The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-13
TERRIBLE SCENES
ATTENDED DESTRUCTION

HI lLHULD ULOlNUUl lUN
Continued from First page)
spite what Captain Inch and his on.
GERS could do This was quickly
broken against the side of the ship.
Great waves piled against u. crushing
It like an eggshell, All in i went
down.
These two boats were launched
amidships, Three other boats were
then put out from the after part Of
the ship. The fourth officer was in
one of them. l cannon say hich
was his boat. Everything was in con-
fusion. Ropes were broken. ckle
j%anned The occupants of the three
boats were turned over into the water
and drowned or killed.
Captain Inch saw what had hap
pcned, saw the tanElc Of rigging and
tackle, He cut the tackle of the
other boats SO that they could nnt
hr launched, It was suicide to try
Ia leave the chip tN such a storm.
We ON board knew that the Carmania
had answered our calls - help. and
we were glad that th@ aptAi had
cut the tackle. We wanted to stay
where we We're to wait for the Car
mania,
when the Carmanla came in
sight we All said. Now We will he
saved But the fremcn rushed up
from below and refused TO &c back.
Captain Incl got a his revolver
ana drove them below Ike sheep, He
would have shot them down If they
hati not obeged rim. The fire soon
D got to the boiler rooms and they had
To come n deck. This WAS very soon
after the captain had driven them
below.
Fire spreads Fast.
THE fire was spreading fast. The
engines cnpldn't he worked We
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soon as tho CarmaUia came in sight
the captain made all Of the women
and children 60 to one side of the
ship and kept the men on the other
side. He WAS compelled TO leave the
bridge because the fire had got too
hot.
This was ahdut the worst hour Of
the day. Womtn were shricking.
Some laughed crafty, Some tainted.
No man can remember all of the
things that happened. We hadn't
thought of food, but after the Car
mania got near we considered that
we had better get something. We
went To the Kitchen No cooks ,or
stewards were there. so some of us
pa made coffee. hclped our
selves to biscuits and piCNled beef,
and timed Stuffs. Most ot the pas
l~sengers refused 10 eat anything. There
were some that could see nothing but
death in sight. They were sure that
the storm would last and that the
fire would drive them into the sea,
we saw RATS sent 0Ht from the
tCarnnania. but nobody told Ky to jump.
In fact We didn't know what the
ra fts we're there for Al 6 o'clock on
Thursday night the decks aft be-
gan Ia get hot.
THE decks got hotter and hotter,
but we were too excited to feel the
heat"
T~rintepohl paused IN his story at
this point, Mr.. Spurreon says. and
plancea at his shoes. Mr. S%purgeon
had shown him the burned soles.
An Awful Experience.
Il don't remember when that hap
! pcned." he went on: "But It was aw-
ful when the flames burst out Many
Of the women and some of the men
tore their hair aud screamed in theif
fear other FroVrlled on the deck
Some stood quite sim,
There was an explosion which
I threw up great quantities Of blazing
wood ana red hot metal. Some were
killed This made the panic worse.
4 After the explosion. | thought j a
\ better jump, / am a good swimmer
and / thought | could make the Car
mania. which by then was compare
lively close to us one Of the pas
sengers. an E~ngishman, said he would
go with me. and one of the crew was
willing 10 take a chance. | jumped
first. They followed. but / never saw
them again. Undoubtedly they were
drowned
y made for a German ship and
shouted AS loudly ms ] could, They
.-u l---3 .~. H.vVF,Aun f1a wind
kept them from hearing. 1t was hard
work swimming and several times l
thought | was gone, but i kept night
ing and turning toward the Carmania-
shouted for help when | got pretty
close to the Carmania. The ship was
turning her searchlight over the. water,
and finally the beam of light covered
me. They saw me from the ship and
] heard voices calling out to me to
keep going and they would take me
in.
II became half unconscious. / sup.
pose, Keeping myself up mechanically.
j don't know how l was taken out.
Five Of Gre Perish.
The main reason / left the Vul>
turnp was that i believed the whole
ship would blow NJ and destroy us
all During the day five sailors and
one steward fell in the fire and We're
burned to death, Then / came away
] don't hin of anything else now"
Trintepohl became very i'll and was
unable to continue his story. He was
attended by a doctor Of the Car
mania and put TO bed. He will re-
cover from his frightful experience.
For a time he was threatened with
pneumonia. having been in the ocean
more than an hour, His story was
told somewhat ineoherently in broken
English.
From MIR. spurgeon there was re-
ceived an additional story by aero
gram tonight. in which he said that
the last message received on he Car
mania from The N0lturno was at 0
O'Clock on Thursday night. The last
appeal was;
For Coda sake help as. or we per-
ish.''
The wireless apparatus Of the Vol
turno then gave out.
About that time the fore part of the
ship appeared to burst into flames.
put By some sort OF nIiIaese the fire
dir not spread TO The after deck.
Boats Were Swamped.
Mr. Sturgeon says that Mr.. iTrinte. :