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80 DIED IN FIRE ]
ON The v0LTURk0|
Trapped in Compartment When
Explosion Occurred
SURVIVORS At new Y0a1
Some of the Burning Steamers Sto3f
ers Became Panic-Stricken and Wen
Driven Back to Work at Pistolf
Point.

ers Became Panic-Stricken and WEI
Driven Back to Work at Pistoe
Point.
New York, Oct. 16.-Between eight
and ninety passengers on the VolturN
were trapped in compartment No. IT.
the first explosion on the vessel =!
Thursday morning and either killed \
the explosion or burned alive.
This news was brought to port WI
the docking of the steamship GrosSt
Kurfuerst, bearing 105 survivors OF
disaster. 1t came from the lips OF NJ
dron Disselman, third officer OF
Volturno, one of the rescued.
The Grosser Kurfuerst docked#
Hoboken. Committees of the
Cross, Jewish organizations and frie
and relatives of the dead and liz
awaited her coming. Ten automoh
and an ambulance were on ham
bring the unfortunates to place.
temporary refuge in Manhattan.
Everybody had a good word to-
for the wonderful work of Capt.
Inch, the master of the ship, who
rected the fight against the IRE S.;
would not leave for rest or nour%
ment until he was blinded by sn>
and flame. Il
AS the Grosser Kurfuerst nose
the North river she was saluted
three whistles by all the cram
she passed. All of the suYivcg
the Volturno had been housed -
cabin quarters and many of theM
been furnished with new clothl1
the passengers on the North 60
Lloyd liner.
The story of First Officer Disseli
of the .Volturno, of the disastM
lows: 81
"At 4 o'clock on Thursday mo- =!
I was asleep when there came
mendous explosion. tumble0
my bunk and hurried out. Flame
squirting from the forward bAtol
the ventilators and mounting
feet in the air. The. explosion
caused, believe, by cask OF o14
Immediately we began to hgh
fire in No. / hold. At the sameA1
the wireless operators started to-
out S. o. S. signals. Shortly afte ~
an answer came from the C4x
The steward went about arHq 8
! passengers, many of whom were -
stricken, and reassured them VII q
word that the Carmania was q
to our assistance. "a /
eat II O'Clock in the foreuf
felt that we had the fames yaf
trol ard we hoped that ne
I ;s54e t0 putssE.=4iss 81 - s. r. Z =
ships and bring the voltufz q
safely. Il. {.
"a few minutes later, hoNot
| flames burst out with new f49ys q
| our optimistic hopes chan8e4 ~
| fear that the ship would blow
course we kept this apprehennte1 frt
the passengers.
"Some of the stokers, am eQay
say, lost their heads and had ITO
driven back to work at the points
| revolvers.
when the Carmania came aIoAgsi
we were all filled with new hope.
almost broke our hearts when >
failed to lower boats.
captain Inch showed most f9mAl
able bravery. He continued In the 90
front in the fight against the nam
until he had been temporarily bainds
Then some of us had to pull him bas
"The first vessel of any KIND
reach us was the tank steamship ~
York. She was not equipped wit& vi
less, but had been passing and b
seen the flames. The New York
out small boat-a whale boat 4
lieve- this frail craft was Hble
come alongside, but of course 1t y
too small to be of any assistafce
u.s."
| Survivors of the Volturno ahoa
the Grosser Kurfuerst were al MI
steerage passengers, crew and 10
first cabin passenger. The Kurfuers
doctor said none of the rescued b
been i'll and that all seemed to ha
recovered from their experiences
They were all, with one excfpttt
without baggage, but they were
lowed to land by order of the iunhig
ton authorities at washington Q
were taken care of by various 4nsti
tions.