Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-10-14
Heroic efforts made
SPREADING OF OIL MADE RES
CUE OF HUNDREDS
POSSIBLE.
RESCUERS were BAFFLED
Boat After Boat Was Dashed to
Pieces Against the Big Liner
by the Gigantic Waves.

NEW YORK. oct. 13.-Carrylng
u Of the passengers and IA of the
crew of the u-starred Volturno, the
steamship Kroonland of the Red star
line is battling her way toward this
port against uorthwesterly gales and
heavy seas some 500 miles east of
Sandy Hook Reports received here
today at the offices Of the Interna-
tional Mercantile Marine company
advised owners Of the line, timed the
expected arrival Of the KroonIand
here as Wednesday night or Thurs
day morning.
Captain Criehbehm of the kroon-
land sent wireless message by way
of Cape Race to the office of his line
here today describing in skeleton
HAm the part his st.ip played in the
mid-ocean drama in which the Vol
turuo met with disaster. Thursday
morning at o'clock, reported Cap
tain Krlehbehm, the kroonland's op-
orator picked up the wireless call
: sent by the Carmania and the kroon
land was steered Immediately for the
indicated spot The message was,
"Carmania, GrOsser Kurfust and Seyd
htz standing by. Immensely high
seas. strong gale. Went as near as
safety permitted. Saw two-th!rds Of
the ship burning like a furnace Sur
livors were crowded on after part
of steamer ANY delay fatal
Called out for volunteers and sent
boat commanded by Fifth officer
kummel Sea TOO high, gale too
strong. Impossible to try the Lyle !
guns,
Later sent two boats under Sec
ond Officer Mansfield and Fifth Of |
hcer Kummel
They returned later, respectively !
with three and ten rescued men.
Received Captains Dog.
= AS the fire of the Nolturno kept |
away from the after deck kept |
maneuyerng near and sent three |
boats away which made many trips |
AT . o'clock at night the last boat |
aJong side carried captain. Nobody |
r.,s left on board We had succeeded |
In taking off SS passengers and the |
captains dog. our boats then were
replaced in davits and we proceeded
full speed ahead.
'The captain Of the Volturno tells
me that one boat with cabin pas
sengers left the ship early in the
morning but they were spilled. Fate
of crew uncertain. Another boat
containing steerage passengers was
smashed and all perished. The third
boat possibly got away safely. Car
mania and Campania searching for
it."
A thousand cases of gin were stow
ed under the after deck and when
Captain Inch of the Nolturno left his
vessel the fire had Just reached them,
Captain Kriehbehm reported.
The Voturno's officers rescued by
the Kroonland's boat crews were
Captain F. Inch. Chief Engineer r.
Dewar, Second Engineer Malcolmson,
Fourth Engineer j. Bellheld and
Fifth Engineer NJ Stegmieri, W. Sed-
don and c. II. Pennington, first and
Second wireless operators and F.
Frieham. second steward. Among
the passengers. apparently all from
the steerage, were three children
with parents missing.
Another wireless dispatch dated to-
day on board the Kroonland said
"Kroonland cabin unites in praise
of the heroism of the captain andf
officers and all crew Nolturno."
The Red Star line officials replied
tonight to Captain Kriehbehm di-
recting him to express sympathy to
Captain Inch and the officers and
passengers of the Nolturno. Also
ACCEPT for yourself, officers and
crew our great appreciation of the
meritorious services rendered" the
message added.
send Amy Messages.
"Do not restrict the use wireless.
ALLOW passengers to send on their
own account any messages to friends
70 the press they wish TO forwarj,
provided they are in accordance with
the facts"
Among the many persons wh
made inquiries at the offices Of the /
l'fanium 1 line here today concerning
the fate of the Noturno's passengers
was Phillip Epple Of Philadelphia. :
Epple said his wife, Rachel. and his.
sons, Frouin and Abraham. had been