Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
cRossER kuRFuERsT, ONE OF
REscufpto o4Hs, REPORTS ON
APPALLING pisAsTER
FIFTY or MORE o. CREW
AND pAssEMoERs DIE EARLY
Ex.,eston WfhluA 9eseod Fire In vss.
eel Followed b. Second pisastss-
Survivor. on vssSd Almost Drsvsn
ovsrAeard BY Fssnss Dsfsrs Rsseosd
-1wsive vsussts Ans~asr Sisnais.-.

On D1asQ tho osrn,an Lloyd Steamer
Grosser Kuzfssrs& at seA by Wdreless
Telesraph to CAPE Raos Oct. H.
with los survivors On beard from tho
steamship volsurns, burned to the
waters edge during . gale and aban-
donsd On Friday last. the Grosser
Kunfuszss ,is approac ching Nsw ToFA
The pas1sngers ana crew q this ship
witnessed some tarrafytne scenes whsn
called to the doomed steamer.
They found the ship burning dercefy
and. hsr crew and passengers hefp!oss
in the heavy seas Il was learned by
wireless messages from tho flaming
vessel that the hrs had been started
by an explosion IN ths forward hold az
o'clock Thursday morning, ships
time.
on arrfval Of thiy lhip tie 4:-es n
the hold Of the volturno were leaping
eighty feet in the air thru tn hatch
ways. It was learned that fifty or
more Of the vofturno's crew and steer-
age passengers had been killed by the
explosion and the fire.
Six boats were lowered from tho
volturno's davitx. Three Of them.
stfll empty, were smashed to pieces
against tho VESSELS side One boat
with forty passengers capsked while
being launched and al were lost. The
two others. with from 80 to 80 aboard
got away but apparently were lost In
tho mountafnDD osn.
Twelve Ships af Sesns.
Altogether twelve liners were
brought by tho distress signals In hail
>hA
Caruania was tho first Of these She.
reacl,nA the scsne ut shout IL O'clock
noon. Then followed the seydftz. the
Grosser Xuf1uuat, tho Kroun1and, the
New Yor1k thu DsyuniEn. La Tomadne.
the NHr11gx1Bgtk the Mtunsapola1,Stns
ASSN, the RaW alsnzzmock md tho Cxar.
The Sea was running too high to al
low the taking of of the voftmnos
passengers when TIM fsscu1ag vessels
came on the scene.
During the daytime Tho flames from
the hold were kept more OF less under
control. but about 3 o'clock on Thurs-
day night the frs reached the coal
bunkers ana II was found necessary to
close tho bu1kheada. The pumps there
upon were unable to work At fun pres
sure and the flames broke out IN tho
forward part Of the vessel
Second Explesien Occurs.
AZ twenty minutes to 10 ON Thurs
dav night followed another explosion.
which caused . pan4c among her de-
spairinx passengers and crew.
The Grosser Kurfuerst launched
three boats and rescued thirty-two
persons. One Of the rescuins hfeboats
was ont for SIX hours and was nearly
lost.
An remaining on board the voltmno
crowded to the AFT and were taken on
safely at daybrsak Friday
Second Officer Mlrid. Of the Vol
turno. was one Of the heroes OF the
disaster. He fen from a height Of
twsnty feet while repairing the wtre-
less apparatus but continued the hsht
Ill day, ana at In the evening made
q pertlous trip to this vessel in small
boat with three others from the Vol
turno. The little vesse! vas sinking
when she was picked up by one OF the
ltfeboats from the Grosser. The total
number Of those saved 10 believed to be
kI3.