The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-16
|SH|P'S BURNING
DUE TO ENEMIES
OFFICERS or URANIUM LINER
DEMAND INVESTIGATION. /,
MANAGER WAS THREATENED
Minneapolis VIII Arrive at Queens.
town Tonight--La Touraine With
Eleven Children Separated From
Parents Arrives At Havre.

| VoWH toHtyUt--Easi oufdiUe Win
Eleven Children Separated From \
Parents Arrives At Havre.
Liverpool, Oct. 14.-Oficers of the
Uranium liners today demanded an
| Investigation Of the burning of the
IVolturno. 1t is believed it was set on
! fire by enemies. Captain Tinsley,
the manager, says a bomb was ex-
ploded in he hold. He asserted he
had been warned that one OF his YES
sells would be burned unless he ceas-
cd cutting rates. There has also
been trouble between the English Of
llcials and the Dutch and Belgian
crew.
Minneapolis at Queenstown.
Queenstown, Oct 1.-THE steamer
Minneapolis will bring the survivors
.of the Volturno here at IL o'clock to-
night and they will be sent by spe-
cial train TO Southampton.
.3.H' Eleven Little Babies. &a
Havre, Oct. 14.-Carrying ten little
babies rescued from the Volturno
wreck and separated from their par
ents, who are on other ships, the
French liner La Touraine reached
here today. There were ~ survivors
of the wreck on board and they will
be cared for until sent to America.
Grosser kerfuerst Near New York,
On Board the North German Lloyd
Steamship Grosser Kerfuerst, at Sea
tby wireless telegraph to Cape Race,
Oct. 1.-THE Grosser kerfuerst is ap-
preaching New York with los sur.
yiYors on board from the steamship
Volturno. burned to the waters edge
IN q gale in mid-Atlantic and aba.n-
dohsd last Friday. The passengers
and crew of the Grosser Kurfuerst
Witnessed thrilling scenes when their
vessel, called by distress signals from
the Yolturno, arrived in her vicinity.
The yolturno was found burning
fercely and her crew and passengers
helpless in the heavy seas. 1t was
learned by wireless messages from
the flaming vessel that the IRE had
been started by an explosion In the
forward hold at seven O'Clock Thurs
day morning, ships time. r.
.,,, Flames Rise High In Air.
= On the arrival of the Kurfnerst the
flames from the hold Of the volturno
we're lesping 80 feet into the air
through the hatchways 1t was learned
that fifty or more OF the crew and
steerase passengers had been killed
by the explosion and the Hre.l s9
Six boats were lowered immediate
ly afterward from the yolturno's da-
Wits, Three ofthem, still empty, were
smashed TO pieces against the vessels
side. One boat with 30 passengers, on
board wSs capsi2ed while being
launched and all on IT were lost. The
two others. with 80 to- so passengers
on board, got away, bur apparently
we're lost in the mountainous seas.
Twelve liners were brought by the
wireless distress signals within hail
OF the Volturno. The Cunard liner
Carnania was the first Of these She
reached the scene about noon. Then
came, the 5Seydlitz, the Grosser Kur-
fuerst, the Kroonland, the New York.
the Devonian. La Touraine, the Nara
gansett, the Minneapolis, the Asian.
the Rappshannock and the Gar.
! Fire Reaches the Bunkers.
The sea was running too high to al.
low the taking OF the Volturno's pas
sengers when the rescuing vessels
came on the scene. During the day
the flames from the hold OF the Vol
turno were kept more or less under
control, but about nine O'Clock Thurs.
day night the fire reached the coal
bunkers and 1t was found necessary
to close the buIkheads. The pumps
thereupon were unable to work at full
pressure and the flames broke through
the entire forward part OF the vessel.
At $40 Thursday night another ex-
plosion occurred on the yolturno and
caused panic among her despairing
passengers and crew.
The Grosser Kurfuerst launched
three boats and rescued 80 persons
who had been washed into the. sea.
One of the rescuing lifeboats was out
for six hours and was nearly lost.
Taken on After Daybreak.
All those remaining on board the
yolturno crowded together at the after
end OF the vessel and were taken on
safely after daybreak Friday.
Second officer ID. Lloyd OF the Vol
tIirno was one Of the heroes OF the
disaster. He fell from a height OF 20
feet while repairing the wireless APP
paratus on his vessel, but continued
to fight the IRE all day, and at seven
O'Clock in the evening made perilous
trip to the Grosser Kurfuerst in .
small boat with three others. The
little craft was sinking when she was
picked up by one Of the lifeboats from
the KurfueFst.
The number of those saved is be-
lieyed TO be 523.
carmania Reaches Port.
Fishgaard. Oct 1.-THE Cafmania,
nrst OF the rescuing vessels on, the
scene Of the disaster to the yolturno,
arrived here shortly after two O'Clock.
Captain Barr met the newspaper
correspondents with positive refusal
20 say word about the volturno until
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