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| Picture No | 10179639 |
| Date | October 1913 |
| Description | Burning of the SS 'Volturno' in the North Atlantic |
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SS 'Volturno' ocean liner on a voyage from Rotterdam to New York City was carrying a mixed load of passengers (mostly immigrants) and cargo that included highly flammable chemicals, burned and sank in the North Atlantic. Here showing the 'Carmania's' boats rescuing passenagers in oil-calmed waters.
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| Source | 'Illustration by Norman Wilkinson in 'The Illustrated London New', Silver Jubilee Record Number 1910 - 1935 page 29 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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