Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-14

the Volturno's stern. 1t was found
impossible however, to cast line on
board the volturno or to get any body
off her. 1t was terrifying sight for
the passengers and crew of the Car
mania to see SO close to them the
hundreds Of passengers including won.
en- and children horror stricken on the
decks Of the Volturno and vet be un.
able to help them. Most of the pas.
sengers got into the ships life boats
but hundred of them had gathered
at the after end OF the burnig vessel
whose crew at the same time con.
tinued to fight the fire at her forward
end.
Wireless Summons Aid.
Captain Barr of the Carmania in
the meanwhile kept his wireless ap-
paratus at work communicating with
all the vessels within the radius of his
instruments. At four o'clock In the
afternoon the Grosser Kur Fuerst end
the Seidleite came in sight and these
two were Joined later in the afternoon
by the Kroonland, the Devonian, Rap
pahannock, Minneapolis, La Touraine
and the Asian.
Gale Abates a. Little.
The gale abated Slightly toward
night and each Of the succoring YES.
sells as soon as it was possible for
her to do so, put out boats. The waves
however, were so high that although
the small craft made some progress
in the direction Of the volturno 1t was
impossible for them to get along side
and they returned to their ships In
most cases doing this with the greatest
difficulty owing to the overwhel Ginning
room and coal bunkeds.
The Carmania kept her lights going,
throwing their rays across the foaming
seas In the quest for possible strug-
CLING swimmers or lifeboats from the
voIturno At about o'clock in the
evening when the darkness was at its
blacklist, flames burst through amid
ships OF the Volturno from her engine
room and coal bpnkers.
Blaze Breaks Forth.
As the fire lighted up the sky there
followed an explosion which sent into
the air burning wreckage like a flight
OF rockets.
The spectacle Of the great vessel
being consumed by fire with over 500
souls on board and surrounded by a
fleet of huge lighted bulls crowded
with thousands of SPECTATORS all
anxious but unable to help owing to
the mountainous seas was terrifying
All that could be done by the would
be helpers was to throw overheard
from their vessels dozens of light life
buoys and stand by in the hope Of
picking up some of those who had been
cast into the sea. .-
Fire Stops Engines.
At twenty minutes past nine the
wireless operator on board the Voltur-
no had to turn over the connection Of
his instruments to the reserve bat
teries, as the fire had reached the
boilers of the engine rooms and had
put the pumps and dynamos out Of
action. A few minutes later cries for
help were heard rising from the water
near the Carmania and then man
who proved to be steerage passenger
of, the Volturno wearing life belt
was located by means of the search
light short distance, away, tossed
about by the sea. He was rescued but
only after one of the sailors Of the
water with life line which he placed
aTOuHu the WdloI VI tue cAHdusteQ
man. se
Other cries were heard but these
gradually died away and no further
bodies or swimming people were seen.
About midnight ray Of hope came
for it was seen that the flames were
not making much Roadway aft Of the
engine room of the after bulkhead Of
the Volturno At daybreak the Vol
turno was still floating with her
human cargo huddled In masses in her
hold. The sea had moderated consid.
erably and flotilla Of boats gathered
round the stern: Of the Volturno.
New York, Oct. 1.-THE Uranium
line was without direct information
concerning the loss of the steamer,
Vo1turno u pto o'clock this morning.
They stated that according to their
information she had on board 81
cabin passengers, 278 steerage passen-
gers for New York, 262 for Halifax
and crew of ninety-three. They had
received from Rotterdam a list OF six
teen Of the cabin passengers who were
bound for New York. The list fol-
lows: ~.
RUBEN REIMER, aged 20.
MARIANA MRYZYGOD, aged II.
JOSEF FARBER, aged Is.
JOHN KRUG. aged 80. "
FREIDA KRUG, age 80.
HINDE FRIEDMAN, aged 29. 81
ESTHER KAPLAN, aged 10.
HEDWIG EBERLE, aged 4s.
CARL Topper, aged As. .
HODE Topper, aged 49,
BERL Topper, aged Ia.
EMMA TEEPER, aged 9. ....
TARKE Topper, aged 8.
LIEBE SABFIN, aged 54,
MICHAEL SABFTN, aged Al. ri
ARMANDE ANTONIO, aged II.
The Volturno was commanded by
Captain Inch, who has been five years
in the service Of the Uranium line.
The Volturno was built by Fairfield
& Co. at Glasgow In 1906. She was
$40 feet long with 43-foot beam. Her
gross tonnage was 1881, net 2,2Os.
On this voyage she carried cargo
of 891 tons, including non combustible
chemicals, manufactured cotton goods,
mineral waters and liquors.