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Fire at Sea: The Saga of the Volturno
Survey of cargo on board of the Volturno
(according to manifest published by The Journal of Commerce and other sources)
| Importer | Cargo |
| Ammerman & Patterson | 100 casks tar oil |
| Anthral Wood Preserving Co. | 2 casks tar oil |
| Atkins & Dubrow | 1,189 bales peat moss |
| B.S. Barnes (Erie Railroad Company) |
400 casks wine 1 case leadshot 1 case filter paper 1 case glassware 514 cases wine |
| Burhenne & Dorn | 4 casks wine |
| Charles & Co. | 100 cases gin |
| G. Frankel & Sons | 2 cases crockery |
| N.A. Gants Co. | 41 casks wine |
| Geisenheimer & Co. | 42 casks analine color 1 case electrode 30 casks paratoluidin |
| Hablicht, Braun & Co. | 100 cases mineral water |
| Innis, Speiden & Co. | 123 casks chloride of barium |
| Irving National Bank | 64 drums barium peroxide |
| M.J. Jennings | 25 cases gin |
| Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne | 1 case celluloid plates |
| R.F. Lang | 12 cases bulbs |
| Marx Maiez | 10 bales new cuttings 160 bales burlap bagging 278 bales rags |
| Morris & Schraeder | 120 cases mineral water 1 case mineral salts 20 cases mineral water |
| Mumm Champ. & Imp. Co. | 550 cases wine |
| G.S. Nicholas & Co. | 25 cases liquors 50 cases gin 10 casks do. (= ditto=same as above, so: gin) |
| D. Ouwerkerk | 24 cases trees |
| Pratt & Farmer Co. | 4 cases iron ware |
| Read Holliday & Sons | 20 drums analine oil |
| F. Rosenstern & Co. | 6 cases cottons |
| G. M. Schmidt | 4 cases photographic plates |
| Schulz & Ruckgaber | 40 drums chemicals |
| Sonn Brothers | 53 cases still wine 1 case wine glass |
| E. Tirgrath | 100 cases gin |
| Travis & Parks | 280 cases cheese 2 casks rapeseed oil 25 bags peas 1 parcel samples of cotton yarn 300 bags potatoes 5 cases cakes 23 bags peas |
| Uranium Steamship Co. | 2 cases books 1 package books 83 casks chemicals 69 casks chloride of barium 50 casks Edam cheese |
| Walken & McLaughlin | 70 drums tar oil 140 casks do. (=ditto: same as above, so: tar oil) |
| Order (?) | 19 drums tetrachloride of carbon (good solution for fats, waxes, resins, etc.; also appears in some fire extinguishers, but is dangerous in case of fire with water, because toxic gas (phosgen, a very poisonous gas) is formed then) 20 casks magnesite (a mineral containing magnesium; is used to make roof slates, fireproof tiles and seamless floors) 221 casks magnesite 450 casks oilmen's stores 2 drums barium peroxide 40 casks nitrate of barium 123 casks chloride of barium 451 bales cocoa shells 8 cases quinine 511 cases salted hides 50 cases Haarlem oil (3 deciliters of turpentine on 1 deciliter of linseed oil, in which a solution of sulpher) 370 packages straw envelopes 120 packages straw envelopes 20 packages straw mats 10 cases desk stock 145 crates empty bottles 125 cases tea |