The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-13
SEA TRAGEDY
OF THE VOLTURNO
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battling for life In the angry waves
after he had been in the water up
ward of an hour.
1t being impossible to get to Trinte
| pohl with small boat, Seaman Heigh
way of the Carmania dived into the
mountainous waves with rope and
succeeded In reaching the exhausted
man. HIGHWAY risked his life and
was loudly cheered by the Carmania
passengers.
Crisp Details.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1s.-Crisn
graphic details of the burning at sea
of the Uranian liner Volturno were re.
ceived here today by the North Ger
man Lloyd line by wireless from Cap
tain Spangenberger OF the eros
ser Knrfuerst, which with 100 OF the
rescued aboard Is now off Nantucket
light ship on her way to New York.
Captain Spangenberger's message
came via the wireless station at Cape
Race 1t read: Calls for help from the
steamer Volturno at p. M. Vessel
1880 north, 25 west. volturno found in
total burning condition. Fire com.
menced with heavy explosion in DO"
resulting In death OF several of passens
gers and crew. Eleven steamers at
place of accident Heavy north-north
west storm. High sea and swell. Two
boats of Kurfuerst on the water all
night from 800 to 3:1S. Approach to
wreck almost impossible. Saved dur
ing the night. 80; at dawn additional
IS. volturno sent boat with five
men. Were taken on board. Boat i'm.
mediately sank. Saved by Kurfuerst
s6 passengers, second officer, one en-
gineer. 16 crew. Total saved by all
ships, 52S About 100 missing.
"Carmania and Touraine searching
place of accident for two full boats of
passengers of Volturno. Success i'm
probable. Almost all of boats OF Vol
turno when lowered were smashed on
account of high seas. Wreck drifting;
dangerous for shipping. Continued
voyage, $50. Loss of time about "a
hours Survivors we'll taken care of
and well placed. (Signed) Spangen-
berger"
To Captain Spangenberger's mes
sage was added list OF the names of
those aboard his ship They included
Reuben Reimer, second class passen
ger, Second Officer Edward Lloyd of
the volturno; Third Officer Walter
Dueffelmann, several OF the crew and
the steerage passengers rescued.
Another wireless, from Captain Hag.
enmeyer, of the steamer Seidlitz, due
in Baltimore, Oct. %, says that aboard
his ship were Engineer Schoenstein OF
the Volturno, Quartermaster Schmidt
five stewards. one saloon passenger
Adolph Baumgarten, seven women
three girls. four boys and sixteen men
from the steerage and sixteen mem
bers Of the crew.
A small crowd of Russian and Pol
ish Jews was at the Offices OF the
Uranium line when the Grosser Kur
fuerst and Seidletiz messages arrived
Lists OF rescued were posted and there
was rush to inspect the names
Marks OF sorrows and exclamations
rose In babble of tongues as the
watchers learned of loved ones saved
or resigned themselves again to en-
dure the tortures of hope deferred.
Lost Their Heads.
on BOARD THE FRENCH LINER
La TOURAINE, (by wireless via
Queenstown. Oct. 1.-THE majority
of the 136 women and men. who per
ished when the Yolturno burned at
sea. met death because they lost their
heads. The four of the six life boats
lowered were smashed and all hands
drowned because they were over
crowded and their tackle .fouled and
tangled In the confusion that reigned
Outside of those lost in the boats and
the few members of the crew killed in
the initial explosion, most of the vic.
tins were drowned In the turbulent
waves when they lost hops,of rescue
and Jumped overheard. Women as
well as men, the hot decks of the
burning liner scolrhing their feet
were seen to leap over the volturno's
rails as the eleven rescue ships stood
by. Efforts were made to reach them
IN life boats but they were lost sight
of in the blackness OF the night be.
cause of the towering mountains OF
water that made rescue work most
perilous as well as difficult The
Touraine was the sixth ship to reach
the blazing Volturno. With the ter
rifo gale and high seas 1t required
expert navigation to keep the big
ships from interfering with each 9th.
er. Every one Of the eleven ships
towe6 small boats and attempted to
get at the frightened passengers hud.
died on the poop Of the burning liner
but the storm made that impossible
until Friday morning when countless
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