The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-13
FIRST DEFINITE
NEWS OF HORROR

NEW YORK, oct. 12.-Thc first
definite news of the burning of the
steamship Volturno in mtd-ocean on
Thursday, of the death by fire or
drowning of 1874 of her passengers and
crew, and of the rescue OIL. Friday
morning by eleven steamships of 533
women and children. was re-
cciyed tonight by the sun, and by the
Uranium steamship line.
The RappahannoCk. one of the
eleven ships that came up in time to
assist in the periious work OF rescue,
wirelcssed the first list of names Of
persons saved. She IL on her way
to Halifax with fifteen women and
touF children.
Unless these women and children
were transferred from the Kappa
hammock to another ship in the neigh
horhood, they Will he taken to Halifax
-tF'-4 with n rive here ~ tt-~tiev The-
Rappahannock's wireless expressed
the hope hat she could arrive on
schedule time.
Tell Narrowing Tale.
The Furness. Witty 4 Cos ship
reported that approximately seventy
or eighty had persisted. but at h
same time reported liz to be missing.
On the other hand. Captain Barr, of
the tarmania, places the number of
rescued at 521. which would seem to
biF@ii tHaN tiit ibNS bt IKE IN 90. m
Guiding the two boat loads of immi-
grants who eseap ped being dashed
against the Nolturno's side on Thurs
day morning, but who. ii is believed
now, were soon after swallowed up in
the terrific gale that was raging.
The eleven ships-the name OF an
additional member of the interna-
ttonal rescuing squadron, the oil tank
steamship New York, was supplied
today by a wireless message from
the Grosser kurfuerst-searched the
ocean unavailinsly long after the last
of the NolturHo's survivors have been
taken of the burning ship The storm
was so great that the captains of the
eleven ships have given up for lost
the passengers of the two missing
lifeboats.
The Wireless Signal.
The wireless dispatch received from
the Grosscr kurfuerst supplied with
disappointing brcvity some Of the es-
senttal details. It told of a great ex-
plosion which killed forty of the crew
and passengers, Of the disappearance
into the storm of two boat loads OF
passengers. with about one hundred
In them, and of the number Of sur
ViVors that had been taken on the
various rcsCuing ships.
h dispatch reads.
'Grnsser kurfuerst. Cape Race ra-
dio. october 18TH.
Sun, New York.
-Four Noiturno boats smashed.
Forty persons were drowned. Two
boats with one hundred souls
missing.
Forty men were killed by the ex-
p%losion. The Touratnc has forty-two
survivors, the NarraKansett twenty
light. the New York eighteen. the
Seydlitz forty-six. mostly women and
children, the Devonian sixty. the
Kroonland ninety, including Captain
Inch, who Is wounded: the chief en-
sineer, two engineers and the two
wireless operators. the Kurfuerst 100,
including officers and engineers, the
Carmanta one. the Czar ninety-two,
including the doctor and the purser,
the Minneapolis thirty-one, and the
Rappahannock nineteen"
The Uranium line received from the
Cunard line the text OF a wireless
message that had been sent by Captain
Barr, of the Carmania. to his office
in Liverpool. 1t was as follows:
"Carmania due at Queenstown 5 A.
NJ, Monday The Volturno is floating
ablaze at the fore end. Her masts
and funnel are standing. Northwest
gale moderating. The records are in
complete. Only n survivor here. II
is supposed that 1876 were lost. They
attempted 60 get away In the ships
boats previous to the arrival OF the
steamships"
The Grosser Kurfuerst this morn
ing sent out a skeleton story of the
disaster. and of the work OF rescue.
The dispatch read.
Sent to Rescue.
The Grosser Kurfuerst was in lati- |
tude 1850 north. longitude 35.0S west,
when the call for help was received
from the Folturno. When we arrived
near the Voiturno we found that she
was ahre at the forepart. There had
been an explosion. which killed many
passengers and ember OF the crew.
Rescuing steamers arrived Thursday
and early Friday morning. There was
a violent storm and heavy seas which !
endangered the Volturno, and made
rescue impossible for many hours, Two
of the boats of the Grosser k~urfuerst
were lowered and kept at work on
Thursday night from . +. NJ until
ais A. NJ. 1t was impossible for them
TO get near the V~olturno. A boat was
lowered from the Yolturno, but 1t was
capsized. Fiv men, who were in IL.
were saved by this ship.
THE total OF those rescued from the
was 5z3. or these los were
taken on board the rGosser Kurfuerst.
There are eighty six passengers. two
o~fiicers, one engineer and six
team sailors Two full boat loads from