New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-30

ing forth leaving the rfereTce that BIZ body vs. A.
ready wrapped in hames. a lady approached Mr.
! -t -tf-fines 4 Mrs. Dormitzer waikiki the deck
enduring alike great physical agony in addition to
/ n entail anguish. She asked Mr. Berry II here
/ wa srv help. He only saii to her to plt
ler faith in Jesus. Her reply il the de,palr III At
seemed to pervade her whole being was .. o., God
! " have no strength 10 hope, and she "a k down
ON the deck overcome. She It'll in that pos.tiot
! when Mr. Berry last Jaw her. For some time. lady
friend Of Mis- Beckers ob-er yed by Mr. Berry
raising water and throwing it ou the hlme,. During
the first period Of the excitement the Rev. Mr. Hlmm
tired to organize force 10 get water, but i efforts
| were unayaiIg. Even ~ of buckets filed with
locked, 50 that when wanted they We're unavailable.
Mr.. Berry conyersed with passenger who was
present when the Preparations were made TOR ungai
ing the steerage. The passenger was aerwar1 lost.
He stated to Mr. Berry that the fourth officer came
| below and ordered the steeraCe 70 BE- cleared He
then took wooden bucket filed with tar, and placed
| il in The forward steerage. BY II bucket of
water. In the mean time the pOrt-hOes and doors in
the bulkheads were thrown open and the steamer be-
Ing headed to the wind. strong draft at played
through the vessel. Everything was thus arranged
for the rapid spread Of the flames the moment the
cdent occurred and they had to but catch 10 be famed
! by the draft into conhagratOn.
Mr.. Berry confirms the statement of other passen-
gers to the utter Indifference displayed by various
officers Of the Austria to the fate OF the passengers.
The fourth officer arriving board the Maurice,
|
the When Hahn, the first officer arrived, he
promised TO return soon with the he-bOat on which
he had been saved. and rescue from twenty-five 10
! thirty whom he reported cinging TO the bow
| spirit aud chains when he left. subsequently, on
! being asked why he did not return, he said that
the life-boat had been cut loose from the bark by
| whom it unknown. During the night some Of the
passengers thought they heard cres in the water near
the bark and they requested the captain to send out
boat to make further search. lie declined to do so.
| In the morning they discovered ife-boet from the
| Norwegian bark rowing about the burning steamer,
and Mr.. Berry thinks quite probable that some Of
| the passengers may have been saved IN her.
NARRATIVE OF CHARLES ROsES.
Charles +. V. Rosen, American boy l6 years Of
age, passenger on board, one Of the first who
| left the burning steamer. In June last he and his
father, Charles +. Rosen, who a professor and
teacher of music at Charleston, S. C., sailed from
this port by the Ariel to Southampton After travel
ing around and visiting their friends, they sailed from
Hamburg BY the Austria for home. The father WAS
lost The boy states that the first he saw of the fire
was shortly after o'clock. Smcke issuing out
Of the holes by the ventstors the seersge. lie
did not know the origin of the fire except by common
report that the boatswan and some of the sailors
were burning the tar, when the sailor jammed the
iron in the bucket and the tar took fire. and spread
over the ioor Some of the passengers threw water
upon it, which had the effect Of spatterng 1t in all
bustble substances al in blaze. The greatest e1-
citement followed and from that time all confusion
and disorder At the time Of the breaking out OF the
fire the Captain WAS asleep in his cabin. lie came up
in al excited manner and looked down the skyght Of
the first cabin, and then clasping his hands, he e1-
claimed, "My God, all Lost" He then went
aft and young Rosen did not see him afterward.
II was stated however that he jumped over
board. The first mate, Mr.. Hahn, conducted him.
self in a cool and collected manner, and urged
the passengers to get out the boats. AT this time
hundreds were running to and fro about the deck,
shrieking and calling for assistance. Young Rosen,
with some thirty forty Others got in the boat at the
port bow which was cut loose and fell with great
force 10 the water and sunk several feet The boy
came up under the keel, but showed himself oil and
got hold of the bulwarks. After some difficulty IN
ing the boat and clearing the water rom IT. most
of those struggling succeeded in getting ln There
FIVE bound together before the boat was cut
down but they foated of, and the elder Rosen
prasped them as he some distance from the boat
lie struggled for time 10 make his way TO the
boat those in il having no means TO get 70
him. in consequence Of their beng without the oais
MANY who ilmpod overheard from the steamer to
get into this boat struggling in the water ana
at last their strength failing them they disappeared
beneath the waves, and were seen no more. Inc
elder Rosen reached the boat, and was hanging on the
stern. One of the seamen told the younger kosen
that mis- father had got hold the boat. just then he
sauk Ia rise no more IA his strength had failed him
His exertions to get TO the boat were very great
he was borne down by q heavy overcoat The steaIne
was in sight all this time, but every moment the dis
tance between her and the boat was increasing,
as she was still sailing In the distance, those
in the boat could hear the screams OF the
sufferers, and see them jumping overheard by
hundreds. ROsen know only four persons beside
his father, who were lost, man named - Nelson
Sweie who going to California, his brother and
sister, and - Livingstone, also a Swede and bound
for California. After they left the vessel the boat cap
sized several times in consequence OF the numbers
endeavoring TO get in, and those who were IN beang so
excited that they could not be kept sl AFTER noo,-
ina ata sly
bark Maurice where they received proper care ana
attention. The boy saw great many men jump from
the burning steamer, but very few women. AL that
he saved was portion of the clothes he was wearing
st The time of the fire. having of part Of them to
tighten himself much possible IN his struggle Tor
life The first mate was saved in the boat with
Roscn.
STATEMENT OF MR.. HENRY A. SMITH.
Mr.. HeIry Augustus Smith OF Chelsea Asssa-
chusets who after absence of abouttwo years from
home was returning in the fsied steamer, says, that
after dinner on Monday, Sept l3 he came on deck
AMI sat down jus, behind the snokestsck, where ne
amused himself for about half hour in playing With
one ofthe children of Mrs. Nevil, an English lady,
who came on board at SOUTHAMPTON. a gentleman
by the name of Hunt resident Of Brooklyn, sat by
his side at the time, when the cry of fire, was
raised by some persons forward. Mr.. Smith instantly
sprang 10 his feet and forward 10 ascertain whether
there was any cause for alarm, when nc discovered
volume Of smoke issuing through the sky-ight o the
smoking groom, and almost instantly large fame
came up he then turned TO 60 back toward the att
mart Of the steamer when he met the Captain and told
him that the steamer was on fire. The captain
fastened forward, followed by Mr.. Smith,
aud on reaching the aperture through which
the IRE WAS ascending, the Captain e1-
claimed MY Gcd my Gcd we are al lost.