Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-10-16

the passengers of the steamship Car
mania and other liners. which went to
the rescue of the burning Volturno. de-
scribe the heroic efforts in the face Of
almost insuperable difficulties to save
the passengers and crew of the doomed
ship.
AS yet Information is lacking as to
how the fire originated, but 1t is shown
shat the fact that not more lives were
Aost was due in the first place to the
wireless, and, in the second, to Captain
Bars happy idea of calling the Nara
gansett for oil.
There is some discrepancy in the stor-
les with regard to the behavior of the
crew. but it Is significant that of the
crew numbering 80, It is reported that IS
persisted, while most of the officers re-
NAMED aboard and We're eventually res
cued.
What issues clearly from all the MARIA
tives is hat practically all the lives
that were lost were sacrificed in attempts
to launch the boats before the arrival
of the other steamers. and that had
Captain Inch known so much help would
be forthcoming, practically all might
have been saved.
BARR WITHHOLDS STATEMENT.
The Carmania arrived in Fishguard to-
lay, hut her commander declined to give
>ut an official statement until he had
unlimited his report to the company Off
.ials at Liverpool, whore the Carmania
Is due tomorrow.
The fire on the Volturno appears t.
have originated I'm her cargo hold and
when it became evident that the flames
had gained the mastery Capt. Francis
Inch devoted all his energy to the sal
walton of his hundreds of passengers.
The story told by the Carmania's
ships bulletin maintains that six small
boats were launched from the Volturno,
that two Of them with 81 persons each
On board got away and that the other
our were smashed against the ships
side and that all their occupants per,
shed.
After the failure of the ifcboats from
the Carmania to reach the burning ship
and when Captain Barr m%anocuvrcd his
vessel close to the VolturnO, the pas.
scngers on board the Cunard liner did
everything in their power to encourage
the terrified crowd huddled together ir
ne dlltl ldIl Va III Nbllbl lip' III
waved handkerchiefs and shouted cheer
ing words through megaphones to which
they received answering signals from the
emigrants ON the Nolturno.
BARR CALLED RESCUE FLEET.
Baked in his attempts to establish
communication between the Carmania
and the Volturno, Captain Barr sent out
lro,J,,.t u;rgI.eg eir,.1- ,,bi,I lv.,ob
to the vicinity an international fleet
the vessels of which had changed theii
courses to hurry to the succor of the
doomed ship. The Seydlitz was the first
vessel that hove in sight at half pas
three o'clock In the afternoon. She wa:
followed by the GrOsser Kurfurst ant
then came others in quick succession.
Late on Thursday afternoon Captain
Barr made another attempt to reach thu
Volturno by means Of liferafts which h
hoped might be secured by those OF
board but this attempt also proved
futile.
In the meantime the despairing mes
saRes from Captain Inch of the Vol
turno calling for succor grew more in
sistent as the flames ate their wa.
through and great clouds of smoke en-
NtloDth lIt y Hdil VI HiH mp
At about seven o'clock in the evening
Captain Inch succeeded in lowering
boat in charge of the second officer o
the Volturno and a crew Of four mel
with the intention of taking a line to tn
Gnosser Kurfurst.
The small GOAT after a desperat
struggle reached the German liners sid
only to he dashed to pieces. It's oc
,,,p,n,g b,u,nyor cod tn Gpiza limo
thrown out by the German sailors an
were thus saved.
Near half past nine at night the SIX
was suddenly Illuminated with a luri
glare as the flames burst through. an
other part Of the Volturno. Capital
Inch then sent a last ~despairing appca
and twenty minutes later there occurre
a terrific explosion which to the helE
less thousands of spectators on boar
the surrounding vessels seemed to sea
the doom Of those on the stricken ship,
SEA SUDDENLY MODERATED,
After describing the rescue of the GEL
man, Walton Trintepohl, the only surV
vor taken on board the Carmania, III
bulletin proceeds that the hope Of savin
any more of those on board the Nolturn
had been almost abandoned when the Sc
suddenly moderated and the fleet Of rel
cuing ships was able to get away a nun
her lifeboats and take off all the surv
Vors,
Captain Inch left his vessel at eigl
o'clock on Friday morning carrying wit
him all the ships papers.
Il will be up with the milk in the morn
Ing" was the cheerful reply photographic
by Commander Harwood of the Angl'
American oil steamer Narragansett to II
Carmania's call for help. As soon
Captain Barr of the Cunard steamer rea
ized the situation he told the Marco
operator on board the Carmania to g
in touch with the oil steamer as an abui
liant supply OF oil seemed to be the ON,
means of subduing the violence of Il
seas and Of facilitating the rescue operi
lions. The Carmania quickly picked l
the oil ship and received the hearty r.
spouse quoted.
True to his word the skipper of the Ma
cagansett brought his steamer on to II
Icene early Friday morning and immed