Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-10-08
SERAI{n OF TIE tLISTRIl.
TauFg OF THE SURpIFoRS
Hessrs. Bregs and Glanbenshlee's
statements.

81 gete unabls iast week on aecoeut of tie
tsest preSs II poIsieal matter n our columns,
IL pub!is, the following statemeuis eud pal
ncaiar< Of the terrible bnretug of tie Austria
The bargus Lotas, from LiserFool, arrived
il taiifax Harher oa Sandag atieguoeu, with
twelve Of tbs sixty sven surviving passengers
ef the sieaaiship Austria, burned at sea Sep
,eu.bor l3, in lar. 45ol, Ion al Sc, taken
nom ,be barque Maurice GU ida I4th
The gent OF the Associated Press luasedi-
ately boarded The Lotus, .ni oitaioea the fol
Living partcuilrs
srATEMgaT oF SIR. CHARLES HREws. or
ENGLAND.
took passage At Southampton on the 4th,
il tho steamslrip Austria, Capt. Heydiman,
which leIt Hamburg on the 81. We sailed a.
) T. 81, the evening being little ufaty, We
10 consequence anchored between Isle of Wight
aui the m4in-land saited AGAIN at + O'clock
On the following morning. lu weighing anchor
an unfo tunato accident occurred, by which
ohs os jhe crew Iosl his lite. Osing to
soma 4is1snae ee R,ent the auchor ran out, whiri
lus fhe eapstan round With terrific force, and
narllog tie men 10 al direetioas Two were
se7eIely Injured aud enc ,Arowu overboar.i -
He is supposed to have been instantly killed,
as be never rose 10 Ike surface. From the
time the sAip was LID oA ter eoDrse we ex-
perlenced strong westerly gales. Oa ,he l2th
The weather vas more ftvoratle, aud on the
18th spced OF eleven Knots had 6sen attIia-
ed. and all were ia high hopes Of reaching n.
York by the 18Th. At little after . O'clock,
7. NJ, was the quarterback; | saw
dense voluu.e Of smoke burst from tho after
entrance Of the steerage SGrse gomen ran
.tt. exclaining, 'Tbe ship is oD FIRE, what wilt
e4some of Us - The ship was instantly put
At hall speed, at which she continued until the
magazine exploded, from which infer the en-
gineers we're ms! anIly sufoeated. only walk
ed from where | was On the quarterback 10 the
z4isl OF sssssslllp. shep Isaw the q ,Gics areak-
log througa the lights alnilships. As Asehe-sk1p
VAS head to the wind, the fro travelled with
fearful rRpidiy. tksn went tc the man at
she wheel and loId him tn put the vesse, With
Ger side to the wind. He he-it4t ed : probsbly
did not understand me, as be vas native OF
Hamburg then got German gentleman TO
speak TO him. Al this tine / saw some per-
soma letting down the boat on The port side Of
the quarter deck What became OF the boat
I don't know, bat think she vas crushed uuder
the screw. then went to let boat over from
the stearEoard side OF the quarterback, hut
the moment We laid cur hands on tie ropes,
there were SO many people sa9 crowded ipto
it that W. could not lifi i. of the blocks
W. therefore left Il for few minutes, nnti! the
vsople got out, when we returned, and launcS-
ID It over the side Of the ship, when, the
people all rushing iuto it again, it decehded
Eith great violence into the water, aud was III
stanily ssamped, all the people being washed
cut excepting three, who held on tbe sides
We then let domn rope, and pulled up one
person, who proved 10 be Ihe steward =
Another, in the act Of being tauled up, was
straHgled hy the rope. The FIRE now ceme on
too 6ercely to attempt 10 get Up aLy more frou
the swamped boat, Al! the FIRST cabin psssea-
gers we're on the poop, with The exception Of
few gentlemen, who muat have been smothered
IN the smooking-room. Many of the second
cabin passengers were also on the poop, but a
number Of them got saat into their cabin By
the Ere Soue of them were pulled u through
she vsntiiator, but the greater number could
rot ba extricaied Tue last woman who was
drawn up sad there we're six already suffocased.
We nov perceived that the snip lad got her
head to the wind again, SO that the flames came
over the quarterback. In consequence OF the
crowd ! could not &c: to the Hheel-houso to
4scertain the reason, but / was informed that
the helmsmsn had deserted his post, and that
tho vessel, being left to herself, beaded 10 the
wind Of her own accord. At this time the
scene on the quarter deck was indeseribable
and truly beart-rendipg Passengers were rush
ng frsntieally to and fros husbands seeking
'Leir wives, wives IN search Of their husbands.
relatives looking after relatives, motbeTs La
fnenting the loss OF their children, some wholly
ParalyEed BY fear, others madly crying TO be
s17ed but few perfectly calm and collected.
The flames passed so closely upon them that
many jumped into the sea, relatives elasped in
each others arms, leape1 over and met a wa
terry grave Two girls, supposed to be sisters,
jumped over, aud sank kissing each other. A
customary and wife leaped into the sea togeth-
sr, and the stewardess aud assistant steward,
arm 10 arm, followed One Hungarian gen
tleIoaO, With seven fne children, four of them
grIs made his wife jump in, then blessed his
SIX eldest children, made them jump in one
after the other, and followed them with an in-
fan: in his own arms |, about this time, was
standing outside the hulwarks, holding on BY
ihe davlts, leaning out 10 avoid the Games,
Thlcb were leaping toward me. Isaw swamp
Sd boat under me, spinning by rope still at
tAehed TO the ship. As the oars were tied 10
Der, thought if could get to her, would be
enabled TO save myself and somc others. ] let
myself down BY rope, passing over a man wLo
vas eilngIng to ii, but who refused 10 come
with me, toek ont penknife 10 cut the the
tackle the large blade broke, aud / then
severed II with the small blade The ship