Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-13


Torrance repeated in the second
boat. he drew his revolver and threat
ened TO XIII the first sailor who inter
tered with the passengers.
Sailors were needed. however 10
man the oars. and when the call was
given for men to take charge of the
fourth and fifth boats there was a
rush forward which overwhelmed the
officers in charge.
TrintepohI. the first of the Vol
| turno's survivors to reach land was
in the hospital when the Carmania
! reached Fish Guard. He was threat
ened with pneumonia and was still in
/ a dcliTiOus condition at times. Dur
ing lucid moments he had added 20
his first story Of the disaster. He
said that when Captain Inch finally
left his ship, tho shoes had been near
ly burned from his feet. He was in
an exhausted condition. but having
slept or eaten in IS hours.
Steel Decks Nearly Red Hot
The hull of the Voturno was steel
and this held and intensified the heat
OF the FIRE. The hull became red hot
from stem to stern above the water
! line and after deck, and was so hot
J that all the survivors suffered from
badly burned feet.
The waves dashed on the heated
| huh caused clouds of steam to arise.
which made the passengers fear they
| would be scalded.
Captain Barr. commander of the
| Carmania. which served as the flag
! ship OF the rescue squadron. said
there wa no hope that either of the
lifeboats that left the Volturno be-
fore he arrived. could have escaped.
The sea was so high that they prob
ably went down in a few minutes he
| said.
Certainly if there had been any
chance We would not have left the
scene" he told the newspaper men
who boarded the Carmania.
There was a great cheer a the vast
! throng waiting the Carmania caught
! sight OF Captain Barr upon the bridge
Of his vessel This sturdy British
seaman, rushing through a gale 20
the Volturno's rescue. had enrolled
! his name on the pages Of English
| history alongside that Of Captain
| Rostron or the Carpathia, who, in the
same manner. dashed to the aid of
| the stricken Titanic.
Cheer after cheer rolled out for
Barr and they ceased only when he
! left the bridge while the passengers
were being taken ashore to proceed
to London This was more rapidly.
tina; he Carmania might not lose nc
time in proceeding to Liverpool
SearchIights Aid Survivors.
THE smaller vessels which had
come up were able to get quite close
to the Volturno. the Carmania being
a big liner and less easy to handle,
having to stand farther off.
The Carmania and the other ships
kept swinging their searchlights over
the water all night in order to give
aid to any Of the Volturno's passen-
gers who might have jumped into the
water During the night a cry for
help was heard close to our hows
The searchliSht was turned in that
direction and a man. supported by
life belt. was seen swimming toward
US
Chief Officer Johnstone and First
officer Gardner descepded the ladders
with life lines. hut on account of the
high sea and the exhausted condition
OF the man the rescue could not be
effected Able Seaman Highway then
volunteered to go over the side and
try to save the swimmer. Tying A
life belt around himself and attaching
life line TO it, he plunged into the
water After hard fight he reached
the side of the exhausted man ana
tied a line 10 his life belt. Then both
were hauled on board.
The refugee was so exhausted that
he had 10 be taken into the hospital
for treatment. He was in an uncon-
scious condition. When he was re-
viyed ne SAID - nas Walter Tryte-
pohl. a passenger on the Nolturno.
The soles Of his boots were half
burned through. showing the intense
heat Of tho decks upon the VoIturno
Captain Last to Leave.
At dayhrcak Friday the seas sub
sided and boats were lowered. While
the Carmania directed the operations
Of rescue she gave way TO the smalie
ships which We're able to get nearer
tc the Volturno. This accounted for
the fact that the little ships got a
larger number of the rescued passen
gers.
/ Captain Inch of ,hH Nolturno. was
the asst man to leave his sAip. VITA
! him were The two Marconi operators
and the J&Ief engineer. They We're
taken off by sinai! boat from the
! Kroonand
For several hours the ships cruised
! around trying TO get trace of the
missing boats before proceeding or
/ their way. Five hundred and twenty
/ one persons we're saved and 1876 We're
/ missing"
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