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

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IL r. rort. mpiatng the chances II saving his
-, lie observed n, mate and ie" passengers who
enid sneak the Eug. "a language enlsaFouu- 70 get
H. 6r.t boat I'll On the port side. LUIS movement
- I'm, .,.,a fon. o, efIcctlug his escape, and be
5.iisfcl, ran to the ma e and commenced assisting
I,, ,, oct the boat which was one II fraucl> lie
boats out 81 the cAOcks. JUS before tne ooat could
be- moved from. s position, some twenty 'o 'Ni'! pE'
or- took their seats IN u, and a me arguments mat
r- ,,.d IN cet them ont until the boat could be let
down not only prov e unayailng, but others crow Id
INTO Il increasing the number to about hity. Unisr
tlese circumstances the tackle was cut AMI down
v.rt the boat with IT. human freight into the water
and when II came uy again, Il dld So with reduced
rurnber Of occupantsrOm ten 10 fifteen having lost
their hold and the boat passing rapidly towari the
stern of tire steamer, those who had ta.en over
hoard we've necessarily left struggling ~ the water
No sooner had the boat got fairy nshted, than
tie waves caused by the propeller oi the steamer cap
ized Il again by which occurrence the rumber III the
boet was further reduced. After dropping some dis
lance asiern If the steamer the mate anu those gen
temeu WHO were cooperating with HIM IN rs manage
mont then tried to free i from water by bang out
with their hands but making very little progress 20
ward accomplishing that object; Ia accordance N.th
the suggestion Of Mr.. Smith, the men diyesed them
selves of and threw overheard AL their clothing ex-
cent such articles necessary 70 cover tneir
persons But the water in the boat beng up 10 the
eutwaes she naturally sunk very low ana was, con-
.eCuentlv almost unmanageabe, because tue le"
oars on board could not BE- used witt any effect The
mate then suggested the idea Of intentionally capslzng
the boat and by some maneuver, which he explained
in English TO those who understood nm, Try
to free the boat from some of the water.
The expeient resulted in the loss of about Ten of the
Messengers some of whom were too much cAnausted
10 regain their hold of the boat, while Dihers, owing
10 their exhausted state. were unable 10 holi them
selves up in the boat, and were drowned The bark,
which was now coming down toward them with fair
but light breeze began to be very PLAN IL sight
when they took out some shirts and coored hanker-
chiefs fastened them To oar and raised It up as
signal to the bark but as II was then getting dusk,
most Of the party began to despair. The mate made
a remark to the effect that they were then probably
seeing the sun for the last tme and the majority
evidently believed such to be the case. Inc mate
said that there chance let tor them 10
try if they liked to try It; and that was, To have
every oue except young Bohemian GIRL VINO nad
been badly burnt, get out OF the boa ana pace the
across the boat IN such manner as tucy .ouu o
taken hold Of by those IN the water To ain thein IN
buoying themselves up, and then, by keeping their
legs and feet in motion, propel the boat and them
selves along This experiment succeeded pretty "eu
and considerable progress was mahe.
About this tim. VI the Austrlas passengers WIS
observed in the water near by, and be was picked up
having succeeded in escaping from the steamer wlth
hfe-preserver-a tin tube about twenty inenes ons
Thir hfe-preserver suggested new idea and very
bappy one il proved to be- II was cut IN two 0y the
aid Of a knife and with the two scoops thus formed
the water was soon baed out of the boat when much
better progress made, and shortly aiterward the
ouarermaster who had saved himself by the apphca-
ton Of an ife-preserver, was also picked up
when the was likewise ut once rendered avaiiaoie
in the propulsion of the boat. Then, with Joyful
hearts, the whole party eXerted themselves TO the
utmost Mr.. Smith took oar, Mr.. Murray OF
Alexandria, Vs another; the mate third, ana sew
era others followed suit and pulled vigorously 10 the
vessel which proved to be the French bark Maurice,
which they hailed, taken board, and supplied
with food and an awning shelter deck for Temporary
accommodation. The vessel had hoisted lights to
guide the wrecked passengers to it, Thus twenty-our
passengers than one-third Of the entire number
lad mo thprnS
after perilous exposure Of nearly SIX hours.
Shortly after reaching the bark Mr. Smith went to
look after the febOat by which he had been saved,
with view Of seeing whether it could not be rendered
instrumental in saving others whose mosns and cries
in the water for assistance could be heard when he
discovered that the boat was missing, and learned
that the had been brought on board the hawser
cut and the boat allowed to 30 adrit Ihs move
ment on the part of one is involved IN some mys
tery The boat not jured in the least, and cspa-
bic Of doing good service III saving lte and crew TO
man il would doubtess have been found, had an effort
been made to do so.
The wife and child Of one of the passengers saved
by this boat dswned in it before tine water was
bailed out they being too much exhausted to bold up
The bark iay by the steamer all night IN hopes of
saying more of her unfortunate passengers. Mr..
Smith appeared 10 be- of the opinion that there wns
wholesale sacrifice Of human life through mlsmanage-
ment and want Of some person OF sufficient aDhty
and frmness OF mind on board TO command ooe-
dience.
STATEMENT BY MIR. PaLICRUscA.
Mr. John Pacrusca is a native Of Turkey, but has
resided IN this country for tnle last October ne
en New York to visit his relations IN Trieste, and was
on his return 10 this country. He t.ok steersge pss-
sage in the Austria from Hamburg From the time
they left Hamburg they had heavy westerly "inds
ahesd till the 18Th which was beatlu day. ana the
passengers had all gathered on the deck to enjoy
themselves The steerage had been cleared every day
with lime and vinegar, and on thu day al aboul TWO
o'clock one Of the came to Tim AMI tolh MN he
must bring his bed &c. from his berth out on deck as
they were going TO " smoke the 5teerage' lie I'M
meliatey went down and got his bed and blankets and
brought them on deck. 4 few moments after he OBJ
served some smoke issuing from the haschway and
the people soon began TO scream fire, he endeayoredto
ouiet them saying he thought it only smoke, and
there could be danger, and that they need not De
frightened but directly he saw the blaze OF the fire.
and at the same time the people again began to cry
and scream fire and help. Just al this moment the
Captain came rushing up from below with no hat on
with his face as white as snow" and very much
frightened and confused One Of the passengers asked
him what be wa going to do, when he threw up both
his hands in dispair and said we are all lost
The Captain appeared perfectly Wild and did no, know
what 10 do and gave orders To any one. MI fall-
crusca Immediately began to look about him for some
means of safety: he saw on the side of the steamer
one of the lifeboa,s ready to be launched, but
III. FIRE now came bursting up through the deex,
driving the passengers from the boat and forcing them
part 70 the front and part to the OF the vessel.
H. driven TO the bow with many others; ne then
got plank about eight feetlong which be placed on ms
head and took piece OF rope to fasten himself 70
and prepared to jump overheard. As BE went 10 tne
side of the vessel he saw one of the feboa.s there
with no one in it. lie dropped his plank Jumped into
the boat and began 10 cut away the ropes IN ofder 20
drop il into the water. Before he could get the
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