Evening journal., 1913-10-14
VoIfmno Survivors Say Ship Carried Only Nine Lieboafs
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pue, they lost t6sir lives by their haste.
Pho Voltuno's boats saved none. -Four
WCre smashed and all were drowned,
snd the two boats which got away with
20 persons were never heard from
again.
~All those who remained aboard the
volturno were saved. No living person
was left aboard and the last man, Cap
tain Inch, was oil at a. IN. Friday. The
most heartrendng feature oi the awful
catastrophe was the arrival OF the
abandoned little babies. One Of the
first boats brought seven Of them to In
Touraiue at daylight Our women were
most devoted TO them and three others
came later They were given a royal
reception
I'VE left the scene at 10 a. m. on
Friday. Nothing then was to be seen
OF the two lost boats, or bodies in
the water
Ia Touraine's passengers gave
Captain Caussrn testimonial for
bravery HIS conduct was superb.
He could have done no more than he
did"
II. Magowsky. a common sailor of
the Yolturno, said
"FOud NOlturnO sailors off watch
were suffocated IN the forecastle be-
fore we knew there was fire. Per
haps more died that way. An eNplo-
sion did not start tho fire as far as
/ know. t. came after"
u saw no panic. We all turned in
and fought the fire down below until
the engines stopped. We stayed IN
that blazing hell as long as mortal
men could stay. Our hair and Drows
we're singcd Off. our hands and faces
hlistered and our shoes burned
through. VIC stayed there until Thurs
day night No man quit No man
thought of food.
Captain Inch did not have ia
drive any of US back with his pistol
hecause none tried TO leave until all
had been done that could be done
The reason We stopped fighting th'
fire. oven though the task had beer
obviously hopeless for hours, WAS thai
The engines stopped and there wa
no power TO pump more water through
the hose
"The FIRE incapacitated the engines
and il would have been ridiculous ia
try 10 fight that blazing pit with
hucketa of water
That night our first mate was
drowned in one of the first boats
lowered. Not boat was lowered
until Thursday night. -Four of then
were smashed and two we're lost The
other boats fwero useless. because o
tangled tackle and Captain Inch cui
them doWn-so that they might nol hs
used All who attempted 10 leave
the volturno in our boats were
lost
"The fact that the last to ba taken
off We're mostly women and chill
dren does not indicate cowardice on
the part of the crew or of the meT
passengers. A great many men ant
sailors jumped overheard during
Thursday hight. Some we're drown.
I'd and others wore rescued by th,
surrounding steamers. There were
few hesideS women and children anl
ihe Noliuruo's officers left ahoarJ
when tho lifeboats got 10 US earl,
Friday morning"
Few of the survivors aboard tn
Tourainc spoke English or Frencl
and we're unable 10 communicat
Tith their rescufrs. They kneele
on the decks and wept today whe
q tugboat meeting the liner al N
hsrbor's entrance brought score o
newspaper correspondents who coul
speak Dutch and German. Whel
some Of those on the tug give IA
survivors money. they kissed thei
hands All Of them had lost thci
baggage and had only the oiotbe
they wore and little money