capt. Inch of the Yolturno
| calling for succor grew more insistert as
| the flames ate their way through Great
| clouds of smoke enveloped the ship.
| At about Z O'Clock in the evening Capt.
| Inch succeeded In lowering boat in
| charge OF the second officer of the Vol
| turno and a crew of four men, with the
| kurfuerst
The small boat. after desperate strug-
| gle, reached the German liners side. only
| to be dashed to pieces Its occupants
managed to seize lines thrown out by the
| German sailors and were thus saved
Flames Light Up Sky.
About half-past nine at night the sky
was suddenly illuminated with lurid
glare as the flames burst through another
part OF the Volturno.
| Capt. Inch then sent last despairing
| appeal and twenty minutes later there
occurred a terrific explosion which to the
| helpless thousands OF spectators on board
| the surrounding vessels seemed to seal
the doom of those on the stricken ship.
After describing the rescue of the Ger
| man Walter Trintepohl, the only sur
| vivor taken on board the Carmania the
bulletin proceeds that the hope of saw
| ing any more OF those on board the Vol
| turno had been almost abandoned when
| the sea suddenly moderated and the feet
| Of rescuing ships was able 10 get away
| number OF hfeboats and take OH all
| the survivors.
| Can't Inch left his vessel at o'clock
| Friday morning carrying with him all the
| ships papers.
Oil Poured on Waves.
| Il Will De up WIFI tne lilIih III Tue
morning." was the cheerful reply radio
graphed by Commander Harwood of the
Angio-American oil steamer Narragan-
| sett to the carmania's call for help. As
soon as Capt. Barr Of the Cunard steam
| er realized the situation he told the
| Marcom operator on board the carmania
| to get in touch with the oil steamer, as
| an abundant supply of oil seemed TO be
| the only means of subduing the violence
of the seas and OF facilitating the rescue
operations. The Carmania quickly pick
| ed I'D the oil ship and received the hearty
response quoted.
True to his words the skipper Of the
lNarragansett brought his steamer onto
the scene early Friday morning and
Immediately sIuiced hundreds of tons
of oil on the waves. Humphrey Jones,
a passenger on the Carmania, describ-
ing the scene at the wreck, said the
international fleet worked splendidly
and with the regularity of naval re-
view The Grosser Kurfuerst the
Kroonland and the CZar did wonder
fully THE spectacle of the burning
ship in the middle of q ring of yes
sells impotent to help" he said. was
too terrible to describe. But for the
su ubsidence of the storm all on board
the vOlturno most assuredly have