Mountain advocate., 1913-10-17
2 RESCUE SHIPS
LAND SURVIVORS
Devonian With so, and Touralne
With az voIturna Passen-
GERS Arrive in Ports.
ANOTHER VESSEL NEARS ny.
steamer kroonisnd Of Red Star Line
Carrying 90 From III-Fated. Graft
10 Battling Fierce Gales In e.
fort to Reach Gotham.

New York, oct. 15.-The steamship
Krounland of the Red Star line,
which is bringing into this port sur
vivors from the Inflated Volturno, has
broken one OF her crank shafts. A
wireless dispatch received by the com
pany's officials here stated that the &C
cident il retarding the vessels speed.
Liverpool, Oct 15.-The Leyland line
steamer Devonian. commanded by Cap
tain Trant, arrived here. bringing 90
Volturno survivors.
Havre, Oct 15.-La Touraine OF the
French line, second OF the rescue ships
which figured in the Volturno disaster
to reach port, arrived at Havre with
AZ survivors Of the disaster on board.
On the forward deck OF La Touraine
when 1t arrived at the quay was a
group of eight children from three to
twelve years old. who had been res
cued from the volturno. and whose
parents either had perished or were
aboard other rescuing steamers.
The other children, with their moth
ers and q sturdy Polish peasants, with
three of the crew of the Volturno.
made up the total OF AZ rescued by
La Touraine.
No Women Survivors on Board.
Gravesend, Eng, Oct. 15.--There
was not woman among the 80 sur
vivors of the Volturno brought to port
here by the liner Minneapolis. Ali
were men. Several of them charged
the crew OF the Volturno with acting
with abomihable cowardice.
The refugees will be taken to
Southampton by the Uranium line
where they win be shipped to America
on the Olympic. Some of the immi-
grants refused 70 sail. Many Of them
had been made penniless ana their
health shattered, Another refused the
Uranium lines Vffer to sail for Amer
lea on another ship. saying:
wild horses could not drag me
toward America, with all its golden op
portunity."
Ship Nearing New York.
New York, Oct 15.--Carrying "a OF
the passengers and IA of the crew OF
the ill-starred volturno, the steamship
Kroonland of the Red Star line is bat
Ting its way toward this port against
northwesterly gales and heavy seas
some 700 miles east of Sandy Hook.
Reports received at the Offices of the
International Mercantile Marine com
pany, owners OF the line, timed the ex'
pected arrival OF the Kroonland as to-
night or tomorrow morning.
Captain Kriebohm of the Kroonland
sent wireless message by way OF
Cape Race 10 the Offices of his line here
bearing in skeleton form the part
played in the mid-ocean drama In
which the Volturno met disaster.
Thursday morning at nine O'Clock, re-
ported Captain Kriebohm. the Kroon-
lands operator picked up the wireless
call sent by the Carmania and the
Kroonland was steered Immediately
for the indicated spot.
Reports by Wireless.
The message continued:
"Carmania, Crosse Kurfuerst and
Seydlitz standing by. Immensely high
seas, strong gale. Went as near Vol
turno as safety permitted. Saw two
thirds OF the ship burning like a fur.
mace. Survivors were crowded on after
part of steamer. Any delay fatal.
Called out for volunteers and sent
boat commanded by Fifth Oficer Kun
mel Sea too high. gale too strong.
Impossible to try the Lyle guns
Later sent two boats under Second
Oficer Mansfield and Fifth officer
Kummel. They returned respectively
with three and ten rescued men. AS
the fire on the Volturno kept away
from the afterdeck. kept maneuvering
near and sent three boats away. which
made many trips. At nine o'clock at
night the last boat alongside carried
captain Nobody was left on board.
Saved Eighty Persons.
I'VE had succeeded in taking on so
persons and the captains dog. Our
boats we're then replaced in dsvits and
we proceeded full speed ahead"
The Volturno's officers rescued by
the Kroonland were Capt. p. Inch,
Chief Engineer r. Dewar. Second En-.
gineer j. BeIlneld and Fifth Engineer
NJ. Stegmier. w. sedden and c. II.
Pennington, first and second wireless
operators, and II. Ferieham. second
steward. Among the passengers. ap
parently from the steerage, we're three
children, with parents missing.