The evening world., 1913-10-14

have been drowned. had not other ships
com, to the rescue. The Volturno's
Ats did not save a single passenger.
Make, twenty-five years old. lived
with his mother In America for several
wears and then returned to Germany for
hi. three years Of compulsory military
service. lie had completed his term and
was going back TO his family.
-FOUR SAILORS sUFFocATEo De-
FORE FIRE WAS KNOWN.
u. Masowsxy, = Yiddish sailor OF the
voiturno. said:
-Four sailors. OF watch. were sufYo.
Gated In the forecastis before We knew
there was a IRE. Perhaps more died that
way. An explosion did not start the IRE.
a. far as know. II came after. I was
scrubbins the deck amidship. when .
ships boy came racing down the deck.
yelling nrs at every jump. lie made
the tull length Of tho ship. arousins
sailors and passengers alike with his
screams.
This WAS about . A. NJ. and the nrst
knowledge any Of W had Of hre. There
vas much smoke forward. and appar-
emily the flames had been smoulderins
In the hold for some time. When the
IRE did break out II shot high in the
air forward and spread with amaslng
rApidity.
Il saw no panic. We eli turned In
and fought the IRE down until the en-
gines stopped. We stayed In that bias
ing hell as long a. mortal men could
stay. Our hair and eyebrows were
singed OF. our hands and faces we're
bllstered and our shoes were burned
through. We stayed there until Thurs
DAY night. No man Quit. No man
thought OF food. Capt Inch did not
drive any Of Us back with his pistol.
because nons tried to leave until all
had been done that could be done. The
reason we stopped fighting the fire. even
though the task had been obviously
hopeless for hours. was that tho engines
stopped and there was no power 10
pump more wafer through the hose.
FIRST MATE DROWNED IN the
-. FIRST BOAT LOWERED.
That night our nrst mate was drown
- In tho first boat lowered. Not .
boat vas lowered until Thursday night
TVuf Of them were smashed and two
WsrA lost. The other boau were use
lee, bssauss Of tangled tackle and
Capt. Inch cut them down ~ that they
might not b used. AL who attempted
To isavs the volturno In our boats were
lost.
''Ths fact Shak the last 10 b taken off
we're mosty womaa and children does
not indicaas ssWardaos On the PAX Of
The crew q ehs mon passenger. 4
grsat many men and sailors jumped
overheard AurtnG Thursday night Some
we're drowned end othsrs were rescued
BY the surT0undins steamer Thsrs
w0go few booIAaD women and ohildreo
asA the vOeeurno's omosrs left aboard
whom the ufsboaes ~ - ~ sarAy III.
day mornin6."
HsodNck 1An0aOa, ~ DssSGh second
cook o. The volturno. 80 Of those In.
jursd IN jumolnG iron the burning ship.
vas In Il TeurAins'o AesOital With .
broken LEG when ths UAse arrived
We nroe kAeW g tAo nse when Q
ship's boy raced over The ship csytns
'ntrsr at the 10 - ~ lungs." said
NAnnsmA "o0eko WaO Issuing from
dead 10 The foeeeA6tlA TAseo WAs No
explosion unai Atss. The chief onaoer
The purssr aaA thsie aasiseAnts began
- prepare beats Tor lowering. and grove
Ill the stosraSs DaAosagors an
There was no panic. but much weep
ing and che eriss q the women and
children we're tovohing. Neos Of " q
tAat time thought there WAS Grav<
d-.,:er. Until the engines were absn.
donsd ] sAW 10 confusion and N
tFossAiA I "a not 80 CAPT Inoh draw
.shls pistol axj I think hat story y 4
18trioat.ou. because thsre Was no 90
.eassion Tor . display Of force. NOBODY
tisd TO evit work.
'WAsa tAs arst boat was lowered
laAs Thura1Ay. afsse the engines stopps<
1saed. he arst mate toek charge an
several men found their way into tn
boat When II and three other boat
we're smashsd. drowning all. Capt Inoi
ordered no more boats lowered and en-
feVoed his order By cutting the rOpss
The passenger were treasured fror
tune to time By Capt. Inoh. who 'ol
eAe0 that the iirs was being con<rolle'
~ that the Carmania was coming
COFFEE, MILK AND sAN0Wichg
HANDED OUT.
stewards stopped nghtins IRE lon
enough 70 distribute coffee and sand
wicAes among the steerags passenger
aal bring milk for the babieA thin
that everything possible was done b
everybody. I saw no cowardice and n
cruelty. Those who lost their lives did 9
through their own haste. ! cannot undel
stand how the CaSmania came 10 saw
Sasy ono. Al !: vas the a-st ship
ssa0h w. think that the NarrasAnss
deserves the most credit for furnishin
the oil that cAlmsd the waves.
u broke my leg In . thres-foot fai
! lowering myself by . rope into one {
L. Tourains's boats. This was my FRI
Z trip after four years on iaad."
!, Few of the survivors aboard La TOY
/. raine spoke English or French. ~
~ were unable to communicate with the
rsscuers. They kneeied on tho decl
and wept to-day when n sugboat mee
ing the liner At the harbor's entranS
brought q score Of newspaper corr
spondents who could speak Dutch AZ
. uorwsn. When some OF those on Il