Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-13

had been killed by the explosion and the
fire.
Too Rough for Lifeboats.
Six boats were lowered Immediately
afterward from the volturno's davits.
Three of them still empty, were
smashed to pieces against the vessels
side. One boat with forty passengers
on board capsized while being launched
and all were lost The two others.
with from sixty 10 eighty passengers
on board. got away. but apparently
were lost In the mountainous seas. Al
together twelve liners were brought
BY the wireless distress signals within
hail of the Volturno. The cunard liner
Carmania was the first of these She
reached the scene at about IL O'Clock
noon. Then followed the Svedittz. the
Grosser kurfuerst. the hroonIand, the
New York, the Devonian. La Touraine,
the Narragansett. the Minneapolis. the
Asian, f1ie Rappahannock and the Gar.
The sea was running too high to
allow the taking of OF the Volturno, Z
passengers when the rescuing vessels
came on the scene.
Flames Reach Coal Bunkers.
During the daytime the flames from
the hold OF the Volturno were kept
more or less under control, but al
o'clock Thursday night. the fire reach.
cd the coal bunkers and 1t was Iou.iu
necessary to close the bulkheads. Inc
pumps thereupon were unable TO WI
out through the entire forward part OF
the vessel g ,...xa~
AZ $40 o'clock Thursday night another
explosion occurred on the -Foiturno anu
passengers and crew. The Grosser hur-
frIerst launched three boats and rescued
thirty-two persons VINO had oeen Wasneu
into the sea. One or the resculIlS III III
boats was out for six hours ana was
nearly lost ",
All those remaining on board the VOL
turno crowded together at the after sno
of the vessel and were taken OH safely
after daybreak Friday.
second Oficer L. Lloyd of the Volturno
was one of the heroes of the disaster
He fell from a height OF twenty rect wnlis
repairing the wireless apparatus on ooaru
his vessel but continued to hight the nre
All day and at o'c.ock in the evening
made a perilous trip to the Grosser Kur-
fuerst In small boat with three otners
from the Volturno. The little craft was
sinking when she was picked up by one
Of the Hfeboats from the Grosser kur,
f,ierst The total number of those saved
is believed to be 523.
Grosser Kurfuerst Reports.
NEW YORK, October 1S,-The part
nlsvad bv the steamer Grosser Kurfuerst
IN the tragedy OF the Nolturno Is de-
scribed In a wireless message received py
the North German Lloyd Line today from
Capt Spangenberg.
1.-The yolturno was found in total
burning condition. reads the message
The fire commenced with a heavy eX-
plosion In the bow resulting In the deatn
of several of the passengers ana crew.
Eleven vessels surrounded the Volturno
4 heavy north-northwest storm, hign seas
and a swell prevailed.
Two boats of the Grosser kurfuerst
remained on the water all night. out IL
was almost impossible to approach the
wreck During the night thirty-two per-
sons were. saved by the two boats and at
dawn -sixty-eight more. One OF the VOL
turno's boats containing nve men was
picked up and the men taken on BOARD.
Their boat sank Immediately after their
rescue"
Total of 523 Saved.
Although the total saved by the Grosser
Kurfuerst, as given above, is loo, the
classification Of the rescued accounts for
but 1O4. In the next paragraph OF the
message. which reads as follows:
Saved by Kurfuerst. eighty-six pas
sengers, second officer. one engineer, six
teen of crew. Total saved by all ships.
a23 About 100 are missing.
when We left the Carmania and the
Touraine were searching the sea for two
OF the Volturno's boats. which were iu!l
of passengers, but their success was i'm
probable. Almost all of the Volturno's
boats were smashed by high seas when
lowered.
THE wreck of the volturno Is drifting
and dangerous to shipping We contin-
ued our voyage after losing twenty-four
hours The survivors were well cared
for and comfortably lodged"
The Grosser Kurfuerst should reach TINS
port Wednesday.