The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-14 00:00:00

FOR LADIES.

VICOLLS' PATENT HIGHLAND CLOAK
- is a combination of utility, elegance, ana comfort. No
Lady having seen or used such in travelling, for morning.
wear, or for covering full dress would willingly be without
one. It somewhat resembles the old Spanish Roquelaire, and
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and measures from 12 to 16 yards round the outer edge, falling
in graceful folds from the shoulders ; but by a mechanical
contrivance (such being a part of the Patent) the wearer can
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to resume its original shape. The materials chiefly used are
the soft neutral coloured shower-proof Woollen Cloths manu-
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half for each Cloak ; but with the Mkanique and a lined
Hood a few shillings more is charged. This department is
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The following detailed statement of Mr. Alfred
Vezin, of Philadelphia, one of the first cabin pas-
sengers, who lost his mother and two sisters by
the disaster, gives full particulars of the catas-
trophe
" Mr. Vezin's first intimation of danger was about
2 p.m., when several of the second-class passengers
rushed towards the stern of the boat, crying Fire!
fire ! He was engaged at the time in a game of
shuttlecock with some of his associates, who, with
himself, were at first inclined to believe that the
alarm was false. On looking round, however, they
saw a dense volume of smoke issuing from the main
hatchway, which did. not materially change their
opinion, as they concluded that the smoke was
occasioned by a back draught in the smoke-stack.
Mr. Vezin, with a few others, immediately
attempted to allay the fears of the excited women
and children, but without success, for scarcely 15
minutes elapsed from the time of the alarm before
the flames darted out from the amidships, in the
vicinity of the. wheelhouse. Scarcely. 20 minutes
after the fire broke out all communication from the
after part of the ship, where Mr. Vezin was, to the
fore part was prevented by fire. Thereafter all
discipline was ended, the captain and fourth officer
being among the foremost to follow the instinct of
self-preservation by endeavouring to enter the boat
which some of the frenzied passengers had attempted
to lower. Owing to the inexperience of the ma-
jority of those engaged in this , attempt the boat,
crowded as she was, did not reach the water suc-
cessfully. The stern-tackle was let go 'by the
run,' and many of the wretched people were jerked
out of her and never seen again. Captain Heydt-
mann, who had apparently lost all presence of mind
after the announcement of the accident, was cling-
ing to the tackle of this boat when the stern touched_
the water, and got on board of her safely. Presently
the bow was lowered, but as the steamer was pass=
ing rapidly ahead—the engines were working at
this time—the small boat was struck by the screw,
stove, and all those on board, it is believed were
drowned.
" On the deck of the burning ship at this time the
utmost confusion prevailed. Some men and women
palsied with fear, and aghast at the sudden calamity,
made no effort to preserve themselves or their fel-
lows, and only moved when the flames scorched
them. Others of the passengers darted here and
there—mothers seeking their little ones, husbands
their wives, crying and imploring aid. An effort was
made, however, on the part of the more self-possessed
to extinguish the flames and alleviate the suffer-
ings of those in the cabin. Every attempt'to gain
access below failing, ropes attached to tin pails filled
with water were procured and lowered through
the
hatchway to the second cabin ; little good was
accomplished in this way. The pails were emptied
before they reached the second deck, and every
effort to secure the safety of the vessel was aban-
doned. The man at the wheel, shortly after the
fire was discovered, deserted his post, and the
vessel sped through the waves head to wind, while
showers of sparks and volumes of smoke were
wafted by the breeze directly upon the large num-
ber of men, women, and children who had collected
at the extreme after part of the ship.
" Two sails at this time were observed at a dis-
tance—mere specks in the horizon, and Ship ahoy!'
was continually screamed by many of the sufferers,
as though those on board could immediately answer
their cries. One of these ships proved to be the
French barque Maurice. She reached the wreck of
the Austria in about four hours from the time she
was first obzerved. Mr. Vezin worked as long as
he could at hauling up the passengers from the
cabin through the skylight, and rescued six in this
way. These reportedthat many lay below smothered
by the smoke. -His mother and two sisters, one 9
and the other 17 years of age, were standing near
the stern of the ship when the flames first appeared,
only a few feet from himself. He left to procure,
if possible, life preservers for them. After a few
minutes he returned with a tin preserver, kit, on
account of the press of women and children, he
could not get nearer than 10 feet to his family
again. He called his mother, and desired to throw
the preserver towards her. She refused to take it,
however, saying it would be of no use, and she must
perish. The heat shortly became so intense that
Mr. Vezin had to climb over the side of the ship,
and he never saw his mother and sisters again. He
clung to a rope which fortunately hung over the
starboard side, where the first boat had been cut
loose, and held on there, with his back to the flames
until his clothes were burned. At this juncture
he saw a big black bag floating by, when he
jumped into the water, and after swimming some
five minutes he reached it. It was filled with cork
doubtless by some one of those on board, who in
some mischance had lost it. With this he floated
for about four hours, when he was picked up by a
boat and taken on board the Maurice.
".Mr. Vezin states that the capacity of the Aus-
tria's lifeboats was entirely inadequate for the
number of passengers. There were four metallic
lifeboats and four wooden boats aft, but one of the
latter was burned before the tackling could be cut.
The boats were chocked,' and those who cut the
tackling loose did not understand how to lower
them. They fell down with a crash, and precipi-
tating those on board into the water, and smashing
themselves by coming in contact with the pro-
peller. One boat contained 15 or 20 women, who
were all drowned.

" Mr. Hoxie, of New York, formerly a jobbing
merchant, who has been absent about five years,
and whose wife died in Italy a short time ago, got
into one of the wooden boats, at the after part of
the vessel. This boat was so far left behind that
the French barque lost sight of it, although she
sailed about in the vicinity of the catastrophe all
night. - _ .

Mr. Vezin thinks that the Austria's engines
worked fully an hour after the fire broke out, and
believes the engineers died in their engine room.
He heard an explosion while he was in the water,
which he assumed to have been a keg of powder.
It was not very loud. He was one of the last to
leave the after part of the ship. He saw at one
time four or five gentlemen hanging to a rope over
the propeller. Through fatigue they slipped off
one by one, were drawn under the screw, and
perished. After Mr. Vezin had been picked up by
the small boat he saw Mr. Theodore Eisfeld in the
water. Mr. Eisfeld was nearly drowned, just gasp-
ing for breath, when he was taken on board, trans-
ferred to the Maurice, and proceeded in her to
Fayal. The Austria was poorly supplied with life
preservers ; only six, according to INir. Vezin, had
been placed in the aft part of the ship, and the pas-
sengers before they leapt into the sea, provided
thOinseives with whatever buoyant articlesthey could
procure. - Many, of the ladies waited until their
clolths took fire before they jumped overboard, while
some, in parties of two or three, and sometimes
more, clasping each other's hands, threw themselves
into the water, When they would rise, but quickly
disappear again,in the vessel's wake. Other women
stood hesitatingly; until scarcely a particle of
clothing was left on them, before they dared to
leap the 20 feet which separated them from the
waves. Mr. Vezin says the foremast fell about 15
minutes from the time the fire occurred, but the
mizenmast stood until late in the evening. Soon
after he reached the Maurice a boat containing the
first and second officers, some pasSengers, and sea-
men—in all about 20—came alongside. Some of
these stated that from 50 to 60 people" were hang-
ing to the chains at the bottom of the ship. It was
nearly dark then, and when the Maurice visited
the wreck next morning not a living soul was to
be seefi. Two corpses were hanging in the martin-
gale chains—one that of a man, the other of a
woman's—with ropes about their necks, which had
probably slipped in that position from their waists,
to which fastenings had been attached. On board
the Maurice every attention which humanity could
dictate was given to the passengers ; those who
had no clothing were freely supplied with the best
that the scanty wardrobes of the captain and crew
could furnish. The morning succeeding the dis-
aster, 12 of the passengers, including Mr. Vezin,
were transferred to the barque Lotus, and taken
into Yarmouth •(N.S.) A. vessel arrived at
Halifax during his stay there, which reported
that the smouldering hull of the Austria had been
seen by her on the 15th—two days after the
disaster.

"Among the passengers whom Mr. Vezin knew
on board were :
" 1. Dr. Seldener, of Philadelphia.
" 2. Mr. Brandt, of Chicago.
"3. Mr. Bogle, of Baton Rouge (La.). Mr.
Vezin states that this gentleman was in the water
close by him, and said to him, 4 Can you swim ? I
can't swim a stoke !' He received an affirmative
answer, when he remarked, ' Should you survive
communicate with my wife, and inform her how I
died, and say I thought of her to the end.' He
shortly afterwards disappeared in the water.
" 4. Mr. Mayurie, of Salem, who for some years
had been a merchant on the Coast of Zanzibar.
Veziu last saS him in the -smoking-room.

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The following list of those known or supposed to
have been lost is as complete_as-it .is possible at
present to make it :
" Mr. Joseph Hope,
,New York ; 'Mr. Edward
Bogel, New York; Mr. Julius Busch, New York ;
Mr. Hermann Sondheim, New York ; Mrs. Her-
mann Sondheim, New York ; five children of Her-
mann Sondheim, New York; Miss Bridget Laughlin,
New York ; -Mr. Carl Nettman, New York ; Mrs.
Julia Ebbinghaus, New York; Miss Ebbinghaus,
New York ;- H. -Weissenborn, New York ; Mr.
Al E. Wiedman, New York ; Mr. E. Weisker, New
York ; Mrs. Sophia Jegel, New--York ; child of Mrs.
S.' Jegel, New York ; Mrs. A. M Stormont, New
York ; Mr. W. Rosenthal, New York ; Mrs. W.
ROsenthal; New York; five children of W. Rosen-
thal, New York ; Miss Lena -Mayer, New York ;
Miss Minna Smith, New York ; Mr. Edward Abels-
dorfer, New York ; Mrs. Francesca Holz, New
York ; ,Mrs. J. Israel, Piermont, New York'; Clara
Israel, Piermont, New York ; -Mr. A. Hespe, New
York ; Mrs. Steenkrams, New York ; Mrs. Emily
Vezin, Philadelphia ; Miss Mary Vezin, aged 18,
Philadelphia ; Miss Clara Vezin, aged 8. Phila-
delphia ; Mr. Hermatin Thorbeek„r-Philadelphia ;
Mr. Gustav Kunz, Plinadelphii SIF. S. Kitilaff,
Minden ; J: Regel, New Orleans ; Mrs. J.
Bogel, New Orleans ; Miss Albine Cohn, Breslo,w ;
Mrs. Sachs, Potsdam r Miss Lowenthal and sister-
in-law,- Instrozia ; two Misses Kuttner, St. Louis ;
Mr. Jacob Friendly, Wittelsdorf ; Mr. J. Friendly
Wittelsdorf ; Mr. Wm. Sta Niel, Cincinnati ; Miss
Hedwig Dornitzer, Hartiburg ; Mr. F. Gorrisson,
Hamburg ; Mrs. F. Gorrison, Hamburg ; Miss
Caroline Howitz, Copenhagen ; Miss Helene Wulf;
Mr. F. Bartels, San Francisco ; Mr. C. D. Trott,
Zanzibar; Mr. J. B. Massury, Zanzibar; Mr. Ad.
Hermann, Igelo ; Mrs-Ad. Hermann' Igelo ; seven
children of Ad. Hermann, Igelo ; Miss Therese
Van Mengershausen, Arnsberg ; Mrs. Anna Pay-
pers, St. Louis ; three children of Mrs. Ann Pay-
pers' St. Louis • Miss Maria Herken, St. Louis ;
Mr. T. Gerek, Baltimore ; the Rev. J. Wienmann,
Baltimore; Mrs. D. Wachraann, Baltimore • Miss
Wachmann, aged 12, Baltimore ; Mr. Myer iVaeh-
mann, Baltimore ; Mr. Meinberg, Alexandria, Va ;
Mrs. Reichart and three children, Alexandria, Va ;
Mr. Oppenheim and four children, Posen ; two
Misses Cairo, San Francisco ; Mr. Kayser, San Fran-
cisco; Mr. Newman, San Francisco •, Mr. Howitzer,
San Francisco ; Mr. Newbrick, San Francisco ;
Mr. Victor Milling, Richmond ; Miss Spott, Rich-
mond, Va. ; Mr. Louis Wagner, Baltimore ; Capt.
Heydtmann, Hamburg ; Mr. Lengerke, fourth
officer, Germany ; Mr. Wohlers, purser, Germany ;
and Mr. Von .Morgenstern, rst engineer, Ger

many.
" The list of the lost comprises only 103 persons,
making, with the 68 saved, 171. persons accounted
for. There are supposed to have been 560 persons
on board, and they may be classe as follows :
" Know to be saved 6B
Lost, whose names are known lO3
Lost, whose names are unknown 389

Total
Total number lost

560
492"

THE FIDE IN THE PAGE BANK PIT

WILLINGTON, NEAR DURHAM,
WEDNESDAY.
Mr. W. D. Trotter, one of the South Durham
coroners, having the day after the occurrence
formally opened the inquest on the bodies of the
10 pitmen killed in the Page Bank Pit on the I. st
inst., by the fire that broke out there, and then ad-
journed it, resumed the inquiry in this village this
morning. The room was crowded by parties inte-
rested in mines, among whom were Mr. M. Dunn
and Mr. Atkinson,. Government inspectors ; Mr.
Tiplady, the agent to the colliery company ; Mr.
Foster, viewer, and several miners. •
Mr. Tiplady, solicitor, of Durham,' appeared to
watch the case on behalf of the colliery company.
The first witness examined was,
Mr. Johnson, viewer of the colliery, who pro-
duced a plan and. section of the pit. The pit shaft,
he said, we 12 feet 6 in diameter, diNided into
three equal parts, one being the downcast, the other
two upcasts ; one of the .upcasts was the engine
shaft, the second an upcast from the bottom from
20 fathoms, then through a drift to the" staple, of
seven feet diameter up to the staple near the sur-
face, and along a drift up a chimney. 45 feet high,
where it escapes. The air goes down a downcast or
coal drawing shaft. The pit is secured by plank
tubbing of 30 fathoms, and then three fathoms of
metal tubbing from there to the bottom of the strata
being good stands without support. The main
brattice running from side to side of the pit, sepa-
rates one of the upcasts from the downcasts from
top to bottom. The quarter brattice from the cen-
tre to the main at right angles commences at 23
fathoms from the surface and goes to the bottom.
'At the top of the quarter brattice there is a " cap
head" conveying the air through the drifts. At the
bottom of the quarter brattice there is a scaffold
similar to the cap head, between the furnace head
and the bottom of the shaft. It is to prevent the
downcast air getting into the upcast shaft. In
sinking the pit a blower of gas was met at 12
fathoms, extending round the whole of the shaft.
An accident was occasioned at that time by its
firing, by which the master sinker was
killed. The plank tubbing from the surface
was put in for collecting and securing
this gas, and metal pipes and gas boxes were
put through the tubbing and brought up the shaft,
30 feet above the surface. It was quite successful, so
far as he had seen. At the depth of 28 fathomi
there was a slight discharge of gas, occasionally
seen at the time of sinking, that was also secured
by plank tubbing and a pipe into the upcast drift.
In the well, in which there must always be water,
a pipe was inserted, which went down the shaft to
the cap head, and into a box at the under side of
the cap head, arid then into a horizontal box the
whole length of the water brattice, in which were
holes for distributing the water over the whole of
that brattice. The engine feed was supplied from
a point at a great elevation. The pond was always
full of water. At the time of the accident there was
from four to five feet depth of water in the pond.
The water was seven feet deep in the feed. The
pipe cannot be stopped up, as there are seven feet
water, and it is closed over the top. If it was
stopped up at all it would show itself immediately.
There was another supply of water from the sur-
face. It went loose down the wall sides of the pit
on to the cap head. By a ledge at the cap head it
distributed itself over the other side of the quarter
brattice. In one of the upcasts they had waste
water from the pumps, which kept the shaft con-
stantly wet. The water from rings in the shaft,
being waste from the shaft, got to this part of the
brattiee, and ran through it at the ends and kept
it wet. The furnace drift is three fathoms from the
bottom of the pit. The furnace drift was eight feet
wide in the centre. A bye-drift at the south-east
side of it was a separate ventilating drift ; they
both entered the shaft together. Part of the heated
air went over the surface, and the cool air by the
bye-drift. About one-half of the heated air would
pass over the furnace and the other under ; about
equal, quantities: On the north-west side of the
furnace drift was a travelling way, which had two
doors, separating the downcast from the upcast air.
The furnace was 30 yards distant from the shaft.
It was only a five-feet furnace—five feet wide, the
bars six feet long. It was eight feet six inches deep.
By Mr. Atkinson—Was at the pit with the inspec-
tor in July last, when they discussed the general
arrangements of the mine. He (witness) sug-
gested the propriety of driving a new drift 100
yards from the bottom of staple to the seam of
coals, to form a separate outlet to the surface. Mr.
Atkinson agreed to it, and it was immediately com-
menced, and carried on to the time of the accident.
The staple was tubbed with plank tubbing from
top to bottom. The workings extended :over
80 acres. The volume of air passing through them
was 23,500 feet per minute. The whole of the
workings are in the township of Stocklev.
John Mould, overman at the pit, went 'down it on
the morning of the 30th of September, at 2 o'clock,
with David Bollam, John Waller, and George -
Roo-
son, deputies. A stone workman, named Tits.Stc
dart, came down after them. His and the deputies'
duties were to see that the pit was all right. It was
all right on that morning. He and the deputies went
through all of the workings. After they
.had gone
through they met near the furnace. The thiee depu-
ties reported All right." The Pageßank people
came down about half-past 2 ; they were followed by
the Spennymoor men at three ; the boys came at
six. He went up the shaft before the boys came
down. Stones were drawn up between two and sir.
Coal was not drawn until the boys came down.
Remained at the bank a quarter of an hour, and
then .descended. Remained there until one of the
deceased men (Kellett) came down to hini. The
name of the onsetter was George Sheratan. He
went in at six. He relieved James Stoddart. 01),:
served th.osliaft and_
_brattice \vh-en vamt_do.nzit a '
second time. It was part of his duty as overman.

All those times that he passed up and down- it was
good. The men went down the shaft with' ...Davy
lainps. They mostly go down in the dark. If they
went down they went down with Davys. The lainps
were lighted at the bottom_of theshaft. He startba
the boys when he went down. Kellett came down
the shaft at a quarter-past eight o'clock. He (wit-
ness) was in the " return" at the back of the furnace.
Geo. Paddison and Wm. Paddison were workingbe-
side him (witness). Kellett sent for him. He said he
smelt burnt wood. Witness could not tell where the
fire was until he got to bank. He got into a cage
to be drawn up. Kellet got into the top of it, and
the onsetter "rapped" them away. Witness when
he got into the cage smelt fire. The water was run-
ning over the brattice as usual. They then drew
away. When they had been drawn from 10 to 11
fathoms up the shaft something fell from above
into the upper part of the shaft and knocked
Kellett off the cage. Witness did not see anything.
He did not see any flash of light. He saw no fire
as he was drawn up the shaft. He got above the
surface without any stoppage, when he was stop-
ped. Smoke was coming up, and the smoke pre-
vented the breaksman seeing him. The witness was
detailing the efforts made to extinguish the fire
when our report left. Mr. N. Wood, the eminent
engineer, had also arrived in the room. The in-
quiry is likely to be a lengthened one.