Volturno Disaster Accounts Include Shipboard Fire and Rescue
Captain Inch reports lifeboats, fires, and evacuation at sea after Volturno capsize. Passengers and crew endured delays as Carmania, Seydlitz, Kroonland, and others aided rescue efforts amid heavy seas. About 657 aboard. 526 accounted for. 131 missing. survivors to Ellis Island landing fare exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inch
Kroonland
Uranium Steamship Company
Red Star Line
Fourman
Uranium Line
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Ellis Island
Uhl
Red Cross Committee
Rescue at Sea as Volturno Fire Claims Passengers
Lieutenant Izenic reported a blazing Volturno with passengers urged to jump. Rousselet of the Touraine and his crew rescued fourteen people using whale boats and a lifeboat amid shifting seas and rising flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kroonland
Marconi
Izenic
Touraine
Rousselet
Volturno
Volturno Disaster Report Reveals Panic and Heroism
Survivor accounts describe chaotic lifeboat launches as fire on the Volturno trapped passengers. Captain Inch and crew struggled to maintain order while steerage passengers fought to reach crowded boats. A cook named Kenoma and an Englishman attempted to shepherd others, one man breaking a leg during rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inch
Friederich Badtke
Kenoma
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Lincoln Mfg. Co
Test Hille
Brighton
Anial Elaaranes
Bete
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Ee Ee Bae
Sinae
Ane
Leeping
Warin Zivocule
Waare
Washington St
Winter St
Miamilton Place
H. P. Miller
Langsell
Carmania
Seydlitz
Grosser Kurfuerst
la Touraine
Narragansett
Minneapolis
Devonian
Czar
Rappahannock
Havre
France
Caussin
Transatlantic Company
Boston
Boston Hygienic Corset CO
Temple Place, Blake Bldg
NEW Ynoka Co
Milk St
Sphinx
Long Bros
Boylston ST
Cook
New England
Oliver Twist
Paul Dombey
Dickens
Boys’ Clothing
Jordan Marsh Company
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