Show OWNERS OF THE VOLTURNO ACCUSE infuriated RIVALS believe that explosives were placed in coal bunkers as result of a bitter fight liverpool that the volturno dibas ker iter was the result of a deliberate plot to destroy the vessel Is the belief of tho the owners of the uranium line it Is ia broadly hinted that the plot was the outgrowth odthe of ithe bitter fight at ich has been raging between the uranium and rival lines captain tinsley manager of the uranium line declares that ho he has noticed of late nn an increasing bitterness among the sailors and dock laborers toward the company which has haa been involved in numerous dis utes with its employees it Is the belief of captain tinsley that the disputes were instigated by business rivals taking advantage of the fact that the ships of the line wore were ofil officered cored by englishmen and manned by dutch and belgian sailors many threatening letters have been received by the management one of these received rec elvea just before the of the volturno Vol turro read it if you dont listen to our demands one of your boats will be bo burned there was waa trouble among the crew alertly shortly before the vessel sailed but so no attention was paid to the letter it la Is now low believed that a bomb placed lu in the hold possibly in ia the coal bunkers caused the explosion and fire which destroyed the ship and more than lives the uranium ships sail from dutch ports and havo have been strong bidders for the dutch and germin german emigrant trade so bitter has been the rivalry between the competing lines that the german G erman officials have been induced to forbid german emigrants to engage passage on the uranium ships the stories told by the passengers of the steamship carmanita Car manla manta and other liners which went to the rescue of the burning volturno describe the tha heroic efforts in the face of almost insuperable difficulties to save the passengers and crew of the doomed ship |