Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-28
BY TELEGRAPH TO The STAR.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PRsS
The Less Of the Austria.

afternoon, with twelve OF the sirtv.sevsn nssssnI
ian in Is, steamship Austria. burnt at sea sept
oarque Maurice tie i4tb ;rse 49,, - ~, ,se
| Assoclaied press Immediately boarded the fo,ns
sHa o9rained the following particulars The
Il ioiio"ihS u the statement of Charles R,.,,-
Il took passage at Southampton on ,p
the steamship Austria Capt Heydtmsna ,.u' IN
| len Hamburg on the I'd. We sailed AZ =, Gu
| The evening being little misty; we In go,
quence, anchored between the Isls Of w. ,
| the main land; sailed again at O'CLOCK on thu
l following morning. In weighing anchor An ny
fortunate accident occurred by which one of the
l crew LOST MS lie ; owing to some mismana0e-
ment the anchor ran out wbirling the capstan
| round with terrific force. hurting the men In All
l directions; two Were severely injured and one
l thrown overheard; he was supposed 10 have heen
| instantly killed as he never rose 10 the surfsce
| From the time the ship was laid ON her course
| we experienced strong westerly winds On the
,s.n tne weather was more favorable, and on the
| istn speed OF eleven knots lad been attained
| \ ork by the 18th.
| AT a Iittle after O'Clock p. m was on the
| quaiteI deck j saw dense volume of smoke
| burst fom the after entrance OF the staa,.S,s
Some women ran aft, exclaimin9 1.-The shin is ON
| nre what will become OF us ," The shin u,ss
| instantly put ut half speed at which sbe cpn,i
| ued unili the magazine exploded, from which
| fer the engineers Were INSTANTLY Subjected
| only walked from where l was on the onar,.,
aeon 10 ,ne waist OF the ship, when l saw the
| Name breaking through the lily bis amidsbtns
| As the snip was head To the wind tn. FIRE ira
| eled with fearful rapidty "
tnen went to The man at the wheel aud told
MIN TO put the vessel with her side 20 the wind
He hesitated-probably did not undersiaod mn
as he was a native of Hamburg | then 0ot
German gentleman to speak to him At this time
| l saw some persons letting down the host on r.
| port side Of the quarter deck WL,t hscsnaa .n
the boat | don't know, but think She x,ss
| crusht d under the screw then went to ,,s, =
oodt over rom The starboard side Of the quarter
deck, bnt The moment we laid our hands ON the
ropes, there were so many people who croyvd.d
into 1t, that we could not ift il Off the blocLs
we therefore left IL for few minutes until the
people GOT out, when we returned and launched
II over the side of the ship; when the peonIe I'll
| rushing into 1t again, it descended with great
violence into the water and was immsd iately
swamped-all the people being washed ont er
cept three, who held on TO the side wv. ~,
| let down rope and pulled up one person who
PROVED TO DC the Steward. Another in the act of
being hauied p, was strangled by the rope
Tne nre now came on too teceiy to attemn t IN
get up any more from the swamped boat An
the first cabin passengers were on the noon, with
the exception OF few gent, men, who must
have been smothered in the smoking room
Many of the second cabin passenger, were aIso
on the poop. but number of them got shut info
their cabin by the fire. Some of them were
Pullyd up through the ventilator, but the greater
lmoer could not be eXtricated. The last wom.n
wlo was drawn up laid there were six alreadv
sufbcated. We now pc ceived that the ,bin ~
got her head TO the wind again, so that the fsmes
came over the quarter deck. In CONSEQUENT Of
tue crowd could not get to the wheelbonse 20 |
ascertain the reason, but was Informed tb.t ,ho
helinsman had deserted his post and that The
o. her own accord WIN
Al this time the scene on the quarter deck uas
indescr;bie and truly heart-rendin1 Passanos-s
were rushing antically to and fro-husbands
seeking their wives-wives In search of tbeiT
Observation-Disclosures looking after relatives
Tiers lamentng the loss of their child ren-sons
wholly paralyzed by fear-others madIy CRYING
10 be saved-but few perfectly calm and collect
ed. The flames pressed so closely unon then
that many jumped into the sea-relative, clasned
In each other. arms, leaped over and met a wa
iaH n gss' ever Two girls supposed to be sisters
missionary and wife leaped into the sea together
and the stewardess and assistant steward arm In
arm, followed One Hungarian gentleman with
seven hne children, four of them girls made his
wife jump in, then blessed his six eldest chill
dren, made them jump in one after the other ana
followed them with the infant in his own arms
], ABOUT this time, was standing outside the
oulwarks, holding on by the davits leaning ont |
10 avoid he hames, which were leapiny toward.
me lsaS swamped boat under me- spinning
Dy rope still attached To the ship; as the o,is
were tied in her, thought, il could oct 10 her
would be enabled TO save myself and some 9th
ers let myself down, passing over a man who
was elm ging to ii, but who refused 70 come with
me took out pen knife to cut the tackle: The
large blade broke, and ! severed il with a small
blade The ship passed ahead As the screw
approached, found the boat drawn towards il
tried 10 keep the boat of. but the screw caug ht
and capsized her over me | dived from the shin
aud came TO the surface near boat which NJ.
Keel upwards ! got on her, and by pressing on |
one side, with the assistance of a wave ri0hted
her, but she was still swamped and the oars lad
been shocked out by the screw The only thin0
| could ind in her, TO paddle with, were some
ialhs nailed together sheathing for the sides
When looked around the ship was a ouarter
OF mile away from me, | could see the lad ies
and gentlemen jumping Of tue poop into the
water IN two's aud three's, some Of the ladies in
flames. Several hesitated to leap from the hurn
ing ship until the last moment as the beio bt
was twenty feet, and Were only at length com
PEELED to throw themselves off to avoid a mole
painful death
In half an hour not soul was TO be seen on the
poop. pulled after the ship and pic ked up a |
Hermanl who was swimming strongly. 1 got
him beside me on the boat, and we padded alter
the ship with the laths. now saw a vessel I'M
der sail approaching. Sue reached the steamer
at about .. m. We continued padding toward |
them, and shout ~ O'Clock, after being five
hours In the water, got wi hin all of the sailing
vessel, which put of boat and took US on board |
she proved to be the French barque Maurice,
Captain Ernest Remand, OF Nantes bound from
Newfoundland for the Isle of bourbon with fish
She had, mp to that time, rescued forty passen- |
gers OF the burning steamer, chiefly taken of the
bowsprt, though a few Were pickt ND floating
around AT about ( O'Clock, one of The metallic
boats came up, with about twenty-five persons.
Including the second and third officers After. |
wards three or four men Were pic ked up hoatino
on a piece of the broken boat The second OFF,
Ger was taken up, hnving been swimming with
nothing TO hoat him, for six hours The second
lnlIU OmcerS were severely burnt; male 1
passenger was burnt frightfully, and some other
male passengers slightly. There were but six
women saved, three of whom were burut-one in
shocking manner. Captain Renaud acted with
the utmost kindness. lie gave clothes as far as
he could furnish them to the suffering passen-
gers, and acted as nurse, doctor, and ryeon to
the burnt people, dressing the wounds Of the fe-
males with a delicacy and tenderness that eshib-
tied a benevolent aud smiable disposition 4 did
not see an officer of the ship during the fire. and
an certain there was not one of them the crew
OIL the poop, except the man at the wheel for a |
snort time. 1 understood that when the captain
h ard OF the fire, he rushed on deck " itLout a
cap, aud when be saw the flames exclaim d :swe
all lost"
he tried to get out boat, which, when lie, d ,wn
wis swamprd, and he, whether accidentally or
not do not know, fell into the sea, and was soon
left far behind. The fourth officer was in this
boat. He cut her loose from the davits; She was
carried under the screw and smashed, and seve-
raj i'm her drowned. Three or four men escap d
on fragment, and were picked up by the Mau-
rice as before stated About the same one metal |
ic life boat was let down from the port bow snd
swamped, but got cleared away with about thirty-
three persons in her, including the first and third