The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-12

near enough to cast lifelfnes. He man.
aged to get wtthUng onE hundred feet
or so of the VolturnNs stern, but II
WAS impossible to get a line to the
ship or to devise any plan that would
result in taking off the passengers.
The Carmania's people could see hun
dreds of the immigrants crowded aft
in the Noiturno. They were terribly
frightened. and made pathetic appeals
to be saved There was nothing that
could be done then. The only hope
lay In possible abatement of the
storm.
Then the ether ships that had
caught the wireless appeal began to
show on the horizon. and to loom near.
First OF all was the North German
Lloyd. Grosser kuerfuerst, which
came up in the late afternoon. The
big German tried Captain Bars tao
tics of lowering a small boat. and of
f1ghting out with the storm. but it
was useless,
Captain Bars wireless operators
had never ceased sending ont appeals,
and hour by hour, the Carmania got
word that more ships were approach
ing Presently the Red Star, Kroon-
land, showed In sight, and then, as the
hours passed, there came up in turn
men. and the Far East; La Touraine.
the fast French liner. bound for
Havre: the Minneapolis the Kappa
hammock, the Car, the Narragansett.
and the Devonian.
Spectacle of Horror.
As the night Increased the Vol
turno was a spectacle of fearful fas-
cination, The whole scene was as
though a brilliantly illuminated city
had settled upon the face of the
ocean. The ten rescuing ships, bright
with their eleCtriCs, lowered as near
as they dared to the burning vessel
The noise OF the storm was so great
that those who listened could make
little of what was occurring on board
the Volturno. Occasionally they heard
cries which might have meant any
thing besides appeals for rescue. No
situation of greater suspense. or more
trying to seasmen or passengers, could
be imagined
The Carmania. the Kroonland. La
Touraine, and the other ships. kept
the waters as light as possible, sweep
ing the ocean with searchlight, cast
ing overheard lighted life buoys, and
waste soaked with oil. There was a
chance that some of the Volturno's
people had jumped into the sea, or
had escaped drowning when the life
boats were smashed.
About $50 Thursday night, people
on the Carmania heard a cry of help
from the water The Cunarder swept
her searchllghts over the waves and
soon distinguished man who was be-
ing tossed by the waves. How to res
cue him was a problem. A sailor vol
unteered to let himself be lowered
In "a ffur IN
his wait and he let himself overheard.
taking the chance that wave might
dash him him against the Carmania' s
side. Stout swimming brought him
within reaching distance of the man
who had called for help, one of the
Nolturno's Storage passengers who
wore life belt, This man had either
jumped from the ship or had man
aged TO keep afioat when the four
lifeboats were destroyed. Other cries
were heard during the night, but the
searchlights could locate no one. They
who cried ont persisted miserably with
ten ships, as brilliant as summer no.
tells, standing alaround them.
Saw Other Explosions.
Once or twice the watchers on these
ships saw what appeared to be an
explosion in the fore part of the Vol
turno, where the flames were thickest.
Burning wreckage was vomited into
the Redeemed darkness 1t was thought
likely that Captain Inch was using ex-
plosives 10 fight the march of the fire.
The storm continued throughout the
night. but toward dawn the wind de-
creased and the sea began to get
smooter. Every minute of the dark
ness the officers and crew of the
ten rescuing ships had been on duty
watching and waiting for chance to
lower boats At daylight their OPP
portunity came
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