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The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.

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SS Volturno (1906)

Canadian ocean liner; caught fire and scuttled in North Atlantic (1913)

SS Volturno was an ocean liner that caught fire and was eventually scuttled in the North Atlantic in October 1913. She was a Royal Line ship under charter to the Uranium Line at the time of the fire. After the ship issued SOS signals, eleven ships came to her aid and, in heavy…
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