Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-10-08

the Caps Of Good Hope, aud broke 10 two, there
we're oaar boats enough to save the women and
children. There was no rushing or erowding
tL-n, Col Moore c.led bis brave IGniskillens
and forncd them into lius on tho deck Of the
sin king steamer, while their wives aud children
embarked il tie boats The noble fellows, as
they stood in line, gave thrse hoarse cheers for
their dspattIug iear ouee, and maintained their
ranks anbroken I'll tue deck WIS swept from
under tieif feet, sad tho sharks came to their
borrid Feasi.
The fspcit that tie Austria'a magaziae exs
pioded, her agent, 1r Kuahardt scarcely
cred : He states that sue never carried more
THAI hffeen OF twenty charges Of half a pound
eact,sfF her ssgnai guns, and that half of those
must have been se5d * Hamburg aud South
anpi5a: and tie explosions coald not have come
froul lie spirit roon, there being none such on
boards NJ tho Gerulau7 are not addicted 70 the
use Of ardent spirits
There are many speculatio1s as TO the cause
Of the tiee " il said that semo German mer-
chants have beau knewH - pack dangerous
goods Iahemie.l psepaIationaj in the middlc Of
dry geeas eases 10 cheat the agents OUT Of the
high rates Of freight for extra haztraons freight
N ih5 alshones, way the ships are placed IN
great ia1ger, and there seem no means Of der
iectisg II l. s web known that SIMILAR frauds
are ptsetlsed upen ship ownsra Gaa1lng SHIPS
fron AeR York. But 10 this instance II ap-
pests that the mischief resulted wholly from
the oihcefs and sailors on board
Wien ths s!iip left hamburg she had 49 inen
aud aonel, aud is ehIldre1 Il lbe 6rst cabin,
log lasu aud scllen AID children 10 The sec
oud sahi6, aud I'll nIsn aud women and 50
children steerage passengers making in all
42e The crew consisted Of about Ice per-
e0ls. besides which she mas have taken at
Southampton soms so Or 90 extra steerage pas
seagers. making in all about $50 souls.
W. earn that ID, consignees are in some
doubt shout he nunber Of steerage passengers,
as one Of Iheir letters from Hamburg states the
numher ~ OnlY 22o
DESCRIPTION OF THE AUSTRIA.
aosordiug 10 The u I Hefal3, tho Austria
vas sna Of the four steamers constituting the
Gulf established line between n. York aud HAM
burg called respectively the Austria, the Sax
onSas he Bafnssia, and the Hamnonia. TIE
tvs SFAs uaeasioned vessels were ncsrly fac
simitss OF each other, sod we're built at the
Clyde, near Glasgow, expressly for the busi-
ness 10 which t1ey are nov engaged. The
Austria was rather larger than the Saxonia, and
was able to accommodate tue greater number
of passengers Her burden was $500 tons,
her length over all 345 feet, her width across
the beau, was 40 feet, aud the distance from
the promenade deck to the bottom Of Der hold,
90 feet She was allaost entirely composed OF
iron, not even the stsncaeons being of timber.
She WAS barqae-rigged, and could carry vast
amount Of canvass. Her ieachiuery vas on
the newest, mostspproved and most Gubstan
tial plan, and her propeller was driven by what
is termed by engineers steam hammer eugiue,
fbs austria had fonr decks, none Of which was
spAr dock. They we're promenade deck,
main deck, tween deck. and lower deck, and
each Of them divided from the uext TO il by
more than ordinary distance. Her model AMI
genersl appearance were more that Of mam-
moth yacht than 81 ordinary steamship. her
extending proW was orua Inented by an elegant
iy seulpturod representation of the doube-head-
ed eagle OF the Austrian empire, and every
part oi her exterior was plainly and .astefuliy
completed. Her internal arrangements we're
admirably suited to maintain health ard CON
for. among her passengers 10 the FIRST cabin
ffty'f9nr passengers could-be we'll accoulnoda
ted, and 10 iho second cabin there were accom-
modattons for III passengers. while the steer
ago afforded ample accommodations for upwards
OF 400 third class passengers