The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-11

the wjrolooo epocu1oso.
LIvnRPOo9 oot. IT,
wireless and auisk response ~
vessel within rnnge, saved tnl1
Of 621 peruono, when the 1oS0
steamship Vclturno buEDoo ~ G
ter's edge. and sank n UtorA
yesterday. but, according 10 N
reports from the Cunaxd lno
mania, today, 33e Of the pong1
and crew are unaCcountod tx. sI
When the stirring g. o. 4~G
blazing volturno cracked cut 0v1
Atlantic, the ensuing circmunoeo
were notably different frp0 1n0C
the sinking Of the Tltanic, g
and . half ago. 81
Ten liners picked up the vo1c
distress signals and huS1io4 luz
direction. The CarmAnta Lk3
aine, Minneapolis. Rap9a1I
C1ar, NarrasAneett, DovuQi1o
ser rurst, Krocaland - m
yuaAed full speed ~ ths 1D(
| the vgDsst went a0wEun4y
the survivors, who were IN ucC
and RATS. 1s
Wireless reports from Other. \
Isels Of the rescue fleet, tr1nGun1
10y Capt. Barr, Of the CarmaniA, O.
that 621 were rescued. but d.
on the number Of those lost, ofE(
the number variously from .131 tog
and 232.
The Volturno, . twin screw -
ship Of 1902 tons, built In 1904 \
owned by the Canadian NogfE
Steamships, Limited. and leAso1
the Uranium Steamship Co., of I
terdam. She left Rotterdam On {
2, for New York.
Her roster. according to iucoel
tion In London, showed - cabin I
sengers, $40 steerage, and crG
SO. This would make = total oG &
657. instead of the 757 wireleooo4
the Carmania.
A fouled propeller IL said 70 r
caused the hre aboard the VOTE
at $50 q. M, Friday. Quickly =
liner was ablaxe from stem q o16
So rapidly did the fire spread I
many Of the steerage passeneoro S.
burned In their quarters. Cap1n
of the rescue ships said that q
Of them got to the volturno ~
she went down.
The broken propeller Of the
turno SO fouled the tackle of tn.
boats that four Of the six that +
covered we're smashed against
side OF the rolling stricken 4
drowning all their occupants. q
two OF the six lifeboats lowered
away safely.
The meager reports said that
volturno, aflre from stem to st(
was abandoned In latitude 4S.16, Il
itude 34.33, and burned to the wstl
edge. Only 521 of her passengers /
crew were saved 20 far - the
mania knew.
The Carmania's message was siG,
by Capt. Barr.
The Voltunro's passengers N
mostly emigrants. She sailed n
Rotterdam on Oct. 2, with "a C
passengers, $40 steerage, and Q q
Of 1913.
The Kroonland carries the CAPT,
the chief, the second, third and
engineers, and tn etwo wireless d
ators Of the volturno. The baker /
steerage steward are on the n
ragansett, and the Czar carries
purser.
The world got the first news Of
volturno disaster early today, Il
wireless message sent out by
Cunarder Carmania, and picked
by the wireless station here.
Carmanias FIRST message was:
THE steamer volturno, bound n
Rotterdam for Halifax and New "a
with 600 emigrants on board, On
and abandoned Friday night In I
tude 4s.25. north; longitude, 3k
west-236 passengers missinc
BARR"
Edward o. Thomas, local agen4
the Uranium line, gave the diylr
OF the volturno's passengers q
lows:
. Eighteen adults and three cA111
In the cabin. for New York. &
One adult In the cabin, fog H.
Two hundred and foety-two -
80 children and three Infants n
storage. for New York.
Two hundred and ~ o1uo
children and 10 infants - -
age, for Halifax. a Il
This made toll g IA CO
children and Is intnneD--oo y
gers in all.
Agent Thomas 1selneo1 ~
|cortainly onouGA uQ1oo
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