The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-14

brought to the vicinity an international
heet &c the succor of the doomed shin.
81 about Z o'clock In the eveniur
Captain Inch succeeded in lowering :,
hpat with crew OF four men with the
intention OF taking a lire 10 the Gros-
ser Kurfuers;
me small boat, after a desperate
s,rnSele. reached the German liner.
., ~ oAiS TO be dashed To pieces. Abou.
.,SV NJ night Captain Inch sent q las,
uespa'rihS appeal. and twenty minutes
iatcr there occurred a terrific eynio
sioh. :" hich IL seemed would seal the
1o'''' 81 those on the stricken ship
Sen Suddenly Moderntcs
A1ter the rescue OF Walter Trinto
rom. The only survivor taken on hoar,,
me Carmania. hope OF saving any more
or those on the Nolturno had been nj
most abandoned. The sea suddenly
moderated and the rcscuing ships were
able 10 set away Il number OF life-
toats ana take OF the survivors
= \. watson. OF Philadelphia, a pas
S,hser or the Carnania. said that the
Shici credit for saving those on tho
N9isurno w2s undoubtedly due 10 the
\ OIL ship NarranEansctt Only = feu,
5000 swimmers" he declared, would
I nave survived from the Inflated shin
hao not the Narragansett made free
! use OF oil To calm the terrible waves
Harr Directs Operations.
:" hen the Carnania arrived. Can
cam Barr, with daring amounting
seemingly to foolhardiness. Instructed
FIRST Oricer Gardiner to lower n small
po'' rms. after terrible buffctinp.
'csaihcd IN" tartlan,a with only three
oars intact After this miraculous cs-
cape Captain Barr did not again AZ
tempt TO launch Il single boat Hence
our snip saved only one passenger
WHO swan TO her
captain Barr stood OF and directed
operations, acting in effect as COM
inaNder Of the feet gathered about the
! Nolturno. The Carinania tfied bo,h
| lore and ait oil sprays hut without
cnect Tie captain sent out wireless
/ calls IN all directions for an oil shin.
1 and his efforts We're rewarded BY an
| hr@WeT from tho Narraganse;t
/ oil Reduces WIVES.
AS soon as the NarraSansett bchap
I 10 spray oil about the doomed ship.
( The waves subsidized rs by magic The
small! boats were then enabled To RIM
aside the liner and take the people
from the ladders. The rescue work
was over In very short time Eleven
iheFs ioF'ned the boundary around the
film OF oil and the survivors were
hoisted aboard the various steamers
without trouble
I'VE then eruised about for TWO
hours. searching for the lifcboats
which were said TO have escaped, but
found only the air tanks. which are
carried beneath the seats. do not
bclIev. tina. the.c is any possibility
OF two boats having escaped swamp
!ng
one Daring RESCUE.
" hen "e arrived on the scene the
frc vas burning steadily. but NOT
icrc"ly II never at amy time got aft
~ IT.. hriuse When W went 10 ain
ner AZ o'clock III The evening there
We're no flames: nothing hut thicl.
smoke could be seen At S We were
summoned on deck by the rebrcnlling
out 81 the flames. which soon cuimi-
lated In an explosion. Then VIC saw
for the frst time signs OF Il panic on
the decks OF the fated vessel
Several Jumped overheard among
hem our own survivor who made a
ucky swim. reached the side OF the
,he ladder Seaman HIGHWAY was
hen lowered with q life line through
~ open cargo port. stripped 10 tho
waist. He got beneath the swimmer
whose life Lelt had become unfaStencG
ana supported him. 1t was "a nagnin-
cent exhibition u strength and cour-
axe Half an hour had passed from
the time the swimmer. Trintcpohl.
4.ached the side Of the ship before he
"as gotten aboard.
The explosion sccrned 10 como from
coal pus collected In the tunkcrs For
tofGe time the fire burned brightly and
tnen gradually died down. II Is i'm
possible 10 tell how many Of those
~nD Jumped overheard were drowned"
Reports Conflicting.
Irthur SpurP"on, VINO yesterday sent
Tr!ntepohls graphic story ~ wireless
ana deEcrlbed the r.scuc work around
u. turning vessel supplemented his
+ G.ry.'rtGa .s!fb additional Gcfailu q