The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-13
TRAGIC STORY
OF FIRE TOLD
BY SURVIVOR

/ the captain made all the women ano
children 90 to one side, and the men &c
| the other side. He had been compelled
to leave the bridge and go aft because
| it was too hot. Women wept, shrieked
laughed and became hysterical.
1--WE had not thought of food, but II
the afternoon we considered it better to
get something and went TO the kitchens
which we found deserted, made coffee
and helped ourselves to biscuit and beef
But most of the passengers refused te
eat.
"We saw RATS sent from the Carma-
mia, but nobody told us to jump in. In
fact we knew not what they were there
for About six o'clock the decks att
began to get very warm, then hotter and
hotter. But we did not seem TO feel the
heat"
When shown his boot with the sole
half burned through, Trintepohl said:
81 don't remember this, but it was
awful when the flames burst out. Some
Of the men and women tore their hair
but others were quite still.
"After the explosion ! thought it bet
ter to jump, for / am good swimmer,
and an English passenger and one OF
the crew said they would accompany me.
jumped first. They followed but
never saw them again.
II made for the German ship, but they
did not hear me. Then / came towards
the Carmana and shouted Help, help,
and was seen, by the aid of the search
light. | was about an hour in the sea
and became half unconscious. / know
not how ! was got out.
During the day five sailors and one
steward fell into the fire and We're
burned to death.
81 know nothing more. ] came away
because it was too hot to stay any long
er, and | feared the whole ship would
blow up"
When Trientepohl was told that ac-
cording to the captains wireless message
six boats had been launched and two got
away, he said ut is not so. ] was there
all the time and saw everything. No
boat got away"
Other Stories of Disaster.
Mr. Spurgeon in his account tells of
the attempts to get lifeboats alongside
the Volturno.
Nothing" he says, was seen of the
two boats, launched with about twenty
passengers in each, after they left the
Volturno's side. -Four others were
smashed against the ships side and the
occupants either killed or drowned.
AT 0 o'clock Thursday night the cap.
tain of the yolturno sent a despairing
message, which read: For Gods sake,
help us or we perish
Al hn 10, Il 4.
to the after deck. Eventually the seas
moderated and the boats saved 52l per-
sons. The death roll numbers 1885,"
The wireless operator aboard the Car
mania serlls the following:
"Two boats were lowered from the
Volturno before the Carmania arrived,
and ITO passengers were lost. Disem-
barkation commenced before daylight.
The total number lost is 1876 as far as
known"
A wireless from the captain of the De-
vonian, one of the rescuing steamers,
says that he has so survivors aboard
comprising Is men, 20 women, and 81
children, all WELL This is the same
number previously reported.
A wireless from the steamer Saydlitz,
forwarded from Bremen, says she has
aboard 46 survivors, instead of SO, as
previously reported. This would account
for the ten supposed to have been aboard
the Carmania, the latter steamer having
been credited with ii survivors, whereas
she is bringing in only one.
Among the first-class passengers on
the Volturno, there were only two
Americans, John Krug and Frieda Krug.