Arizona republican., 1913-10-13
Walter TrintepohI, Third Class Passenger On H. Fated Volturno, Is On Way to London In Ships
 Hospital of the Carmania.
CREW TRIED TO
 SAVE SELVES FIRST
Captain Was Obliged to Fight Them Back and When They Did Launch Boats They Were Quickly Swamped and Lost.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

LONDON. Oct. 12.-The latest ac- counts of the disaster to the steam ship Volturno, which was burned and abandoned in mid-ocean on Fri day morning, confirm that the loss of life will be limited to about 136 The Carmania, the first of the res cuing ships to reach the burning steamer, arrived off Queenstown this morning. but owing to the gale proceeded to Fishguard, where she is due to arrive at eleven o'clock in the morning. A graphic story of the solitary survivor aboard the Carmania, received by wireless. pre- sents a terrible picture of horror. panic and confusion aboard the burning liner. Walter Trintepohl, a German, who tells the story how ever, is clearly suffering from the stress of illness and his experiences and his story are too incoherent to be accepted in every detail. He de- nies that two boats got off from the Volturno. According to other ac- counts, Captain Inch was the last to leave the vessel, which was still burning Friday night, and was a danger to other navigation.
 Forty of those lost were in the two boats which succeeded in getting away from the burning vessel which were without doubt swamped. The majority of the other victims were lost when four other boats smashed against the steamers sides.
 All this occurred before the ar rival of the Carmania and other lin CTS summoned by the wireless calls for help.
 Arthur Sturgeon. a passenger on the Carmania, in a wireless dis patch. supplements his own descrip- ton of the burning vessel and the rescue of the passenger of the Vol turno by a story told him by Trin- tepOhl who swan to the Carmania and was rescued in an exhausted condition. Since being taken aboard the Carmania, TrintepOhI has been in the ships hospital, ill with pneu- monia. He told the story to MT. Sturgeon before he became serious ly i'll. Trintepohl was a third class passenger on the Volturno.
 All went we'll" said Trintepohl. until six o'clock Thursday morn ing. when the fire alarm was sound ed. We were aroused and told to go on deck as fire had broken out in the hold. On assembling life belts were handed around and my time was occupied in fastening them. We were told that the fire might soon be quenched. but the captain thought it was wise for all to have belts as a precaution.
 The fire grew worse. and we saw things blazing down below. About ten o'clock there was a cry to lower the boats.
 The captain behaved splendidly, and so did the officers, who were English. I am sorry to say that the crew, who were Germans and Belgians behaved very badly. Peo- pie rushed about wildly and the crew seemed to think they ought to have first place. Instead of quiet ing the passengers they made the panic still worse.
 The first officer took charge of the first boat but although he wanted the women and children saved first the majority of those who entered the boat were mem bers of the crew. This boat was smashed against the ships side Just as it reached the water 1t broke in two and all were drowned
 Tn the meanwhile attempts were made to lower a second boat. After the chief steward had thrown provisions in he jumped in himself. There were more men than women and children in this boat. which was broken against the ship All were drowned.
 These two boats were amidships. Three others were launched afterwards