Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-16

nignt was at It's blacklist names burst
through amldships Of the Volturno
from her engine room and coal bunk
ers. As the fire lighted up the sky
there followed an explosion which sent
into he air burning wreckage like q
fight of rockets.
The spectacle of the great vessel be-
ing consumed by fire with over 500
souls on board and surrounded by a
fleet OF huge lighted hulls crowded
with thousands OF spectators all anx-
ious but unable to help owing to the
mountainous seas, was terrifying.
Helpless in Face OF Death.
All that could be done by the would
pc helpers was to throw overheard
from their vessels dozens of lighted
life buoys and stand by in the hope
OF picking UP some of those who had
been cast into the sea.
AT ~ minutes past 8 the wireless
operator on board the Volturno had to
turn over the connection Of his instru-
ment to the reserve batteries as the
fire a reached the boilers and the
engine room and had put the pumps
aud dynamos out Of commission. A
lew minutes later cries for help were
heard rising from the water near the
Carmanla and then a man who proved
70 be a storage passenger Of the Vol
turno wearing a life belt was located
by means of the searchlight q short
instance away, tossed about by the sea,
He was rescued, but only after one of
the sailors of the Carmania had been
lowered IN the water with a. life line
Whlch he placed round the waist OF
the exhausted man.
Other cries were heard. but these
gradually died away and no further
Dodles or swimming people were seen.
About midnight a ray Of hope came.
for 1T was seen that the flames were
not making much Roadway aft of the
on ~1rn rNNyNN ~ AI~A NA-- - 49, -
the Volturno.
AT daybreak the Volturno was still
hoating with her great human cargo
huddled in masses in her poop. The
sea q moderated considerably ana
a. notilla OF boats gathered round the
sierra of the Volturno.
The immigrants on board the Vol
turno We're composed Of Russians. Dali
matlans, Poles and q few Germans.
Most of them were bound for Canada,
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PARTIAL LIST OF CABIN
PASSENGERS ON voLTuRNo
New York. Oct. 1.-THE Uranium
line was without direct information
concerning the loss OF the Voltunro
stated according to their informatiog
ne a on board 81 cabin AS
sengers, 27s storage passengers for
New York and 1852 for Halifax and =
crew q SO. They had received from
hotterdam a list of 16 of the cabin
passengers who were bound for New
York. The list follows.
RuBiN RElM ER, aged 20.
MARIANA MRZYGOD, aged II.
JOSEF FARBER. aged 16.
JOHN kRuG, aged SO.
fRlEDA KRuG, aged %.
HINDE FRIEDMAN. aged 10.
ESTHER KAPLAN, aged 10.
HEDWING EBERLE. e AZ.
CARL TEPPER, aged as.
HODE Topper, aged 16.
BERL TEPPER, aged Ia.
EMMA TEPPER, aged 9.
TAFKE TEPPER, aged s.
LEIBE SABFIN. aged "a.
MICHALI4 SABFifJ, aged Al.
ARMANDE ANTOINE. aged IL.
Ine Nolturno was commanded by
Captain Inch, who has been five years
in the service of the Uraniumli line. Tha
at GLASGOW, in 1905. She was $40 feet
long, with a 43-foot beam. Her rrosr
tonnage was 2.5S1; net 2,20S.
on this voyage she carried a cargo
OF syl tons consisting of non-com-
bustible chemicals. manufactured cot
ton goods, mineral waters and LIQUORS.
When Edward o.. Thomas, general
manager of the lines offices here. and
Carl G.. Foreman, general passenger
agent, cached their desks shortly after
3 o'clock this morning. they found the
offices besieged by reporters. but were
without n advices whatsoever. !
OF the Storage passengers bound for
Halifax. 210 were adults, Al children
and 10 infants. Only one cabin pas
senger was booked for Halifax. OF the
York, ZIP were adults, SO children and
three Infants. The total number OF
young children and babies aboard
was 81.
Indications were that there were no
native born Americans on the steam
snip Volturno. A nearly complete pas
senger list received here from Rotter-i
dam showed that practically all on,
board were immigrants. mostly bound
for Canada.