The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-30

thea twenty mint past t~D n te afternoon Of the
18th instant The Of the aocsu-thc fumigatiou
che steeragewas attended to, commenced rather b.
tho first boe,swsn and Of che most UNJUST
table manner. Tho order vacate tho STORAGE had
been given and the greater portion Of the passengers
had gone deck but there stii in tho steerago
more he thought, than thirty persons nearly NIL women
and children As is naturally be expected such are
always the last to obey der from the fact that the
helpless mother is too frequently embarrassed by the
number Of her children clinging around her. and dc
manding more attention than enables her to keep
up with the slacrity OF others who have
no such little responsibilities. The inhuman and careless
brute who began the operation or fumgation, cried to
the and children In the steerage that he would
soon clear them out. Probably his excited inhumany
blinded his judgment, and his first stop brought bis
at once united In flame close BY the after part OF the
eteerase the bukhead egress by that way
possible for OF tho unfortunate persons within From
the statement of this informant and the Others the flames
must have spread with inconccivabte rapdy those
na1 no o.ner Ian 20 ny Snce 70 sho me
and her husband Mr.. Peter Svenson, to whom she had
only boon married i've wccks--ou board Before lcav
Ing tho ship no went 10 them and begged them TO 20
over the sides Of the ship with him; but Mr. and Mrs
Svcuson thought they had some chance of safety they
could lower hatch and. get to IL. This they
accomplished in SO far as they got into the water
and slid down the rope into Il, but this
no sooner donc than number Of passengers
the husband was swept OFT Mrs. syenson the last he
saw clnging 10 the ropes but she also had 10 lot CO.
Mr. Petersen held to the sides of the ship till could
soc boat IN tho water, TO which he purposcd swimming
On one Of tho officers attempting lower Of the boats
Mr.. Peterson got TO it whc it yet attached TO the
ship. The rush was so great that TO lower it properly
was impossible the mate cut the tackle at end Of
the boat and she went down into the water the greater
portion O; those within being cast into the The
steamer going at her usual speed and the boat still at
tached 10 her by end their position
critical, some falling out every minute into tho
and their places quickly supplied by those who
rolling the side of the ship in hopes Of falling
into the boat For good half hour they continued this
position being dragged by the now ungoverned steamer
till at lst By order Of the mate they cut the tackle and
the boat in another instant swamped, the passon
scattered and tho boat crushed pieces by tho
Of the steamer Mr.. Peterson get hold of the wreck O.
the boat did Ikea Use three others OF whom his
friend Randcr and BY swimming and hanging on 10 what
could momcnisIy bear them up hcy contrived to live in
the wake till picked up by the brig Maurice. Mr. p
says tina. hc understood from those who
board and witnessed it, that the chief engineer rushed
TO shut of the stca but driven back by the flames.
Had he succeeded in stopping the ship, no doubt many
would have been saved.
Mr. T. gives the of Swedish gentleman men,
r!oned before as being on board-Mr. Andrew Nelson
and likewise his brother Swan, and hissister Carolina