The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-29
T HE DISPATC n.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.. sEPTEMBER %. 1883
THE BURNT AMER

WEDNESDAY MORNING.. .sEPTEMBER %. 1883
THE BURNT AMER
NAMES or MORE OF THE LOsT-DEscRyy,-
TON OF THE TESSEL-EATALITYAA AMONG
STRAAERS, de-, dc.
The mails yesterday afternoon bring nothing
further relative to the destruction Of the steamer
Austria. The papers, however, furnish the names
of many who are supposed to be lost.
The Baltimore papors say that Theodore srsb.
| o druggist, and Rev. John Weinman, pastor Of
Trinity Lutheran Church, of that city, Mrs. D.
Waobman and NJsr Nsehman.dry goods merchant,
also OF that city, are known to have taken
| In the second cabin Of the Austria.
Mr. hsinburg, Of Alexandria, Va, with Mrs
Reichart and her three children. we're aboard, in
| the second cabin. The N. Y. Times SAYS:
Hermann Sondheim, who, with his wife aud q "a
children, vas on board, 10 . large importer Of Ger
man goods at No. 1l3 Liberty street. He had been
on visit With his family to his relatives In Ger.
many, and also on business for the purchase Of
| goods.
w. Rossuthal, importer OF fancy goods at No 100
Liberty street. also had his wife and ye children
with him on board the Austria. lie has bis iss
dence In Europe, but returning with his family
to spend the winter in New York.
The next largest family among the cabin passen-
gers was Mr.. Ad. Hermann, of Igelo, who was
Smigrating to this country with his wife aud seven
These three families make up an aaar.r.ts OF
twsnty.three persons. There were also some If
teen other persons haiIing from New York.
The Journal Of Commerce adds.
Among the passengers by the Austria We OBJ
serve tbs names OF c. D. Trott and Samuel n, Ma
sury, who are natives Of Salem, Macs, and we're
on their return from Zanzibar. Masury has long
been established at Zanzibar a. a successful mer-
chaut. There are also T. Etsneld the wall known
musician and conductor OF the Philharmonic com
certs, Theodore Glaubenskee. Professor Of German
IN the Free Academy, and Herman Therbecks
Wen Known German OF Philadelphia. The Aus
trias freight is extremely valuable Consisting In
great part OF velvet and silk winter dry poods-
= or some days past the Inturance Companies re.
premfhn.
The following description Of the lost steamer vii,
Do interesting, in connection with the fearful
scenes that took piace on board:
Her burden 10 2, 500 TONS her length ov.r all als
feet, her width across the beam is 40 test and IN.
distance from her promenade deck to the bottom
Cf her hold is 20 feet She is almost entirely c.m
posed OF iron, not even the stancheons being of
vast amount OF canvas. Her machinery il on the
newest, most approved and most substapt ptial n,an
and her propeller 10 driven by what is termed nv
engineers, a steam hammer engine. The Austria
has four decks, none of which is a spar deck They
are a promenade deck, main deck, tween deck
and lower deck, and each one OF them is divided
from the one next TO it by more than ordinary
distance. Her model and general appearance are
arc uOIS tNat Oi u manHOtn yaC1s thal Ordi
nary steamship, and the symmetrical proportions Of
she vessol. combined with the elegance of her gen
erai ap learance as she sits upou the waters pro-
duce pleasing impression Of quccnly grandeur
on the mind of au observer.
Her extending prov 10 ornamented BY An eIe-
| santfy scu!piured representation Of the double
| beaded essls Of the Austrian empire, and every
part of her exterior 10 plainly and tastefnlly
| completed. Her internal arrangements are admi-
rably suited TO maintain health and CO among
| her passengers. In her first cabin the s.ateroom
| Is large, comfortable and connodious. 1t 10 richly
| fGrEI.bed, even to a splendid and sweet toned
| piano, that contributes very materially to grace
| one portion OF the apartment. The sleeping rooms
and berths got up in a very superior style sna
etfectualy ventilated above aud below The cabin
is we'll lighted by several large windos ss and each
sleeping room by window in proportion to its
size In the fret cabin fifty-fuur passengers can
| be we'll accommodated, and in the second cabin
| there are accommodations for III passengers
while the STORAGE affords ample accommodation
| for upwards Of 400 shrd class passengers. The
| ventilation, heating apparatus. &C. are precisely
on the same plau all through the steamer, and The
| accommodations for passengers in the second and
third class berths are a. good those OF the frat
| class, whon proportionatsly considered The smok-
| ing m, which is on the main deck 10 lar re and
comfortable, and furnished With we'll arranged and
| selected library. The machine for condensipg ,slt
water into fresh water is capable of misunderstanding
2.4OO gallons of fresh water daily, and is connect
| ed by water pipes with every part of the vsssel-
L
the newest plan, besides being very extensiye m
amount of this essential bueiness eau be performed
| with the greatest facility. Though it would not
be easy for visitor to determine that there was
much danger of accident occurring to such q
strong shir, she is, nevertheless, provided with
eight of Francis patent metallic life boa:s each of
| which is capable OF receiving fifty persons. The
steamer is very rapid sailer, able to make thir.
teen knsts an hour by the power OF her .crev
alone. in smooth sea and calm weather, according
| TO the statement Of her commander With the
| auxiliary power of her canvas the steamer, he
believed, would run fourteen knots in an hour oil
| an average. Her engines 400 nominal horse
power, and like every other part of the etateiy
| vesae', they arc perfect models OF impro vement
| strsagth and soiidity.
| The coincidence is also remarked tha: the d.s.
truction of the Austria occurred on the 18th
| September-but single day fton the Anniversary
of the ill fated Central America, which was lost
| September 18th, 1857.
| Thus have added to the fearfnl catalogue of
steamship disasters one more appalling and more
destructive Of human life than any that has ., g.
ceded it. This fact. appears from the following
| statement: