Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-14
Carmania'S Passengers Watched the Plight of the
 VOturno With Heart-breaking Anxiety
TANK STEAMER WAS SALVATION OF 800 LIVES
Up the Time of Its Arrival Large Fleet of Ocean Liners Helpless to Render Aid to Those Aboard Burning Steam CT, Says Arthur Sturgeon, Carmania Passenger-78 Members of the Volturnos Crew of 93 Men Perished

the German liner and wrecked. The men were saved.
 '"The night aboard the CaTmania was
 one never to be forgotten. No one got more than SnatcheS OS sleep. Most i prayed for the souls in peril. All were 1 racked with heartbreak!ng anxiety Our i utter helplessness was appalling. The finest fleet of liners ever gathered in one spot in the Atlantic, practically ! impotent, even with their splendid ! equipment, to render aid on account l of the great waves.
 Almost Mad With Terror. Soon after midnight the Grosser i KUrfUrst succeeded in lowering a boat, i which had almost as painful an expe- 1 rience as the Carmanla's. After get ! ting within speaking distance of the i NOlturno the officer in charge of the ! boat shouted to the passengers to ] jump. But either they did not hear or were afraid to respond. The people aboard the first ship were in a state of semi collapse; they were overcome | by sight of the destruction of many of their fellows in the morning. They knew that the fire was creeping on them inch by inch. When the detona- tors and rockets stored in the chart room exploded they thought the end had come. Terror drove them almost mad. It was hell Trintepohl said
 Meanwhile disaster threatened a boat crew from the Minneapolis be- cause of a broken rudder. The search light of the Carmania revealed their plight, and the boat was smashed against the side but the officer and crew were saved. They had been out for five hours.
 Oil Gained the Angry Waves.
 The time spent in rescuing the AIinneapolis' boat affected Captain 7,1a Cf iGyl To "a boats ready to launch, but was now further from the scene. Captain Barr then sienalIed the other captains that his ship was difficult to manoeuvre, and if they could do the work he would stand aside.
 "At daybreak the gale moderated, and then a miracle occurred. It result cd in the salvation Of the Volturno's crew and passengers. When Captain Barr sent out a call for Q, tank steam CT there came back a reply from the Nsrragansett We will be there with the milk the sea name for oil.
 'Op the arrival of the tank huge quantities were pumped around the NoituTnO, making 1t safe for the life boats to approach. It was a stirring spectacle when the great liners put off their boats. which danced over the shimmering, oil-f1lmed waters to the work of rescue. And soon the Vol turno was a derelict-
 MT. Mansfield of New York, a pas senger on the Carmania, said the peO- ple on board the VolturnO seemed t0~ be paralyzed and helpless. They made no effort to seize the lines of the rafts thrown to them. He saw one man kiss his wife and children, throw them overheard and jump after them. They were seen for only a moment and then disappeared.
 T. W. Duller of New York, describ- ing how the passengers were saved, said that ropes were cast from life boats to the VOlturnO and the passen- gers were made fast to these and slung overheard. He continued:
 Memorials for Heroic Sailors.
 "I saw no panic. The passengers of the VoIturno were all wearing lifebelts and seemed to be quiet. I saw two boats floating bottom up. These two probably we're the boats safely launch ed and afterward reported missing.
 A subscription was made on board the CaTnania amounting to over $500. Part Of it was distributed between Heighwsy. the seaman who rescued Walter Trintepohl, and Garvey, an other of the Carnania's crew, the re- mainder of the amount being retained for the purchase of a fnementO for First Officer Gardiner in recognition of his herOism."