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

turned around to go 70 The quarter deck, but
could not get through the fire remained en
The forecastle, the ship all ihis time going on
ward against The Wind witb the assistance Of
sailor | ont down the jib sails 10 throw into
the water use in checking the progress of
tlle fire, but Tue people on the deck diduot uu-
ierstand cur lntcution, and merely threw them
lnto he. water I tried to discover something
With which Is save lla passengers, bnt nothing
was to 90 fould The spars had been thrown
overheard, and the buckets, being boar the
pi1e, were all ou FIRE In abou, hall an hour
the iorclAast fell, aud shortly after the aain-
mast, and al about the s.ms tilnc, tho engine
appeared 70 stop. 'rhe ship, which thus far
had been heading west, gradually tarned to
che aortb, aul Enally to the northeast Soon
after the boiler seeaed 10 collapse, aud ten
minutes after The uIagazne exploded Bs the
turning Of the ship, the fanles and smoke drove
TO the foreeastlc, Tie suffering then became
intense, ouI oBly hope now being in two YES
sells iu the Distance. one Of which afterwards
proved 30 be tho MaeHcs, spproa2hed up slow
Ii tie other, further of, steering west, appar
emily took 90 notice Of us, although she gas
signalcd 10 DO SO BY The C.ptain Of tile M4u-
rice Having taken my stand on the chains
90 the starbcard side, gradually advanced
forward 10 laaSe room for others. AZ about
i've o'cieek be Maurice sent OF boat, end
IS soon az i came near, JInpea into the
ter and reached IL Seven others were taken
il, and the boat reiuroed 70 the barque. Iwg
boats, besohging 70 the barqpe, can,inuel 70 ply
TO aud trom the steamer, nickiug uy all they
could, natil the darkoess stlle i smpoSslble to
6nd more Of the Sufferers Soon after sun .ei,
the drst officer aud about dozen others came
TO the bsrqre, having saved themselves by
life-boat Later, some Swedish sailors came
IN part Of boat, and Mr. Brews aud Ger
man 10 part of another boat
Mr. Glaubcnskiee's acsohnt Of the origin Of
the ire, coincides with that of Mr. Bows in
every particular.
The following ara tue names Of tho survivors
on board the Maurice
THE OFFICERS AND CREW
L. Kuhn, first officer, b. Hertmau, ID OH
Ger, S. Bernet, 81 officer; O. Place, quarter
Inastsr, O. moihaelis. bostsyvesssss taase; n
Sufgeuzon, sailor. II. Richter, boy; s. Frci-
bold, fireman; Edward Ayindolph, steward,
z Polf, engineers assistant
PASSENGERS.
MAria Friedricb, Prague; Rosalis St. 2ag,
Coblentz Betty Ergan, Limberg; Cathsri0e
Tinkel, New York: b, R)yendan.Jn, Scbarrn-
beck; Trina Hoskel, Bremerforde: Stantz
Mesmer, New York Charles Frss Nicaragua
Theodore Eisefeld, New York; ---Durfield,
Dresden T. Cohn, Cologue; E. KeinIann;er,
do, Jacob Rel, Baierk; Fransz Fritz, Mainr;
Emil Tasz, EngAu; Doctor Schneek, Cologne;
William Becker, Solingen; T. WIPER, ElIeu-
vile, n Y c. Link, Chicago; Leopold ThiI
Ter, Pcchlowitz; q. bukmanu, Cincinnati; T
Hohentoe, Leutzeu; Rubous Mlldusss, Lsuz-
50, F. z. Retke, do, G Vollersen. Cspp ein;
Friedrich Stabner, Harinford; Ferdinand Steb-
ner, Zarinford II. 0Sbar, Bremen book; G..
Becker, Blomberg; A. Lars, C4ppein; n Siaks,
Holzen; H Wendeli do; C. Buchois, do; F
Rendsburg, do. 5 Hess, do; Fl. Hasz Ber-
lin; Peter Tragper, Worm3i Wifi Mislow, d..
Levy Book. Tudoff s. Pollaes, Ruzien Pai,-
ip Muller, Aarau Ernst Witte, Wedeu, 4
Bionstisl, Maunheinl e Wunsehmann, Lggen,
Lyon Wolf, New York; Freiedhel Wagner,
Cassel, Jas. Smith Murray AIexantlfia, Va
Tho following are the passengers Transferred
10 the Lotus, and arrived at Halifax:
Charles Brews, England, Jean Polikeruska,
New York, Philip Berry, Hackensack H.
Randers. Sweden. G. Hogguist, do. e. " T.
Rosin, Richmond, Va. Henry Augustus Smith,
Chelsea, Mass; JOHN T. Uox, Boston; Alfred
Vein, Philadelphia; Thsodore G Glaubeu5-
klee, New York
When Capt. Watets, Of the Prince Albert,
ascertainsd that :welve OF the Austria's survi-
vors had srgived, he kindly offered all free
passage, aud detained the steamer for the pur-
pose Of allowing them to embark Teu of them
avaied themselves Of his generosity, and sail-
ed for New York. al five clock On Sunday af-
tern0on
The Tribune of yesterday says
On tho receipt of the brief but terrible
despatch from Halifax, yesterday morning, We
Immediately issued an extra The news spread
like wildfre, aud in short time the distressed
friends and relatives of the passengers besieged
the Tribune establishment, and crowded the Of
fee of the Hamburg Consul, to learn their
fate. Singularly enough, however, though the
harque Lotus arrived in Halifax Harbor on
Sunday afternoon, not name was forwarded
for more than "a hours aft4rj aud what was
sent in season for our evening edition was mea-
gre and Unsatisfactory in the extreme But
that little was sufficient 70 show the awful ex-
tent of the calamity.
Right upon the heels Of the fre came the
explosion; aud the flames beginning to rage
fercely, ths7wild, unreasoning instinct of self,
preservation swept down all discipline and au-
thority. rush was mado for The boats,
and mob Of afrigh,ed people dashed into
thcrs regardless of everything, 10 their cager-
meas TO escape from the blazing ship. The
boats were swamped, and hundreds drowned;
thus the disaster became tenfold more serious
10 its effects than it would otherwise have been.
But at such tune 1t is useless to expect that
discipline will prevail. And yo, u some scenes
OF equal peril there have been brave men VINO
did not quail before the danger: When the
Brkenhead troop steamer struck rock, near