Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-16
Survivors of
 VO|turnO Fire
GERMAN LINER BRINGS 1O5 TO
 NEW YORK.
STORIES OF HERoIsM
Second Officer Lloyd Went Out in
 Leaky Boat to Test Fury of Sea- Third Engineer Stuck to His Post.

New York, Oct. 15.-New York took in and sheltered today the first sur v1Vors of the steamer Volturno to ar rye in this country, 105 in number, brought into port by the Grosser Kur- furst, the North German Lloyd liner hat sent the first rescue boat careen- ing across the heavy seas that made so difficult the task of removing pas sengers and crew from the burning ship.
 Caused by Exploding Chemicals. The explosion of a drum containing chemicals was the cause of the fire, according to the story told by Waldron DlsseIman, third officer of the VoItur- no. Disselman gave a thrilling mar | rative of the long hours spent on his Tlre-ridden ship, fighting the flames sustaining the crippled wireless plant, lowering Hfeboats quieting the panic stricken, steering the vessel by hand to keep her from drifting-fighting the battle unaided because the waves were running too high for small craft from other ships to accomplish the journey to the Nolturno's side. More than so passengers were burned to death when they were cut off by flames Dissel- man reported.
 Ranking well up with the bravery displayed by Captain Inch of the Vol turno were the feats of daring of sew
 
 ond Officer Lloyd. While ten ocean liners manoeuvred about the Volturno after darkness had settled on Thurs day, Captain Inch wirelessed; We can't stand this long. Our boats are gone. Send boats
 No rescue boats came in response to Inch's wireless.
 Second Officer Lloyd's Daring Feat. Then Second Officer Lloyd measured up to the mark Taking four men with him, he entered a damaged IifebOat the Volturno's last. and showed thai the seas could be lived upon. Sec ond Officer Von CarIsburg of the Grosser kurfurst told the story of how Lloyd and his crew set the eXamp pie for the other ships. Soon light 1t was Ll0yd's pocket iamp-waS seen dancing up and down on the top of the waves" said Von Car1sburg, and In q short time the Vofturno's boa reached us, Second Officer Lloyd and his crew were in the boat and no soon CT had they bearded the Kurfurst than their boat sank being nearly full of water. The trip had been an exper- mental one to see if it were possible for small boat to live in the heavy sea-"
 Could Not See a Single Woman.
 When we got alongside the Vol turno," said Second Officer Von Carls- burg of the Kurfurst, describing the first boats trip, 'T heard screaming 2 on board and I decided to keep away. for l figured that some of the panic stricken people might jump into our boat and upset 1t. I shouted to the officers of the Volturno to tell the people to jump into the sea and theS would be rescued. This advice was taken and we picked up man after man. When we ot back to our shin I hoI ,J . lowing morning I made two trips and rescued more. While we were at the Volturno's side I could not see a single woman, They all appeared to be man"
 Hero of the Engine Room.
 Second Officer Lloyd risked his life Tn other ways than by his trip to the kurfurst. When the foremast threat ened to topple 1t was Lloyd who climbed to the wireless plant and mended it so that communication could be maintained with the other ships. Descending, Lloyd fell twenty feet, WOunding his forehead This was be- fore he took his crew of four and entered the Volturno's last boat Third Engineer Pinsch was another hero. refusing to desert the flame threatened engine room until he got orders from Captain Inch to do so. Then Pinsch donned his best uniform. pocketed his mariners certificate and five sover- eigns and jumped overheard. He was rescued
 Passengers told of some of the T7or- TOTS they say they witnessed. Some saw women burned to death: others. babies tran1pled on Several were quoted as declaring they saw ships officers keep back with reVolvers panic stricken Sean1en who swarmed LID from the bowels of the vessel after the ex - plosions and tried to force their way into lifeboats ahead of women and children It was denied on behalf of the officers that revolvers had been used
 Charge Crew With cowardioe.
 At Shelter homes where thev had been fed and clothed the survivors to- night declared in one voice that many of the Volturno's crew were guilty of cowardice. They told af having seen sailors rush to the sides of the burn ing ship. push women and children aside and leap into the llfeDoats and lower themselves, thinking only of their own safety while helpless passen- gers remained or the decks and prayed to be saved
 But the stories brought tn by wire less and the ones told on land today show that those of the crew who thus took the places of passengers in the ltfebdats are not among the rescued.
 
 them perished. One sailor Ieaped from the Volturno's deck, ,aNghted amidships in an oVererowded Iifeboat, and his weight split the craft in two and all were drowned, said one survivor Women and Children Tran1p;ed Upon
 Passengers tonight described also scenes of panic when the people in the steer age made their rush for the upper deck after the first explosion Women " ere knocked down others were swept overheard and were drowned children were walked upon and killed, according to the stories. Passengers feH t8 their knees and We're tranapled eH as they prayed Every one for himself in eases Of this kind. members ef the crew replied when appealed t8 fer Pro= tectteR said one survivor
 Efforts to HeuRita Families.
 Mayer Eiiae's eeH4s4ittee, rfae Red CTess relief workers and representa- lives ef various charitable ofgaaiza- lions, met the Dresser Kurfurst at her 1eboisn pier and the survivors were brought to New York Efforts will be made te reuRite families who are alive The immigration rules were suspended, although many of the rescued are pau pers. The Uranium Ine. in whose EuE4.iee the NoiturHp was epga ged, uH par the paSsage Of survivors to their