Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-10-13

boats were launched from the Voltur-
no, that two Of them, with 35 passen-
gers each on board, got away and
that the other four were smashed
against the ships side and all their
occupants perished.
After the failure Of the lifeboats
from the Carmania to reach the burn
ing ship and when Captain Barr man
euvered his vessel close to the Vol
turno the passengers on board the Gu
harder did everything in their power
to encourage the terrified crowd hud-
died together in the after part of the
Volturno- They waved handkerchiefs
and shouted cheering words through
megaphones, to which they received
answering signals from the emigrants
on the Volturno.
Baked in his attempts to establish
communication between the Carmania
and the volturno, Captain Barr sent
out broadcast wireless signals, which
brought to the vicinity an internation-
al fleet TO the suecor Of the doomed
ship.
Late on Thursday afternoon Cap
tain Barr made another attempt to
reach the voiturno by throwing over
board liferafts, which he hoped might
be secured by those on board, but this
attempt also proved futile.
In the meantime the despairing
messages from Captain Inch on the
Volturno calling for suceor grew more
insistent as the flames ate their way
through. Great clouds of smoke en-.
veloped the ship
AT about o'clock in the evening
Captain Inch succeeded in lowering
boat in charge of the second officer
of the Volturno and crew of four
men with the intention of taking a !
line 10 the Grosser Kurfurst The
small boat, after desperate struggle,
reached the German liners side, only
to be dashed to pieces. Its occupants
managed to seize lines thrown out by
the German sailors and were thus
saved.
About half past nine at night the
sky was suddenly Illuminated with a
lurid glare as the flames burst though
another part of the volturno. Captain
Inch then sent last despairing ap-
peal and in 20 minutes there occur
red terrific explosion which to the
helpless thousands Of spectators on
board the surrounding vessels seemed
to seal the doom of those on the
stricken ship.
After describing the rescue of the
German, Walter Trintepost, the only
survivor taken on board the Carma-
MIA, the bulletin proceeds that the
hope Of saving any more of those on
board the Volturno had been almost
abandoned when the sea suddenly
moderated and the fleet Of rescuing
ships was able to get away number
of life boats and take off all the sur
yivors. Captain Inch left his vessel
at 8 o'clock on Friday morning, carry
ing with him all the ships papers.
Mr.. Mansfield Of New York, PAS
senger on the Carmania said:
"The people on board the Yolturno
seemed to be paralyzed and helpless.
They made no effort to seize the lines
of the RATS thrown to them. I saw
one man kiss his wife and children
and throw them overheard. He jump
ed after them They were seen for
only moment and then disappeared
together. 1t was an awful sight to
see the ship burning with 50 many
people on board The fire is believed
to have started in cottonseed oil in
the cargo"
T. w. Duller Of New York. describ-
ing how the passengers were saved,
said that ropes were case from the
lifeboats to the volturno and the pas
sengers were made fast to these ami
swung overheard He continued:
II saw no panic The passengers
Of the volturno We're all weariRg lifa
belts and seemed to be Quiet saw
two boats floating bottom-up'
No Reseulns Ships Reach Port
London Oct. l3--None of the