New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-30

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ing - pei ard the smoke which hsf her.t.i-s ~
aft came over the stagb0srd side About -, ~ 20
later the powder magazine exploded To - =
burri the ex o>iun did hot SEEN very seven, 49,
some persofs who were a. that time fostiug !, ~
wster heard considerable report Tho w. as ss
tty Of guuPoEd,r in the magazine Was wilLiit 10
pounds.
A. s,,on A. the vessel Rad cou-rerees f,r..
before TIE wind Tie position of those on he u
castle became dangerous, All those f,r,y,,i ''s IN,
been prcviou,ly secure. 6s the heat aud s,r,s. ~
driven 30 the stern. But when the shin ca,..I'n "
head 20 wirdwar,i the flames and s,nose 80
ward. and those who had taken refuge q, -. lS
castle were compelled to % over the bow. s,S % %ne
refuge on tie bo~Sprt, Hud NJ the f,recbsSr. 'aSs
ore oi these chains Prot. Glsnhensklee eren, a.. ~
a. possible followed by a crowd Of ether -
held on by the Gouble-hcated eagle whcf s,, sa'
ships figure head The bowsprit p,f.i,,..i-.1 sas
every psrt Of the fcre-rieging below ,be h,s.aS aS
were then filed with people whose naturally -
ous position became every minute more n.,,i ST
sm,ke and fiery fragments blew over ,b.-. ~
clothes If these people were constantly iyr,.a Iae
these fiery fakes. and il required sn Their non
20 prevent them from blazing mp AID oousu,,n
Fortunately the forward part oi the vessel va. .
entirely of ron or they would inevitably nav -
driven from their refuge into the sea. lmoa, -
on the chains with the Professor and rear hi,, -
Dir. PslOrusos the Surgeon ot the ship sAik, go
a waiter named Henry. These assisted each o,h., =
eItinguishing the fire which was constantly ea,es,.
in their clothes.
The Professor saw that he might at any nous,,, \.
called to Jump into the water he dives.ei hiu.Is
Of his boots shirt and everything else tha! mgh, iu
pede him in swimming. keeping nothing on b., L.
irow sers which he cut off soine disence above M.
knees. Thus they remained for several hours w.,oA
ing the coming ship, all the TIM spectators Of safs
iug and death in every form. Some oi their cEnn.,
ions were shockngly burned, and Others becoming er
hsusted dropped otf one by one into ,he sea sani =
rise more.
The approach of the vessel, which anervari provsJ
10 be the Maurice. became very slow, - The a.
gile Of the steamship ceased to move and the ksA
wind had died away and the burning vessel thersfcs
Law becalmei and mottonless. Numerous rope. AL
been fastened 20 the railing, the b0wsprit the chune
and other parts of the vessel The people wers cb,s
ing TO these preparatory to lowering III mseyes .Ss
water as soon as succor should arrive.
Wheu the ship lost her secrage way and heaieAts
the northeast, the hiudmOst people on the forvni
part Of the ship were exposed o the fire. ard thea
was continuation Of shrieks and cries most heart
rending When their suifeIings became intolerabls
they let themselves down or threw Themselves n,s
the sea, and, after a few struggles, wer drowned
Most Of the women who threw themselves into .As
water were, for a few minutes, supported BY ther
garments, but they did not long survive.
AZ the wind died away. ard the French bark rs-
mained motonless the hope which had heretofocs
animated the unfortunate survivors, died away with
it, The other vessel had disappeared in the distance
Another aa however soon showed itssf above tho
horizon probably the Norwegian barb which WA scea
cruising around the wreck next morning. When tie
bark Maurice had got within three-quarters Of nil
oi the steamer II fell calm and Capt. Rensud brough
his vessel to and lowered his boats. II Was thee hk
past five o'clock three hours after the tire originated.
What terrible tragedy had been enacted during ha
brief period OF nearly 6OO people not more hsa
one-,enth survived.
When the first boat from tho bark approached tAs
wreck the poor creatures shouted, laughed hystxic
lab., ,f fnF fbTfF
Claubensklee, az the boat nearet hAn, sprsnx lnte
the water and swan into her. Ia suoeeded in reach
ing her. and proved to be the first person taken no.
the water Four five persons more were pcksl
up, and then they hurried with their freight back
the brig About midway between the steamship
and the brig they encountered what they supposA
was a corpse floating in the water face uppsrao&
The mate Of the bark insisted on picking Il up wbsa
il proved to be the body Of Theodore E-feld who ~
restored 10 life after their arrival on thsh
although twentyfour hours later he had not qats ~
covered his csnsciousness.
When the rescued people reached the Maxrlce, thg
were kindly received by Capt. Rensud and hD nss
who set about providing them with clothes, and bs1
up their wounds. Two boats were kept PiyiN b.
tween the brig and the steamer until nightiAl. A.
that time probably from ten to twenty persons wsss
hanging to the bowspr Of the steamer and the rope1
suspended from it. Capt. Remand was afraid - risk
the lives Of his men in an open boat Us51 dark, 70
he good wook suspended. Soon after SUNSET ono
officers and about twelve Others, among them NJ"
Smith Of Cbeses, Mass, ahd some Swedish sailors
:a::f. Brew and German named kohn, were tsk~
from the fragments of another boat
Most Of the rescued people were nesry hsAeoi
some Of them quite 30. Capt Renaud laa I'.houn nv.
all the clothing they hak to them, reser'ing " toL
own use only that which they had on. The pecps
saved in the fe.boat we're wet aud chilled throash
ths boat having been upset several times these W.
alo furnished with suitable clothing.
Capt Remand concluded 70 remain oil night nee
the steamer, and the sesrch in the morning
During the night. kind of tent Of old sails and span
was made deck, under which about 10 people slep
Prof. GlaubeDsklee and about ~ others laid dows %
the quarterback under another sail. All the nigh
Capt. Remand devoted himself to attending 10 those
hs own hands, OF the SIX women saved, live of thee
were burned, some VI them most dreadially, some
the men were also terribly sco.ched.
About 81 o'clock next morning breeze sprang n
from the north, when the barks sails wers set and
she was headed more for the burning steamer.
At dsybreak they saw a Norwegian bark near tho
Austria, and one Of her boats passing around tho
steamer. The Maurice did not pass the bark withis
hailing distance, but they hailed the boat without,
however receiving an answer, she had no speaking
trumpet As il was apparent even 10 the naked eye,
that there people on the wreck nor noss-
ing around it, and, if there had been, that ne
Norwegians boat had picked them up, Capt. Remand
ayaled himself Of the favorable breeze aId proceeded
on his course. lie was bound from Newfoundland y
the Manritus and had about four month provisions %
beard for n crew of ten OF twelve persons. But =
these would not last very long for the siItyegf jae
added TO his ships company, he concluded to be1 2
for Faysl. Subsequently they fell in with the bst
Lotus, who took off Prof Glsubenslee and eevss
others end took them into Halifax, whence the captsn
of the Prince Albert rendered them passage " Veg
York.
STATEMENT OF Mr.. ALFRED VEIN.
Mr.. Alfred Vein of Philadelphia WIS among aS
passengers rescued by the French bark Maurice. ~
is young gentleman Of intelligence and having osS
Of the last passengers to leave the after part Of ~
burning vessel and his recollection Of many interesting
incidents connected with the calamity being dl't.os
ard vivid, his statement is one Of rare Interest," M
mnther and two .i.terfhe latter r,-nectiyely sod