The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-10-12

The Rappabannock is due at St John.
y. h., on October ID. The Carmanla
Will reach Liverpool tomorrow, La Tou-
rainc is expected to make Havre to.
morrow The Minneapolis was due her.
on october l3. the car at Rotterdam
on October IA, the Naragansctt at London
on october l. and the Dcvonian at Liver.
pool on October IA The destination OF
the freighter Seydlitz is uncertain.
Had il not been for the great storm that
made the launching Of small boats d
desperate venture It is likely that few II
any Of the Nolturno's passengers would
have been drowned. For tn. wireless
served again in time of need and the ships
that We're passing on their ordinary oc-
casions sped up in time to have picked
up such small boats. IT appears that tho
'oiturno was sufficiently equipped. but
no seamanship or courage could over.
come the fury of the storm.
Four Lifeboat. Crushed.
SIN boats were dropped into the sea
shortly after an explosion forward had
Killed several of the crew and some OF
the immigrant passengers, and had fired
the fore part OF the steamship. Only two
CT these boats were able to get away
. from the ships side. Four were g,ipped
ny the waves and hammered to ui,c,s
AGAINST the ships sides. Their -pass-,,.
, gers drowned without a chance f,l llfA
Thereafter Capt. Inch OF the Nu,turno
made no efforts to launch boats rs the
sea was too furious. He and his officers
were forced to turn all their ,t,.n,;op
TO hghting the fire. which was ,;nrkin.:
,
ships company Of terrified immigrants
! Such reports Of the catastrophe as have
been received here make it certain that
the burning of the Volturno, the drowning
or the four boatloads the dreadful stu
alton OF the survivors while the rescue
ships were marking time for lighter winds
and calmer seas. and the perils OF the
rescue itself were chapters of one of tn.
Atlantic's most thrilling tragedies. The
whole story--the exact incidents of tn.
explosion. outbreak of fire. the loss Of
life and the rescuing-will not be known
probably for days, Enough has filtered
through the air, however to give London
some notion OF the extent OF the disaster.
The official report OF the disaster which
was received at the Cunard Office in
Liverpool this morning. was timed OIL
board the Carmania by Capt. Barr NJ
6 80 O'Clock. The report says first that
the Volturno was abandoned on account Of
fire on Friday, October 10. in latitude
4s.25 north, longitude 3i.38 west. and
that all survivors were taken of. After
giving the number Of passengers taken
OH board the ten rescuing steamships
Capt. Barr's report adds:
AN incomplete list Of those saved is ON
board the Carmania. | will forward II
from Queenstown. Advices have been re-
ccived from the purser OF the Volturno
that the original number on board that
vessel when she sailed were "a cabin pas
sengers, $40 steerage passengers and "l
crew, making a total of 657
"The crew OF the Volturno was saved
by the Kro0niand, the captain, III" chief
second, third and NTH engineers and two
telegraphcrs by the Narragansctt. the
/, bakers and u stecragc steward by tine
, Czar. the purser and the surgeon by the
Grosser Kurfhierst. Nineteen of the na,nss
! have not been received BY me" Later 4
{ was learned that the Rappahannock hac
: Npicked up nineteen OF the survivors,
Other wireless news which came /,
9 F1shguard was that the ten steamship
. that had been summoned to the V0lturnl