Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-10-05

liz OtdulIu, WUUIu lie q IiShN'
she leaped into the water. None OF me party mse
in sight, and probably all are lost. a Mrs. o'Tn"nai
WAS walking the deck enduring alike great pn5s
agony in addition to mental anguish. She dsheu w.
Berry if there was any help. lie only said TO nel !"
put her faith iu Jesus. Her reply, in the despair ina,
seemed to parvade her whole being, was, ION, dou
have no strength, no hope" and she sank down on
m. deck overcome. She was stHl in thst position
when Mr.. Berry las: Saw her.
ANOTHER STATEMENT BY PETERSON.
NV brotber.iu law, Peter Svenson, and my sister,
Dina Victoria Svenson, aud Andrew Svenson and
Caroline Sveuson, were lost. 1 was standing on me
:orecas;ie and saw fra and smoke coming through
toe patches; Immediately the greatest confusion
arose among the psss.ngsre, and there was a gene.
raj rush for the life boats. There were eight
life boats-four on each side OF the steamer-
but fhree of those on the s:aroosrn s'ne ca
pabls Of containing ~ psrsone escn' cou'a h"'
be used on account or the dense smoke "nlcn ren.
dered it impossible TO reacn them. FIVE ooa,s were
cut adriir for the uss of the passengers. Inc nrst
mate, Harm, cut the tackle OF one oil the HE onsts
when it was filed TO excess, and the oon' WIS i",,
mediately swamped with all of the persons III. l
have very little doubt that il the engine had osSn
stopped at once on The discovery of the hre, a large
number of pssssngurs might have been saved. Al
the passengers were ordered out of the cabin Dut
the women and children. and the hrst D"hts~hsh
told them that they too would s"on leave; seVers!
were seen at the port holes en6eavorlnS 10 GEL alr.
The fire began on the after part of the st-rrag-,
near the bulk head, next the engine room. Not one
of the boats was lowered; rhey were all cu' from Inc
davits. There were probably twenty or thirty per
SONS smothered in the Storage. The buckets ON ths
steani-r were all chained and locked up, and, there
fore. usel-ss when they We're wanted. There were
about four dozen OF them on the spar deck. and "a
many NOR. on the forecas,le. II these buckets had
been within reach. and briskly used, the FIRE could
have been eX,inguished in a short tims. The Qusr-
termasier left the wheel at the helm rs soon ~ the
fire was discovered, aud was not seen afterwards.
A Mr.. Masury, an invalid, WAS snff1caied by tho
smoke. Morgansen. ihe frat engineer, was seen go
ing down TO shut off the steam shortly after the hrs
broke out, and il s supposed that ha was s'nothered,
as he did not re.appear. There were about one hun
dred pounds of powder in the magazine, TO hre zig
nais with, and when the Are reached it the powder
exploded, killing a great many. Miss Alvia Cohen
| from Braslau, WAS seen on FIRE. She jumped in ihh
I water and was drnwDed. MIR. p. gives ths name of
a Swedish gentleman, not mentioned betnre, as be-
irg on board-Andrew Nelsou-and likewise hs bro
Their Swan, and his sister Carolina.
STATEMENT or HERMAN RASDERs.
The first notice | had of the frs Was q sudden OK
plosion, as If of powder, whirh appeared TO come from
the main hatctwsy. Immediately Il cry arose from
some temples, 1.-THE ship is on fire" and all was con
fusion in a moment. Myself and several Others got
hold Off boat and cut her from the dsvits. hut H Tht
men tried to get into her shs capsizad, ana about q
dozen were lost. The scsiis on board at tins moment
WAS most heart ren~dipg-Yonen aud children wert
screaming, and, in fact, tho utmost confusion prevail
ed. Suddenly the boat in which l was ut having
previously righted) cams in contact with the acre" o
tho s,eamsr nnd was dashed TO pieces, and all who
war. IN her drowned, except myself and a friend. tIr.
P-terson.) We got hold of some pieces OF the boat
and i,.id on to them for more than r1 hours. I!.err
WAS bu, one attempt 10 save any OF the women TIA;
saw, Ind that wac mads by Il gentleman named
Smith, | observed one WOMAN, while l was In the
wutrr. lump from the deck into thu aa with u shrek
of agony, "a the hsnes gained upon her. She d!shp'
reared Immediately, and was seen no more. | alec
observed All elderly gentleman, who had on a HE pre-
=. 1000 I-.I ptstt., m TAup a. . Il st me
STATEMENT OF YOUNG R0sEH.
I got IN the third boat As i: WAS cut down from he
davis. IL fell 2J ieet end was swamped. In that fnll
10 or II people were droei'-d, and then the boat cap
sized At the same time, aud, Ia The endsavor 10 righ'
h.r. 10 more we're drowned. AT last she righted. '."i
I got in with 90 others. Ny father wes IN the Don. ii
the time she YVES cut looee from iir t@Ti's, .:t u.
wa one OF those who fell out % hs'i i- iHen got Il
oars aud aoated on them i"r /. cousidrr.yls lint
Meanwhile | got INTO the Los. with tile Others, rai
after much struggling M t,l'.r -: NJ 20 !mr emf
caught hold Of the stern. but DoIr! ;ia!He ID ho'i ~,
hs Immediately sank. saw hIEI drowned icy ar.t. /
yes rescued hy the brig Maurice, h''"r beg ~ noun
in the boat; bat, although ! T'sh"d IN .linf out ma
try TO gave my tntEes, w9s NOT Permitted, ahc IL
WAS lost.
sr.TraENr OF ALFRED VEIN, OF rHILADELPaiA
Mr. V. confirms the Statement: that the FIRE oiigi
mated from Ell attempt Ia fl:rigate the steamer. iif
BECAME separated rom his mother and slsltr by 10.
flames, willie vsinly searching tor a lille pressrver foI
| ,hHm. lie inpu lowered IllOttIl V tHc ieI ny q
rope INFO the water, where he found severa! other per
sons sustaining ,h-m-eiv-s ia The water III The sam
manner. While IN This position, MIR Edward bogc
of Baton Ruug-, Loui-,sna, ciambered over the stern
and sustaining himself in ih- water by the MD OF a
ron. which hs had succeeded III obtaining posree-iol
Of he requested Mr. VeD II, in cns- h. should bs lot
TO state to Mr.. B s vile that his last and only thought
was Of her. At this time they spIed what they cup
vusnd Ia be- q lite pre.ervrr, and MIR. V. lihiii-
! ii.i.ly let 90 his hold OF The -cpe aud swan Ia 'tf
| a .... ..;nl u,iich h. a.rIr.l and tpuDd IN h. n
ouan,i;y OF cnrEs. covered with canvas. On turning
L,s attention to the vessel, which was silil urh-i
| steam, he could not distinguish Nr. Boge in The
| place where ie left him, and he th!Dsa hs muat have
| been washed away. rs he WA complaining ut ieelifH
wra, when Mr.. T.1in lett in pursuit ct the HE
preserver.
By the aid of various floating articles Mr.. V. quo
ce.ded in forming q email rsst, on which he sustained
himself until he was picked rp by the French DATE
Maurice, the captain of which had taken several per
son on board when The Ina'aic lie boaf' Containing
among other persons, the fire; officer OF the Auslrla,
Mr. Hahn, came up. and after h. occupants had been
tske I'll on board, Mr.. VEIN states that thi, officer de-
| liberately cut the boat a1rift, notwithstanding ne WAS
informed by the sailors who had jlst lett the burning
yn-,eI that there we're at leS3t Gu or ~ PERSONS s'rl
clipvipg to the wreck. After this act Of the first oti-
Ger the captain O, the MHurice get ssil with his vessel
towerds the Azores, rs Mr.. V supposed, hut IN thr
morning, returned To the nrighborhood of Inc di.aS-
ter. where The Austria was still found IN uathas. Inc
Norwegian bark YVES mel here, but MIR. Nezin cannon
Tell If she saved any lives.
Mr.. Vein describes the sctne on bosrd the Inflated
vessel, after the frs was Cicover-d, ~ terribly pam
ful, especially emol2 the steersge AMI SECOND can'h
pssseugers. The ladies IN the first cabin were, he
ssys. very Quiet, with but 4 few n-ceptioBs. in one
ca.e, no saw ,hy clothes burnt Off the pr.aOn OF a
lady before ah. could b. induced Ia take y" me Wa
ter. 4 number Ut the females became deTa:iLeu from
! fright, and their peals OF ins.ne laughter ADDED 10 'hr
IL, ror of the scene. Nor was this distraction confined
~ .I... I. I..ip auv ana yyu.ipcDHn runntnu
abou, the stern Of The boat wriDglDg bis hands III
frerzy. while hs wife stood calmly ny, awaiting ths
fate which she could not AVOID
Mr.. Vein states that shortly after the fire broke
out one OF the wooden boats wss safely lowered. ana
left thu steamship with tou. Or five persons, among
the rest II Mr.. Huxie. lfhere Ia no account OF ms
boa. having been picked up.) The only attempt ''
e1tinguish the fire on board was made by a hunoer
of first cabin passengers, who threw 7everal oucke,s
of water On the flames, but OF course without a"all.
Mr.. V.ziu ia confident that there were bu, fa~, II
sny. life.preseryers on beard the Austria. lie ex-
amined his own state room aeyers! tunes without hnd-
ing any. Tho.e who attempted to save themselves
With chairs aud stools found them OF no use.
NAMES OF SOME OF THE LOST.
Fritz Tnomsen, a steerage passenger, says ms
friends who we're lott ars Jacob Clausen, Franz
Clsusen, John Peterson and Louis Jurgrnson, all oi
Cappaln. ,
few minutes before the fire broke out; they were
then near the smoke stack; when the alarm WAS given
Mira. n took the children and ran forward, which was
the last she saw OF than.
Gustave Kohu, of Konigsburg, was among the first
to lump overheard with q life preserver, and WAS last
seen far as,ern Of the eteamsr.
+. G~ovrisson and wife, of Hamburg. were lag; seen
standing on the p.anksieer ou.sid. The bulwarks. Mr..
G ovrisson WAS tying a rope around his wite's wais'
Ia lower her into tho water.
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MORPHY AND HARRNITZ.
nj 49, ..,, Io,,y,,, puuI k,ruhy nal VI HtrI
wiz WA. progre.sin. when the last steamer left. MOI
phy had recovered from The dcfea; occasionct by h!s bril-
liant but too daring play in the frst game, and had beaten
Usrrwitz in two games. Harrwitz had added one 10 his
score. The fret who wins seven games Is the conqueror
A CRAZY SHOOTING CASE.
WAsHISeTos, Sept. 30-As the members OF the Mason
ic Order were this evening coming down the stairway Of
| th.ir h.ll thnz werc tr.d ut lhrce times by q man named