New-York tribune., 1913-10-14
LINERS FOUCHT.STOR
TO AID BURNING SHIP
Wireless Reports Tell OF Hard
Struggles to Reach the
VOIturno.
CAPTAIN INCH A HERO
He, Also Wireless Operator,
Stuck to Post to the Last
Story Told in Flashes Gives
Details of Bravery.

Wireless messages that came In yester-
day from the westbound North German
! Lloyd liners Grosser Kurfuerst and
Seydltz. the westbound Red Star liner
Kroonland and the eastbound French liner
| La Touraine, brought the total list OF the
survivors from the Uranium liner Vol
turno who have been definitely accounted
for up to 29i This included So members
Of the crew. The total list OF those saved
by all ships may reach 523
The complete reports from these liners
| received at the Uranium offices yesterday
showed that the Seyditz had on board
| 20 passengers and l6 members OF the crew
| from the Volturno: the Kroonland, Il pas
] sengers and IA OF the crew. including
Captain Inch; the Grosser Kurfuerst, 81
passengers and @ crew. and La Touraine,
eastbound to Havre. 40 passengers only.
These. with the one passenger picked UP
by the eastbound Cunarder Carmania,
| and the 10 passengers in the Furness-
Witty steamship Rappahannock, bound
for Halifax, brought the total list ac-
counted for up to i2l passengers and 55
| OF the crew.
Although the handling of Russian and
Jewish names was difficult for the Ger
man and English operators on board the
steamships and for the American opera
tors on the land stations. the long list OF
survivors came In without a break and
were checked up with the advance lists
| on file I'm the Uranium Lines office at No.
| 10 Broadway.
f.. O. Thomas, general manager OF the
| Uranium Line, and Paul G. Fourm IN,
the passenger traffic manager, congratu-
| lated the North German Lloyd, Red Star
and French Line officials yesterday for
the dispatch and precision employed by
their captains and wireless operators in
sending in the full names of all those
! saved by their respective steamships.
Praise for Shippers.
Throughout the steamship district words
of praise were bestowed upon Captain
| Spangenberg OF the Kurfurst. Captain
! Hagenmeyer OF the Seydlitz. Captain
Kriehbohm OF the Kroonland and captain
! Caussin OF the Touraine for their prompt
ness I'm rounding up lists of survivors ana
| forcing them ahead OF other wireless
matter to the land stations.
The first direct news from this side of
the Atlantic TO break the silence Of two
DAYS came In early yesterday from cap
| tain Spangenberg of the Grosser kur-
fuerst. Up 10 this time the world had
nothing but the narrative Of Captain
Barr of the Carmania and the tale OF the
lone passenger ne had picked up In the
sea.
Captain Spangenberg's message was
dated October II. showing that his reply
10 tho local Office OF the line and his
preparation Of lists had been accom-
rlished much earlier than had been eX-
pected.
In his report 20 the local office the skip
per said that ne got his first call for help
from the Voliurno at p. m. He did not
state the date. but It now seems certain
| that II was THURSDAY He gave $3.50 as
the latitude and 35 as the longitude. The
Marconi message was clear and urgent.
AS soon as the Kurfursts operator re-
ceived II he answered the Nolturno that
| that vessel would start for her at once,
meanwhile spreading the call 10 other
steamships. AS soon as the message was
handed 10 Captain Spangenberg he sent
word TO the engine room To crowd on all
the steam the boilers could stand.