Judsonia weekly advance., 1913-10-15
Terrific Storm Prevents Other Boats From Reaching
 Doomed Ship.
THOUSANDS SEE DISASTER
Ten Vessels Respond to Wireless Call for Help and Rescue Survivors
 When the Gale Subsidies.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

six souls were added to the toll claim ed by the seas when the steamship Volturno, bound for New York from Rotterdam, burned in mid-ocean Thousands of persons looked on at the horrifying spectacle, unable to render any G;d because of a terrific gale which was blowing.
 Ten steamships caught the call for help from the wireless and were on the scene within a few hours. Their officers and men made one effort after another to rescue the passengers from the burning ship. but without avail All night and during the greater part of day, the battle with the waves continued while the passengers on the Volturno waited to be succorred or, despairing of being taken from the boat. leaped into the ocean and were drowned.
 Life boats were launched from the rescue ships, only to be dashed to pieces against the sides of the vessels. The Tolturno's own life boats were dashed to pieces when an attempt was made to lower them into the raging sea. The greatest loss of life occur red when four of the Volturno's six lite boats were crushed like eggshells against the side of the steamer after they were launched The occupants were thrown into the water and practi, cally all of them were drowned.
 Risk Lives to Save Passengers.
 The story of the battle to save the lives of the Yolturno's passengers is one of the most thrilling tales of the sea that has yet been told Officers and men of the ten steamships which responded to the call for help, risked their lives in the effort to save the hundreds who were trapped on the burning boat, but time after time they were beaten back by the terrific gale and regained their own vessels with difficulty. All night the battle lasted and not until morning when the gale abated somewhat were the survivors rescued from the doomed ship.
 The Volturno sailed from Rotterdam cn October ? for New York. Accord ing to the official statement, she car ried 22 first cabin passengers, 53S steerage and crew numbering 96.
 When the fire broke out in the Vol turno and was seen to be beyond con trol, the wireless flashed this call out over the seas:
 We are on fire and will have to abandon ship. Can hold on for a while. 5. o. S.
 Many Boats Respond to Gall.
 The steamer Carmania, bound from New York for Liverpool, was IS miles away when the call for help sounded. Captain Barr, ordering full steam in spite of the gale, was the first of the fleet to reach the burning vessel. The Carmania was followed by LaTouraine. Minneapolis, Rapahannock, Czar, Mar ragansett, Deyonian, Krooland, Gros ser Kurfurst and Zeidlitb at various hours throughout the day But try as they might the rescuing vessels could get neither line nor life boat to the Volturno, the forward part of which was almost hidden by dense cloud oi smoke when the Carmania arrived.
 Tn spite of the terrific gale raging when his vessel arrived near the Vol turno, the captain of the Carmanis had one of his lifeboats lowered te proceed to the Volturno to help in the rescue. The boat was launched witt much difficulty, for even on the, lef side of the Carmania the seas were terribly rough and it was only by eX traordinary efforts that the small craf was prevented from being smashed or capsized as she lsft the side of th' ship.
 Rescuers Battle With Waves.
 The Carmanias lifeboat, in charge 0 First Officer Gardiner, made a gallan but futile effort to get alongside tn doomed Volturno. After two hours battle with the waves, during whic' the Iifeboat lost all but three of he