New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-05
pnRNING OF THE AUSTRIA
r,,RTuER sTATEMENTS.

,,ob spurourcins The sFIi's' c 'H' norwegian 'np
=. ,bee. with twenty-five parsons taken rom the
.f,,e Austria whose rsn'' aFe 1'sn viii b. found on
.,h IA. Of ,h. psref The 'as'aed dispatch was fe'
,.s,ed ate La, DishtI
orssrc. C. f., Monday Oct. 4, 1853.
-e....;,ed the following further particu-
,.,. tom the rescued prssenger'
''S ~, hoard the Inflated vessel IN connection
,"' sroipe was not in working order.
WIZ" W -. ,ss made to ronCer It available, but the
S'o' ''' eiro asmes was too rapid. The lfe-boats
90 a,pidsbips, consequently il was impossi-
Ne'o al Of them. One was lowered, crowded
pe De, esool. but. being seized by those already
81 water. capsized and swampei. Another
a. lopg being lowered that the people in il sprang
- sea TO escape the flames. Near the forecas.
A. o,s were made fast to chains outside and to these
-. dung; but "a the flames progressed one by
I,4 Osye way, aud found a waery grave. On the
hwsnr. the passengers laid out tier upon tier.
LID one on top Of the other, sometimes four deep
n MAS lat resort and from this they were finally
80, I'll orly one man remained seated on the ex.
,-,roe end. Eighteen persons got hold of the chain
,.u;og the bowsprit-stay, and chung to il till clock
,ss following morning. a seaman clambered from the
STAY to the bowsprt and found there probability
ofetfnguishng what fire WAS there, and accordingly
ssye directions to those cliIgng to the stay to dip
portions Of their clothing in the aud pass The same
apto him. This WAS done, and the fire so far
subdued to render the bovspr place Of oompars-
five safety. They remained there until the boats from
le Cstsrpa picked thsm off.
The following is the statement made by Andrew
Lsndsteern, a Swedish passenger:
about o'clock p IN. on the 39th Of September,
shen the FIRE broke out board of Tire Austria was
standing deck about amidships, aud saw the flames
coming up through the windward hatch three or four
feet high. On running forward perceived the flames
breaking through the fore matches. At that time I
saw the captain rushing upon deck I saw him take
CT his coat and to the side of the vessel if he
was going TO jump overheard. Mr.. Sweensea a
SHede, seized lin by the arm, pulled him back from
the rigging and asked hiui what he was going to do
The captains 10 the effect that he did not
Know what he was about. The captain then ran aft
and los sight of him, being the fore-pait of the
vessel. among she great bulk Of the passengers.
saw that the fire increased rap lly and that it threat
rned Ms in an awful manner. Tie passengers were so
closely pressed that they were pushing another
overheard. managed to get as far as the rope rig
ging, and catching hold of rope made il fast to an
eye-bolt. with this rope made sling as to be able
4
IN doing this about ten minutes after the fire had broken
Dut. While in this position and about three quarters
Of an hour after the fire had broken out l saw the
fore and main mast 20 over board on the starboard
.ide and was in great danger of being knocked of
by the yard which hung the side of the vessel and
El into the sea only when the rigging was burnt.
Looking around to If anything was floating which
| could lay hold Of, observed the end of the main
t:,I:, a., C..f ,f
rigging on the top end of must have got entangled in
he scrcw. Jet myself down, and swan to get hold
Of this got on the top of it, aud thus succeeded in
keeping aaoat. AT this time, | saw three persons /
hanging on to the side of the vesse, by ropes aud | |
threw piece OF rope to one OF them, who proved to /
be the cook. pulled him to me. aud held him up
Alongside of me- where we remained the whole night.
We saw a, number Of bodies floating around us
during the night. Until dusk the screw moved |
slowly round whenever the steamer lifted at the stern
To prevent myself being burned, i was obliged to
take off my coat and soak in the sea- and put on
nv side. burned my shoulders once, not being able
t. protect that part of my body l still suffer from
numerous bnrns When the fire broke out observed
two vessels in the distance. One Of them, French |
bark. hove TO within about mile Of the burning |
steamer about y. H., and sent two boats toward her.
but neither of these boats came nearer than halng
distance 10 the steamer | saw them picking up per
sons floating about. They kept on the windward
sde Of the steamer. Saw them only occasionally when
the steamer swung round. Tie boats were employed
in this way until dark when they returned to the bark
/ perceived light hosted on her mast TIL about ~
o'clock think saw the same vessel the next morn
ing about , a. m. On the .th, saw ship close to
the wreck which proved to be the Cstarina. Inc
slip having TO make tack TO the windward OF the
steamer, it was about day break when the captain
Of the Catarina sent his longboat to pick Us up.
Eighteen persons were then found on tie bowSpr''
three including myself in the water at the vessels
side. and one aft on the railing of the steamer.
Young girl with her brother had remained all night on
the bowsprt, hanging by the rigging We were
picked up by the Catarns in about half an hour
was the last but one picked up, and do not believe
could have held o. much longer. as was getting eA
hsus;ed, and the sea becoming rons'ef' '"o"s"' III
deed il had broken over me all the time.