The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-10-16
136 lost ON
7 BURNING SHIP
As HURRICANE, FIRE AND tx
PLosioN WRECK GALLANT
LINER.
521 PERSONS RESCUED
HUNDREDS SEE PEOPLE PeRisH.
ING AND ARE PoWERLEss
TO GIVE AID.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London. Oct. l3.-The latest 90
counts of the disaster to the steam
ship Volturno. burned aad aban-
doned in mid-ocean on Friday morn
Ing. confirm that the loss of life will
be limited to about 1856. The Carma-
MIA. first of the rescuing ships to
reach the burning steamer. arrived oft
Queenstown this morning, but owing
to the gale proceeded to Fishguard.
A graphic story by the solitary sur
vivor aboard the Carmania was re-
ceived by wireless and presents q ter.
rible picture of the horror and confu-
sion aboard the burning liner.
London, Oct. 13.-Not since the II.
tanic disaster has Europe been 70
thrilled as by wireless message Sat.
urday telling of the burning of the
steamship Volturno in mid-Atlantic.
with q loss, SO far as is at present
known, of 1876 lives and the rescue OF
521.
The survivors are now aboard .
fleet Of steamers summoned by the
Volturno's call for help, some OF
which are bound eastward AID 9TH
ers westward.
The Volturno sailed from Rotter-
dam on October End for New York.
According to the official statement
she carried % first cabin passengers.
b3S steerage, and crew numbering
SO.
The rescue ships reached the scene
of the disaster in plenty of time t o
save all. but for hours stood by the
blazing vessel impotent because Of q
terrific storm to reach to agonized
men, women and children crowding
the after part of the ship and within
stones throw.
All night Thursday the iifeboatl
made a desperate effort to get along
side the Volturno, but the waves beai
them back again and again, and not
until the storm abated at daylight
Friday did the rescuers succeed in re
moving the SURVIVOR from the
doomed ship
Even now only the fringe II one oi
the most thrilling tales Of the sea Ii
available.
The Volturno was well equipped
with boats, sufficient, the agents say
for a thousand people. but the tower
ing seas or lack Of boat drill. or panic
among the passengers prevented the
successful employment OF them.
The rescue ships were able to low
er lffeboats, but apparently most O.
the boats launched from the Volturnt
were smashed or upset and the occu
pants drowned.
Two of the boats. crowded with
passengers, are reported to have got
away from the ship. but search fol
them has proved fruitless and they
have practically been given up al
lost
The steamer Carmania, bound from
New York for Liverpool, was sever
miles away when the call for hell
sounded. Captain Barr, ordering full
steam, in spite Of the gale, drove
through the seas at twenty knots ar
hour and was first of the fleet tt
reach the burning vessel She wa:
followed by La Touraihe, Minneapolis
Rappahannock, Gar, Narragansett
Devonian, Kroonland, Grosser Kur
fuerst and Seydlitz at various hours
throughout the day. But try as the.
might the rescuing vessels could no,
get neither line nor lifeboat to the
Volturno. the forward part of which
was almost hidden by dense clouG
of smoke. when the Carmania ar
rived.
The hopelessness of the situation
was manifested at 9 o'clock in the
evening when great explosion tore
away part of the upper works, and
flames burst from the engine room
1t then became a matter of how long
the Volturno would stay above the
waters.
Meanwhile several of the terrified
passengers, wrapped in life buoys,
dropped over into the sea- One OF
them was taken aboard the Cahmania
1t may be that others found a haven
| with other vessels of the fleet, but
some undoubtedly were swept away.
When day broke the Volturno was
still afloat. The gale had moderated
and the seas had calmed down. From
almost every one Of the encircling
steamers lifeboats were sent out, and
into these the women and children
were lowered first. Sveral trips were
necessary before the survivors were
removed to a place of safety