The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-16

on their knees The panic among them
ended.
II went back to the bridge. The
captain told me that the rigging to
the main mast had broken or burned
and that the mast was in danger of
falling over the side of the ship.
got couple of tackles from the cargo
and fixed that, holding the main mast
firm so that the aerials couldn't go
down and destroy our wirelsss-
Then the steering gear on the
bridge blew up with a loud explosion
We began to drift. 1 got the carpen-
tiers at work in a hurry and they fixed
up a hand steering gear. We didn't
want to drift away from the spot for
fear the Carmania couldn't find us
when she should come up. Some of
the passengers wanted to know how
soon the Carmania would arrive. I
didn't know, but I told them that she
would reach us in an hour, and that
quieted them
THE Carmania sent us a message to
steer south by southwest, but we
couldn't do this as the flames would
have gone aft We had to steer before
the wind to keep them forward.
The captain fought the flames hard
and within an hour or two thought he
had them under control. I went up to
take an observation and fix our posi-
tfon. AS 1 came down the wireless OPP
orator shouted the Carmania had been
sighted.
"The captain complained about his
eyes. They had been badly burned
and he was half blinded
Il ordered the stewards to bring food
to the passengers. Then the Grosser
KuIfuerst got in wireless communica-
ton with the Carmania. She asked if
we needed her. help and Capt. Inch,
thinking he had the flames beaten
wirelessed back that he did not need
any more help. The Carmania was
nearby. Capt. Inch requested the Car
mania to scout around for the boats
that had put off. She went about ten
miles east looking for them and re-
turned without finding them.
None Of us had thought about the
so or 80 Storage passengers in No. /
compartment"
BRAVERY BY THE CREW.
More instances of bravery shown by
members of the crew of the Volturno
during the mid-ocean battle with fire
and storm were related in a wireless
message from J. Haslip Adams of Bal
tirnore, a, passenger on the Grosser
Kurfurst which will arrive here today.
Second officer Lloyd of the Vol
turno made a, great record for bravery
on the burning ship said Mr.. Adams's
message, directed to the New York
Times. He fell ten feet while repair
ing the wireless apparatus on Thurs
day morning. Then he fought the fire
in the hospital. preventing an explos-
ship. Later he made his way in a
small boat to the Kurfurst and brave
ly got through, though the boat was
smashed in launching and was full of
water when caught by the Kurfurst's
line
Third Engineer Pinch, after Thurs
day nights explosion, went to the en-
CINE room, took a bath, divided his
money with a fellow engineer and then
jumped overheard. He was picked up
by the Kurfurst's boat.
John Burns, a fireman, jumped in !
the water from the Volturno but could |
not get away from the ships side He |
caught line and was pulled back to
the deck by the chief engineer. He |
jumped again and reached the Kur- |
furst's boat. Burns saw first cabin
passenger, a big man, an American, |
name not known, throw his wife and
sister overheard early Thursday morn !
ing and then jump himself All were !
lost. This was the third shipwreck |
for Burns in three years.
Officers Libermann and Won Son
nenderg, of the Kurfurst, were out six !
hours on Thursday night in a small |
boat battling with the waves and were |
nearly run down by liner. They were |
picked up finally through the aid of the /
Carmania's searchlights. The crew was |
exhausted.