New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-04
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HALIFAX, Sept. 27,-The bark Lotus arrived here
yesterday with twelve Of the sixty-seven passenqeFs
saved RON the steamer Austria which ,vas b,rnad
4t sea On the 18Th inst. passenger REPORTS That
little after O'Clock on the afternoon of the E9tb
oease Foiame OF smoke burst from the after entrance
to the steerage The speed Of the steamer was nj,
stantly sIackened to ouehalf at which rate she c,n
tinued until the magazine exploded when the ar-
gineers were supposed to have been instantly WI.
focated
The fire next burst through the lights snaiJsbin.
spreading with fearful rapidity. A boat was lsS
down on the port side and instantly crushed. Au-
other on the 5tarboard side was swamped from tie
number Of people rushing into it.
AL the first cabin passengers were on the poop
excepting few gentlemen who must have been suf-
located 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 OF these we're pulled up through the
ventators, but the greater portion perished. The
last woman who was drawn up said that six were
already snttocated. Several men and women on the
poop jumped into the sea by twOs and thTees. Some
OF the women were already in flames others hesit-
ated unLl shey were driven to the step by the ad-
vaneing flames, and in half an hour not soul was
left On the poop.
The French bargne Maurice, Capt. Ernest Remand.
came alongside at o'clock and rescued forty of the
passengers, who were chiefly taken off the bowsprit.
W. W. s2lhe VINO were struggling in the water. At 8
CLOCK one Of the metallic boats came up with Swen-
tys"o persons including the first and second officers
subsequently four men were picked up on floating
piece OF . broken boat The second officer was after
Wards rescued from the water and both he and tha
third officer we're severely burnt Many Of the yaaIs
+! passengers were fFightfuly burnt
Only six women were saved and three Of these
/ were sh0ckingly burnt
! Norwegian barque went alongside the wreck the
next morning, and may have picked up a few per-
/ sons The Maurice had no communication with her,
[sECOND DEsPATCH.I
the baFque Maurice proceeded with the Austriats
1 passengers to Fayal.
] he orryar frora 41.s,
rived says that when the captain Of the Austria heard
Of the fire, he rushed on deck exclaning 1--WE are
all lost y He then let down one of the boats which
was immediately lost, and he fell into the sea and
| was lett far behind. The same passenger says that
the fire arose from eulpable negligence while fami-
eating the steerage with burning tar under the s-
perintendence Of the 4th officer
| The only British subject on board was Mr. Brew an
officer IN the British civil service, on his way to
Columbia.
The following is a list of the saved L. Kuhn. lss
officer B. Hertman, I'd do. S. Bernett, Sd do; c..
Meihaclfo, 0oatswain's mate Q. Plate quartermas-
| ter N. Snrgeuzen, sailor: Fl. Richter boy s.
/ FREEHOLD, fireman Edward A7indolph, steward G..
| Poll, engineers assistant.
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Muller Frsu Ernst Witte Wsdea a B5nstei NaanhsimG
Z Mannsehmann ige9 Lyon Wolfk New York Friedhet
Sasqer oassei James Smith Murray, Alexandria, Viz
The following, were transferred to the ship Lotus
Ghas. Brew, EngIand Jean Poikernsk New York Philip
Berry Aackensack, New York; C. Hoggui,t
saith. ehei,eRJ ! + Cox Boston AIRED VEN aI, PaadsI,
Phia Theodore g Gaabenskler, New York; - Thompson