The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-07
NEW SERIES-NO. l53.

preaching she reached the steamer at about
; 4. NJ; VT continued pulling toward them,
nud a6ou, halt past seven o'clock, after being
five hours in the water, got within hail OF
the sailing vessel, which put of boat and
took Us on board. She proved TO bc the
French bark Maurice, Capt, Ernes, Rcnaud,
Of Nantes, bound from Newfoundland for
the Isle Of Bourbon, with fsh. She had up
to that time, rescued forty passengers OF the
burning steamer, chiefly taken of the bow.
spirit, though few were picked up floating
around. At about \ o'clock one Oi tho mo
tallc boats came up, with about % persons,
including the first and third officers after.
ward, three OF four men were picked up
floating on piece Of the broken boat. The
second officer was taken up. having been
swimming with nothing 10 float him, for six
hours. The second and third officers were
severely burned one male passenger was
burned irghtIully, und some other male pas
scngcrs slightly. There were but six wo-
men saved, three Of whom were burned one
in shocking manner. Captain Remand
acted with the utmost kindness. lie gave
clothes. M far az he could furnish them, 10
the suffering passengers and acted as nurse,
doctor and surgeon 10 the burned people.
dressing the wounds Of the females with
dclicacy and tenderness that cvinccd be.
ncvolcnt and amiable disposition. did not
~c an officer Of the ship during the fire. and
nm certain that there was not one oi them
or the crew on the poop, except n man at
the wheel for short time. ! understood
that when the Captain heard Of the fire, he
rushed on deck without u cap. and when he
saw the flames. exclaimed We are all lost
tie tried TO get out a boat, which when let
down, was swamped, and be-. whether acci.
dentally or not do not know, iell into the
sea and was soon lett far behind. The fourth
officer was In this boat lie cut her loose
from the davits SHE WINS carried under tho
screw and smashed, aud several In her
drowned three or Tour men escaped on q
fragment aud were picked up by the Maui
rice, ~ before stated.
About the same time one metallic life
boat was let down from the port bow and
swampcd, but got cleared away with about
SO parsons in her. including tho first and
third officers and several women. Tho men
in this boat cnp-ized her two or three times
In trying to clear her Of water. Ten pcr.
sons were thus drowned, including some
women. They aftcrwnrl bailed her out
with lileprcscrvcrs cut N two, and pulled
to the Maurice having picked up two or
three pasengcrs before reaching the bark.
Altogether there were sixty.pcvun souls tn
ken into the Maurice during the night. A
Norwegian bark came up will, the steamer
the next morning, and boat was observed
going around the burning ship They may
hnvc picked up lew persons. but only
very few. The Maurice hnd no communi.
cation with the Norwegian. Al about 7
o'clock the Maurice had sailed 20 Fayal to
deposit the rescued passengers Al about
O'Clock the same afternoon, she fell in with
the bark Lotus, Capt. Trciy, OF Yarmouth,
Nom Scotin, from Liverpool for Halifax.
As was anxious Ia get on British terrific
ry, Capt. Trciy kindly gave me passage.
Tie was also nDKlOts Ia take Gll the Amcri.
can citizens. but there wns such rush OF
foreigners into the boats that oniy one load
o' eleven could be got on, aud even several
Of ths~" werc foreigners The fire * known
10 have afisen from very culpabe negligence
Of some 0f the crew. The captain and sur.
geou considered Il cxpcdicnt Ia iumgate
the ship with burning tar. The operation
was 10 he performed by the boaiswain under
the superntondcncc oi the fourth officer.
The boatswaiD heated the end u u chain TO
dip into tar 10 produce smoke. The end
bccamc too hot 10 hold, and be- let II drop
upon the deck, 10 which IL got fire. The
tar upset. aud Immediately all about was In
flames A feeble attempt was made 10 ex-
tinguish il, but without effect There was
nothing Mt hand to meet such nB emergency.
The rescued passengers saved nothing but
the clothes on their backs, and even the
greater part of these were torn oH and 9th
ervisc lost Six hundred souls were sup.
posed 10 be- on board. inclnJing many w0-
men and children Mr Brew ia the only
British subject saved. He Ia in the British
civil service, and on his way 10 British Go
lumbia. he will prooe''i 10 Boston in the
STEAMER Eastern State on Tuesday, en route
for New York
Among The passengers on the Austria,
was &. d. TROrr. Of New York, u gentle
man who has number oi relatives and
friends 10 this State. The n. Y. Tribune
says
Mr.. &. u. Troi,, Of the hrm Of Trott a 0g.
stein. exchange brokers, No. &c Exchange
Place, was passenger. He went out 10 Jun
last ~ sss bl. parent. In Hanover, having been
absent from home Tor pins years. Mr.. Trott
Was single man. veil known Ia the exchange
busihsss He was nephew u Prot. Tellkampt
formerly ~ Columbia College, and now .
member of the Ii0nse Of Peers of Prussia.
Mr.. TRnr may possibly have been among
the IS passengers, who were taken of the
Austria, by the French bark Maurice.
which sailed from the wreck Tor Fayai, and
will hoS BE- heard from for several weeks.
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