Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
FLEET OF LIFEBoATs TAKES
521 OFF DOOMED voLTURNc

London, England.-The Volturno Of
the Uranium line, burning and help
less in a raging mid-Atlantic storm
last Thursday sent a WIRELESS call
over the sea and drew to her ten
ships that came up in time to save
521 of her 657 passengers and crew.
All but sixteen were steerage passen-
gers. The other 1876 were swallowed
by the ocean when the lifting waves
crushed four of the Volturno's life
boats against the ships side.
For more than 20 hours the ten res
cuing ships that had wheeled in their
courses when the S. o. s. call halted
them in the storm cruised around the
V%olturno, unable to give aid because
of the, dangers of wind and wave.
Great Ship Ablaze.
1t was not until Friday morning
that they were able to transfer the
remainder of the Volturno's passen-
gers who we're for the most part i'm
migrants from southeastern Europe
bound for Halifax and New York.
And it was a matter of two or three
hours at the least that meant the diff
ference between life and death to the
sci who had been driven aft by the
growing fire and who had about given
up all hope.
On Thursday night, as it fell dark,
the 5000 passengers of the ten ships
that had come up to deliver the Vol
turno's people had n of the most
remarkable experiences that ever fell
to people that sail the sea. They saw
a great ship burning in the center
of a feet impotent to help. The flames
leaping from the Volturno illuminated
the great waves that daunted the
rescuing vessels. All around were
steamships ablaze with light, whose
people heard the cries of the Vol.
turno's passengers and were power
less to give aid.
Carmania First to Report.
These ten ships were the Carmania
of the Cunard line, the Grosser Kur-
fuerst of the North German Lloyd,
the Rappahannock, the Kroonland of
the Red Star line, La Touraine of the
French line, the Minneapolis of the
Atlantic transport line, the Gear, the
Narragansett, the Devonian and the
Seydlitz, a tramp steamer. Early
Friday morning, the weather having
moderated, these ships we're able to
lower small boats to take OFF the
V%olturno's passengers.
Capt. Barr of the Carmania, whose
wireless message to the offices of the
Cunard line in Liverpool gave the
first news of one of the greatest ma
rine disasters In history, placed the
number that had been rescued as
follows:
Carmnia, IL: La Touraine, 40; Min.
neapolis, 80; Rappahannock, 10; Gar,
1872; Narragansett, 20; Devonisan, SO;
Kroonland, 80; Grosser Kurfuerst,
los, and Seydlitz, 80, making SCI in
all.
Many of the rescued will be taken
to New York. The Kroonland, which
is due in New York today in the or
binary course Of things, is more apt
to arrive tomorrow with the 80 she
saved, and the Grosser Kurfuerst,
with 1O5 survivors, ought to reach
New York by Wednesday merning,
each ship being considerably delayed
by the work of rescue. The others
rescued will be taken to the destina.
ton Of the ships that carry them. Tho
Rappahannock is due at st. John, N.
B., October is. The Carmania will
reach Liverpool today. La Tourraine
is expected to make Havre today. The
Minneapolis was due here on october
10, the Gear at Rotterdam October IA,
the Narragansett at London on Oct0-
Der II and the Devonian at Liverpool
on October IA. The destination Of
the freighter Sevdlitz is uncertain.