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Cap tain Barr's Call Saves Many Lives On Volturno Rescue
Details of the Carmania and allied liners rescuing passengers from the burning Volturno after a collision in heavy seas. Captain Barr directs operations with Marconi contact, oil from the Narragansett calming waves, and lifeboat exchanges amid peril and heroism. Eleven liners assist as survivors are hoisted aboard.
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Carmania
Mr. Gardiner
Inch
Minneapolis
Volturno
Heighway
Walter Trintepohl
Harwood
Narragansett
Barr
Cunard
Marconi
Carimania
Humphrey Jones
Kroonland
Carinmania
Gardiner
Sides
Mr. Mansfield
New York
T. W. Duller
Garvey
T.T. Watson
Philadelphia
Velturno
Grosser Kurfverst
Atlantic
Trintepohl