The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-25
THE Turning STEAMSHIP.

The New York Herald OF yesterday morning INDULGE.
at length In specuations concerning the burning steam
ship. After stating that tho Saxonia Ariel Alps Cans
da Edinburg, City of Baltimore North Star New Yorh
Austria Prince Albert, and Hudson the only steam
ships now at aud not heard from ON the date IN
question, that paper says H
The position in which the burning steamer is reported
to have been seen, is about 500 miles from SANDY
Hook and about 400 miles from the coast of Ireland
The probabilities therefore, in regard to the abovenamed
steamships follows
The City of Baltimore, North Star, and New York
could hardly have reached such distance from SANDY
Hook SO soon after their day Of sailing from our port
could the Prince Albert the Hudson have got SO
far from their port of departure the 18th inst The
Saxonia would probably have been too far advanced on
her voyage to have been freshly -burned or burning
steamer the 18TH at the point reported
Tho probabilities are therefore, reduced TO the Ariel
Alps, Canada, Endinburgh and Austria. The report Of
the master of the Bosenhcath indefinite and unsatisiac
tory inasmuch it does not tell whether the burning
steamship was screw or paddc-wheel steamer. The
fact that her engines reported to work through tho
upper deck would lead TO the superstition that she
padcwheel ship But partially burnt steamer might
present such appearances to Lead to the supposon
that cher engines worked through the upper deck with
out such being really the This statement however
leads to the belief That 1t paade-wheel steamer
OF these the description would indicate the Ariel
which has walking beam, her engine, therefore
working through the upper deck. But believe this
steamer not painted red the bottom and that she
had no bowsprit at all
The Alps is iron screw steamer of the Liverpool
line, and sailed from New York for that port the 9th
instant We believe she is red bottom steamer, but
her engines did not work through her upper deck She
had no passengers
The Canada is the Cunard line steamer which left Bos
ton the 9Th and Halifax the 10th for Liverpool
We do not know what color her bottom painted but
her engines did not project above her deck.
The Edinburgh, steamer left New York tho
Sth for Glasgow and might have been in the vicinity of
the disaster at the time in question. Our impression is
that she also Ia rcd bottom steamer though she had no
engines above her deck.
The last of the steamships within the range Of proba-
by is the Austria. This vessel is known to have left
Hamburg on the LIST and Southampton on the 4th inst
for New York, and is consequently nineteen days
out and several overdue here We believe she has red
bottom though her engines did not work through her
decks There is much anxiety about her. and it isfcared
she may prove to be the unfortunate ship
There probability in favor Of the safety of the
and passengers, which is strong The burn
ing steamer had person on board when seen by two
vessels, and, she the track of the numerous
lines running between this aud Europe, the reasonable
suppostion is that they all taken off by east
ernbound steamship 1t is to be hoped that few days
will solve all these painful doubts