Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-09-30
STEAMSHIP AUSTRIA BURNED.
Over Give Hundred Lives Lost.
uAILFAX. Snnt. u.

HALIFAX, Sept. q.
The brig Lotus arrived Yesterday with Il
of the 81 survivors Of the destruction of the
steamer Austria. burned at sea on the 18th.
y passenger reports that AT little after 2 o.
/ clock on the evening of the 18th dense vo-
lume Of smoke burst from the after entrance
to The stccragc The speed she continued
going until the magazine exploded, when the
engineers il is supposed were stantly suffO-
Gated. The fire next burst through the light
amidShips, travelling aft with fearful rapidly.
y boat set down on the port side was in
stantly crushed, anC the other the star
board side was swamped from the numbers
rushing into it. All the first cabin passenger
were on the poop, except few gentleman.
who must have been smothered in the smoking
room. Many Of the second cabin passengers
were also on the poop, but number were
shut up in the cabin by the fire.
Some were pulled up through the ventila-
tor but the greater number persisted in the
flames. a woman was drawn up who said
that six were then already suIOcated. Sew
eral men and women jumped into the sea by
twos and threes. Some OF the women were
then already in flames; others hesitated till
driven over at the last moment by the add
vanClng flames. In half an hour not a soul
was left on the Oop deck.
The French bark Maurice, Capt. Ernest Re
maud, came alongside at five O'Clock and re-
scued forty passengers, who We're chiefly TAX
en- oil the bOwsprit; but some were struggling
in the water. At : o'clock one OF the metallic
boats came up with twenty two persons, in
Guiding the first aud second officers, and sub
scquently four men We're picked up floating
on piece of broken boat The second Off
Ger WAS atterward rescued from the water.
Both he and the the third officer were sever
ly burnt.
Only six women were saved, three of whom
were shockingly burned. \ Norwegian bark
went alongside of the steamer next morning
and sent out her boat. Sac may have picked
up few persons The bark Maurice had no
communication with her. We have not yet
ascertaincd the names of the saved.
The bark Maurice proceeded with the pas
sengers on board OF her to Fayal. A passen-
ger says that when the captain of the Austria
heard OF the fire he rush d on deck, exclaim-
ing I'VE are all lost, let down the boats" The
boats lowered were Immediately swamped
aud til" captain fell into tn sea and was soon
lett far behind. The fire arose from culpable
4. gligencc while fImigatng the steerage with
burning tar under the supcr,ntcndance of the
iih officer. The only British subject on board
was Mr.. Brew. an officer in the British civil
service, on his way to Columbia.
The following are the survivors that were
transferred to the Lotus and arrived here:
Charles Brew. England; Jean Polikeruska. \.
\; Philip Berry, Ilackcnsack: IL. Randers,
Sweden; {. Hcggnst, Sweden: c. V. Il.
RoSln Richmond, Va; II. \. Smith Chelsea,
Mass; John +. Cox, Boston, Mass: A Vein,
Phila.; Theodore G.. Glandeusk n Y:
Thompson, Cal; l.. Kuhn, lst. b. Hartman.
I'd, and >. Bennett, Sd officer: c. Meihals.
B0atSwain's mate; c. Plate, Quartermaster;
y. Seugcnson. sailor; ii. Richie, boy; S Fret
bold, fireman: Edward Aurdolph. Steward;
Z. Poll engineer assistant Passengers,
Freidnib, TIagg; Rosala 5. F. Tig, Lobsung;
Betty Ergcn. Lenbcrg; Catharine TuiSkel. n
Y; Is. Rocendamcn. Scharrbcck: Trina Hos
chcl, Bremen; FOrde Staur Mrsmer. y. York:
Chas. Tras, Nicaragua; Theodore Isfe1d. "
" Mr.. Duriield, Dresden; y. COIN, F. Resi-
damer, koln; Solingcn 7. Wcppcr. E. Velle,
\. \; &. Lurerk, Chicago: Leopold Thiller.
PochlowitZ; e.. Lukmau, Gin; f.. Hohento.
Kubeus NHdruss, +. l.. Petlc, Leuren: c.
Nolersen. CaPpeln; Frederick Stabncr. Sea-
rleukcn; Ferdinand Staebner, TarIeukcn; II.
Assar, Bremrubcck; q. Blocker, Bombery:
y. Lars, CappelIn; y. Sticks, ii. Wend Ii. C.
Buchobzs, +. Rendering, 5. Hess Holstcjn;
II. Hess, Berlin; Peter Wagner, Worms; Wull
W in7low, Worms; Levy BUche Ludorf; Boon
stcll, Mannheim; H. Wunschman, Liggen; l..
Wolfke, \. y; +. Wagner. Cassel; j. Smith
Murray, Alexandria, Va.
Captain Waters, of the steamer Prince Al
bert rendered tree passage to New York to
the survivors. This Offer was accepted by ten
Of them.
Tie Prince Albert sailed at o'clock yes
terday afternoon for New York.