The chronicle=news., 1913-10-13
cARMANIA, WITH v0lTURM0
SURVIVORS REACHES Port; FIRE
STARTED IN HOLD Of STEAMER
Flsmes Leapt Eighty Feet High From Deck Of
Doomed SLIP While Rescsers Stood
By PowerIess

'Fish Guard. OrI. is.-rh. Car
mania. first OF tho rescue vessels ou
tho scene OF the disaxter 10 the Vol.
turso. arrived here shortly after .
o'eiork this afternoon.
Captain Rarr met the newspaper
orre*pondents with = positive re-.
f'issl 10 say word about the voisur.
no uatil the carmaaia reached LIv-
erpool aad hc had delivered his re-
port 10 the cusard company.
He referred bis would-bc inter
viewers to the ships buiictin for 40
account Of the irsssay. The greater
part AZ the contents Of this had al
ready become history. The fire on
the voiturno appears TO have origin
at"d In her cargo hold. whsn u he.
eaac evident that he flames had
gained tho mastery. Captain Francis
Inch devoted all his energy to the
salvation Of his passengers
The Carmania's bulletin says that
the voitnrno. that two Of them with
81 persons zach ON hoard got away
aAd that the other four w~rc smashed
sGsinsa the ships side and ali their
loccuDan'a pcrtshed.
Afser the failure Of the life boats
from the csrmania io reach tho
burnis4 ship and when Captain Barr
unanswered his weasel clos. to the
voitur1o. the passenscr oa hoard
the Cusarasr dia sssFythiss In their
povsr sotsscpassss the terrified
crowd hnddls1 toxsther 10 the after
IDAst .oe tAa .veltnrnc. .rhsV waved
|bAaAksrchiefs sad shosssd cheering
words thrsush the msgaphones. to
which thsy received asaweriuG sis-
K nails fron the emigrant. on the VOL
turno.
Baked In his attempt 30 establish
communication batween the Csrmnn-
IN and the voiurno. Captain Barr
sent out brosdcnst wireless signals.
which brought 10 the vicinity an in
Ia, national fleet 10 the succcr of the
doomed ship.
Late ON rhmrtday afternoon Cap
tain Barr made another attempt to
reach the volturno by throwing
over hoard life rnfts. which he hoped
ntsht be secured By thorc on hoard.
but this attempt also proved futile.
In the meantime the d-spniring
messages from Captain Inch Of the
volturno calling for succor grew
more insistent ~ the flames ai. their
WY through. Great clouds Of smoke
ssveloped the ship
Al about Z O'Clock In he evening
Captsin Incn succeeded in lowering
boat in charge Of the second officer
Of the voiturno and a crew OF four
men with the intention Of taking 4
line to the Groaser Kurfurst. The
small boat, after q despcrutc strug-
gle. reached the German lines side
only TO be dashed to pieces. Its oc-
cupants managed to seize liaes
thrown out By the German sailors
and were thus snved.
About half pnst uine at night the
sky WAS suddenly Illuminated with Il
iurid glare as he flames burst
through another part OF the Voltnr-
no.
Captain Inch then sent a last des-
pairing appeal and In twenty min
utes there occurred u terrific explos-
lon which to the helpless thousands
of spectators on board the surround
ing vessel seemed to seal the doom OF
those on the stricken ship.
After describing the rescue Of the
German. Walter Trinteposi. the only
survivor taken on board the carman-
10. the bulletin proceeds that the
hope OF saving any more of those on
board the volturno had been almost
abandoned when the sea suddenly
moderated and the fleet of rescuing
sGaips was able to get away num-
Il Der of life boats and take Off all the
survivors.
Captain inch left his vessel at 500
o'clock Friday morning. carrying
with him all the ships papers.
Miss Mahsfield, Of New York, a
passenger on board the Carmania.
said:
1.-THE people on board the Voltur-
no seemed to be paralyzed and help
less. They made no effort to seize
the lines Of the RATS thrown to them.
7 saw one man Kiss his wife and chill