New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
Captain Barr's Message.

Rad; "Volturno, Uranium Steamship
Company abandoned on account Of fire
Friday October 10, 900 a. m, latitude
SIS longitude S4S3.
Following is list of the saved on ten
assisting steamers:
"Carmania. /; La Touraine. 40; Mime
sDolls. 50: Rappahannock, 10: Car. 1927
yaragansett. %; Devonian. SO; kroon-
an3, %; Grosser Kurfurst, lo5; Seyd-
Htz 2 Incomplete lists of those saved
are on board VIII forward from Queens
town Advice has been received from
pgrser Volturno. original numbers. u
cabin, $40 Storage, 90 crew. Crew saved
on board Kroonland; Captain, chief, Sec
ond, third and fifth engineers. two tele-
graphlsts Narragansett: baker. steerage
steward Car; purser. surgeon, Grosser'
Kurfurst. Nineteen names have not been
,scelyed BARR.
The total list Of all persons on board.
according to figures sent by Captain
Barr as he got II from the original list OF
the Volturno's purser, is 657. He has &C
counted for 81 persons saved and dis
r.buted among the ten steamships, In
Guiding his own, which leaves 146 persons
unaecounted for.
1t was said at the Cunard Office yes
,srday that Captain Barr certainly must
have taken aboard the Carmania more
thsh one person. II the figure e. is an
error in cable transmission, as is general
y believed, the Carmania most likely has
taken on board many of the survivors
and that the loss of life will be compare
lively light
No details were received yesterday that
would Indicate when the fire broke out
On the volturno or how long she had
been fighting II. but II is assumed from
The number Of passengers saved and the
fact that the entire crew had been safely
transferred to the Kroonland that the
flames had been kept well under control
unt the rescuing ships arrived.
Cnofhcially II was said that the Are had
probably started on Thursday night when
the Carmania received her first distress
call from the Volturno. Westerly gales
Prevailing for the last week had kicked
Up rough sea. This condition with
sun northwester blowing, would make II
uncut for the westbound steamships 70
ea TO the burning vessel
carmania Speeds to Aid.
Tie Carmania was perhaps between
sixty and eighty miles west Of the
Uranium liner when she first heard the
AueTs call. She Is a triple screw tur-
s'ns steamship the first turbine vessel
Nought out by the Cunard Line. and
-aaer pressure can develop 20 knots.
Win the gale behind her and following
s'e she could get 10 the Volturno in APP
fortunately four and a half hours.
AZ soon as the message was received by
~s Carmania she relayed TO all ships
'Anln the sending range Of her wireless
S4lpment which is about 500 miles. the
ssuess call OF the Volturno, giving the
sitsrs position.
may have been that the rescuinS
,|S mad heard direct from the Nolturno.
w whichever way the news came. ten
steamships were on hand and, thanks TO
y efficiency OF wireless telegraDhy. were
we With their own lifeboats and those
me Volturno. to save 511 of the lat
y crew and passenger complement, and
's'haps more.
according TO the position Of the aban-
1'o steamship, given by Captain Barr
~u'ude 1926 longitude 3433, she was
~" Lo2O miles southwest Of Queens
y n and 100 miles southeast Of Cape
q ' Newfoundland, the nearest land
- was about 20 miles southeast OF
1'ooe 4lfG longitude 50.14. the eXacs
,uOh IN which the Titanic went down.
sue Volturno was inspected on Decen
ra 49, 1912, by an inspector from the
-''so States Steamboat Inspection Der
~ al this port and her owners were
..'eo TO put aboard 229 additional lie
Hsssvers.
'oIturno Could Carry 1904.
according TO Captain George T. Charl-
"a Inspector Of hulIs. the vessel had
~uh'ate showing that she had come up
s. me standard Of requirements OF the
.'sn Board OF Trade In some respects
ISL snort OF the standard Of require
S demanded In this country. but the
was not amenable TO the laws OF
y United States.
"e inspection here and examination OF
l "funeate showed that the vessel had
arriving capacity OF 1904 persons. in
ng ner crew Of ninety-three.
/ is1 Volturno was required to carry
a. NE preservers and life belts. but at
= ume Of her inspection here she had
~ L@z In accordance with her GER
:" the Yolturno carried fourteen