Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-14
La Touraine and 0evonian.
Rescue Ships. Put
Into Port.
HELPLESS CHILDREN
HAVE LOST PARENTS
Remnants of Families Grief Strick.
en-Plot Against volturno
Is Denied.

HAVRE. France. October I4--Ls
Touraine Of the French lire. one OF the
rescue ships which figured in the Vol
turno disaster TO reach port arrived al
Hsyre this morning. la Touraine had
forty-two survivors Of. the disaster on
board
On the forward deck OF the Touraine
when she arrived at the quay was a
group OF eight children from three 10
twelve years old who had been rescued
from the Volturno and whose parents
either had perished or were aboard
other rescuing steamers The children
had been made much Of since they
were brought on board the Touraine
from the burning volturno
One OF the most striking facts. sc-
cording TO the passengers of the Tou-
ralne. was the arrival Of children from
the burning vessel apparently not be-
longing TO any one and seeming no
have been completely left to take care
or themselves by their parents
Two children. with their mothers. anu
tHenty-seven sturdy Polish peasants.
with three of the crew OF the Nolturno.
made up the total of .forty-two rescued
by La Touraine.
Survivors Cared For.
Some of the frantic and grief-striclen
rescued passengers wore their sheepskin
coats, while others had been provided
with clothing from the trunks OF the pas
sengers OF la TouraiRe. The survivors
had been well cared pr by the officers
of the Touraine, and had been supplied
with small sums of RQney by the pas
sengers. All the rescl passengers were
First Lieut.. lzenic, r. the Touraine told
"ft was $40 o;cj (eK Thursday morn
ing he said. eA we received the
first wireless mesake0hat the volturno
miles away. We reached the volturno
at . O'Clock in the evening and found ten
other steamers already on the scene.
Heavy smoke was streaming away from
the forward matches of the Volturno.
whose passengers had assembled In the
after part of the ship. The women anc
l1sSt ~ 1ss ss,s w S sisss s While The men
Formed a iiue nearest to the point OF
danger:
Crew Battled Flames.
Everything ON board Of the volturns
appeared quiet and under organized con-
steadily with the hose. pouring water
into the matches from which red tinged
smoke was issuing. IT was obvious from
our bridge that the efforts OF the crew
of the yciturnc 10 extinguish the fire
were futile as the hames rapidly gained
strength
Twenty ilen among our Passengers
vino we're yachtsmen or otherwise Ia
miliar with the sea. volrnteered to help
~ -i.,s..
not needed
Many OF the survivors OF the Nolturno
showed signs Of violence. according TO
passengers of the Touraine arriving in
Paris today. One woman bore scratches
and bruises all over her body, which she
in the boats
Looked Like Torch.
What followed after the arrival OF La
Touraine in the vicinity OF the Noitdrno
is related in detailed report sent b.
Capt Caussin TO the French Transatlan-
tic Company. He says:
THE forward part of the Nolturnp
looked to me like an incandescent brazier
..As soon as the sea was beginning to
moderate l thought of putting out boats
but the opinion of all my -ofhcers was
against the lowering of lifeboats. SEM
out a whaleboat. however
."rhe Volturno at this time had her
stern in the aif, while forward and ainio
ships she was nothing but great loren
sifty Reach Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL. October 14.-The Leyland
l,e steamer Deyonian, commanded oN
Can't. Trant, arrived Dere today, prinS-
ing fifty Volturno survivors. On board
tic Devonian were many remnants OF
families crazed with grief and terror AZ
the tragedy through which they had
.passed Ernst Hermann, terman
passenger was the first To notice the
fire in the hold of the Volturno. He
saws that the flames even then had made
such progress THAT IL WAS e'ioeh'is 'nn-
possible to subdue them. :.
Among the rescued WAS a baby which
the hysterical mother had hung into tha
sea Arthur Hazelwood. seaman OF
the Devonian sprang overheard ana
rescued the child. Another pathetic
ay,Ire was that of b tiny girl of four
wears whose identity and nationality
even is unknown. she stood among the.
unclaimed.
Denies Plot Charge.
ROTTERDAM october 14.-Capt. Tins
ley. the agent Of the Uranium line. de-
clares today that the reports of plot,
against the vessels OF. the line, published
in Europe and America are absolutely
untrue. He said:
..I never said word to anybody reiac
tive TO a letter having been received by
the company threatening to burn the
snip.
Volturno Afioat Sunday.
+ LONDON. October. 1.-THE volturno
was stiIl afoat the afternoon Of Sun
day. IL. latitude 47.;:1 north. longitude
As west There apparently is possi-
birity Of the hulk yet reaching land.
f. The Campania vas In her vicinity at a
quarter past = ON Octooer L." says Capt
Rostron in wireless dispatch TO the
Cunard company. The derelict was then
going southeast. making about knot an
hour Her hull appeared TO be In good
condition and likely TO float indefinitely.
careful search was made by US for the
missing boats. The Lorraine six hours
later continued the search. but did not see.
any boats
Saw Rescuers Drown.
Mrs Charles Finch of Joliet, ILL.,. pas
seuger on the steamer Carmania who
..-;X,.z,casf .l1 ,.escue of some M fha ,.e