Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-10-22

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the Volturno's passengers and were
powerless to give aid.
These ten ships were the Carmania
of the Cunard line, the Grosser Kur-
fuerst of the North German-Lloyd, the
Rappahannock, the Kroonland of the
Red Star line; La Touraine Of the
French line, the Minneapolis of the
Atlantic Transport line, the Gar, the
Narragansett, the Devonian and the
Seydlitz.
Rescues on Friday Morning.
Early on Friday morning, the
weather having moderated, these ships
were able to lower small boats and
take off the Volturno's passengers.
Captain Barr of the Carmania, whose
wireless message to the Offices of the
Cunard line in Liverpool gave the
first news of one of the greatest mar
inc disasters in history, placed the
number that had been rescued as fol-
lows:
Carmanla Observation-Disclosures. IL
Lid 1ouralne ................ ~
Minneapolis ................. 80
Rappahannock 10
car .IO2
Narragansett ~
DeYonlan .................. 81
hroOnIand ................... w
GrOsser Kurfuerst ...............10 5
1t is barely possible that a few
more were rescued after the captain
Of the Carmania made up his list and
sent it to his line Office. 1t is possible
that the rapidly scattering feet Of
Samaritan liners picked up some of
the unfortunates who had been able to
keep af1oat
Speed Rescued to Ports.
Many Of the rescued will be taken
to New York. The Kroonland, which
is due there tonight in the ordinary
course of things, is more apt to ar
rive OH Tuesday with the go it saved,
and the Grosser Kurfuerst with 105
survivors, ought to reach that port by
Wednesday morning, each ship being
considerably delayed by the work of
rescue.
Had it not been for the great storm
that made the launching of small boats
a desperate venture, it is likely that
few if any of the Volturnos passen-
gers would have been drowned. The
wireless served again in time of need
and the ships that were passing sped
up in time to have picked up such
small boats.
1t appears that the Volturno was
sufficiently equipped with both life
boats and life belts, but no seaman
ship or courage could overcome the
fury of the storm.
Six 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 of these boats were able to
get away from the ships side -Four
were gripped by the waves and ham
mered to pieces against the plates.
Their passengers drowned.
Thereafter Captain Inch of the Vol
turno made efforts to launch boats,
but the sea was too furious He and
his officers we're forced to turn all of
their attention to fighting the fire
which was working slowly aft
The official report of the disaster,
which was received at the Cunard Of
flee in Liverpool, was timed on board
the Carmania by Captain Barr at $50
o'clock. The report says first that
the Volturno was abandoned on &C
count of fire on Friday, October 10, in
latitude 34.93 west, and that all surviv-
ors we're taken off.
After giving the number of passen-
gers taken on board the ten rescuing
steamships, Captain Bars report
adds
AN incompleteAfist of those saved
is on board the Carmania | will for
ward it from Queenstown.
1.-THE crew of the Volturno was
saved by the Kroonland; the captain,
the chief, second, third and fifth en-
gineers, and two telegraphers by the
Narragansett; the bakers and steer
age steward by the Gear; the purser
anu IAO sui 60OA W ChO 0AO00O4 AuA'
fuerst. Nineteen Of the names have
not been received by me-"
The Volturno was abandoned at a
point in the ocean which is about 7c0
miles north of east of where the tt
tanic sank and 1900 lives were lost
on April Il, 1912. The scene of Thurs
days disaster was about 450 miles
east Of Newfoundland and well in the
steamship track
The IS. o. S." call was sent out from