The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-18
1T HE DISPATCH.
.....OCTOBER IS. las
Arrsval OF Rescued Passengers At
New York-lnteresttnx A ecount.

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New fork-Interesttng Account.
The arrival Of the British war steamer vslor4
ous ct New York, Thursday, With ~ passengers Of
the Austria, who were landed In Fayal BY the
French bark Maurice, has been announced by tel
esrsph. The following Is list Of her passengers:
G Michaeiis Lookmsp, of Asset; W voelker. Of
Lychen: W Becher, Of lie Clair, Iowa; Rhein.
| lander, Of kirp; g BuckhoIz, of Beusbero. p
Wagner, of Worms; 8 LESS, of Chrodzien: n
Asbahr, Of Bedenb'eh II Lass, of Cappelu; II
Betken OF Lonzen PHI Moelier, Of Gelnbausen
T Wpfor, of Eleusville N. Y; j Riedle. of Strnu
bring: Emil Tass, Of Enge, Baden: J yolIerson
| of Cappeln; Cohn, Of BresIau Fritz Honerlah'
OF OF BaloWsne; ferdinand straonow, Of stagkow
Silks, Of Romersnieier w Benjamin, Of Miller
siaugh L. Heller, OF PockIouitz: Wuusbmap
OF Lingen; Ii Hasse, of Berlin; s,ubpov. OF
| izaernisow; DR. II schecb, Of Coeip; G Biernstiel,
OF Mannheim g kuhlmsn. of Cincinnati; F wag-
ner, OF uesse-Cassel; Willie, Of wehden II
Iuz, Of Meinz; Jas 8 Murray, Of Aiependipg: 8
Po'iah, Of Tuthen; r Durfeid, Of Dresden l.
VOL, OF New York; Lsmke, of Ellerdorf; Ed.
ward Ailendorf, of Sante Crux
I Female Passengers Mary Frederick, OF Prarue:
e. Haushied, of Seedorf Is. BavepdaD, OF Sber.
mah; Cathsrne Tiukle, of New York; Betty Erd.
wurm. nf Lemburg; Rosalie Itzig, Of Lobsenx
The following named passengers Of the Austria
being badly burned, remained
In the Hospital at Fdyat--T Messemer, of New
York; Professor Theodore Eisfeld, of New York; c.
: Becher, of WestphaIia.
The following named men Of the crew of the
Austria had
Taken Passage .tor Hamburg L. Hahn. first Of
hcer; r. Hei;mahn, second do: &c Bernit, third
do c. Plate. quartermaster; j. III. Richter, sailor:
j. Trebold, fireman; N. Jurgeuseu, sailor; Oliver
Pohl, engineer; c. Michaeis, boatswain.
Among the surviving passengers of the Austria
by this arrival Mr.. Il. v Durfeldt, civil eugi-
neer employed in the silver and gold mines of Peru
DR.. Herbert sheck, Mr.. F. IL. Litz, lawyer; Mr..
George Knhlmaun and Mr.. W. Beecher. These
gentlemen give a statement, from which We ex.
| tract the following facts, which have not been
given in other narratives Of the Austrias destruc
i ton
The captain-who was sleeping at the time when
the fire broke out and was ava ened by the smoke
aud flame. coming into his cabin-imuediately
rushed on deck, aud was seen speaking or giving
some orders, which either were not understood or
not carried out Seeing the flames bursting out
over the midship part o. the upper deck in all d-
rections, the captain became completely confused
aud lost his presence of mind; for when the first
officer asked him the question, "Can do anything
/ in Hamburg, should L escapei' he made no an.
swer, but exclaimed, ''My God! my God =, and
rushed away aud was not seen again. 1t is sup
posed be was one of the first to throw himself over
board From the ships going ahead the flames
spread aft and up the rigging with great fury pre-
venting any of the ere engine gear, buckets or hose
or even an axe, to be got at. The boats were also
so secured that none OF the passengers knew how
to lower them. The two foremost boats on either
flcers and crew; safely placed in the water
but the other destroyed. The two midship
boats on either side We're in flames, aud the
three after ones were SO enveoped with smoke
and heat that few dared to 20 near them. Some
attempts were made to lower them which did not
succeed, and the great rush of persons towards
them and in them caused them to turn over. and
many were repeatedly thrown out Of them into the
by this means The tackle clone boat was so let
go that it hung up aud down by the other end, aud
was dragged through the water, turning over and
over by the number of persons trying to get
into it. Many of the passengers clung to the
boat as long as they could but we're swept away;
others, dropping down by the tackle upon those
hanging underneath, obliged them to let go; 9TH
ers again, trying the same method, shared the
| same fate. Ropes were hanging over the side, and
to those the passengers clung; but as the numbers
increased on the upper part of the ropes. and
| strove to slide down them to keep clear of the
| smoke and flame, the pressure became too great
for those underneath, who, becoming exhausted
by being dragged through the water, let 20 their
| holds, and sank to rise no more. The greatest
confusion ensued, especially in the after part of
| the ship, where the flames and smoke poured in
| in intense volumes. Many ladies, and even gen
temen at the very first appearance of the flames
on deck, jumped overheard, and of course were
left far sstern by the vessels progression through
| the water. One gentleman threw all his children
| overheard, then his wife, and afterwards followed
| himself This WAS not the only case of aimilar
| nature. Two beautiful girls, (sisters) embraced
each other on deck, and then, hand in hand leaped
| into the water, and wero rise together
| the hair of the younger Of them having become
| loose, fell over ner face when the elder sister,
| moving it aside with her hand gave her farewell
kiss and, closely locked in each others arms, they
| sank to rise no more. Another gentleman, hold
ing on by a rope in the water with ore hand, being
towed by the ship in the other holding up his only
child. with his wife clinging round his neck till
| nature became exhausted, and the wife and child
we're swept away; he, poor man. still held on,
conscious. and yet saved 10 bemcan their loss,
and to bear the marks of the rope on his wrist to
| his iifes end. The bowsprit and fore part of the
| ship were crowded, and numbers were hanging
| outside by ropes. One female, who had a rope
| around her waist. was very much burned by the
| great heat of the ships side She could not free
herself frem the rope or get any one to let it go,
and she might have been roasted alive had not the
rope burnt through and she fell into the and
was saved Her wounds are now nearly healed.
| The Tribune says:
There was not one Of the forty-tvo who had not
| lost relatives friends the Inflated steamer
| Mrs. Betty Erdwurn, who was on her way with
| her four children to her husband in Charleston.
| S. c. lost all her little One, a bright little
boy, was swallowed up in the flames; her three
| little girls she ashed to a rope, and suspended
| over the side, but the rope was burned through,
| and they fell in the sea. All Of the women were
very much burned aud terrible attest the
severity of their sufferings Some of their wounds
| are still unhealed.
One of the females exhibited the scars on her
| arms which were healed up; she stated that her
| Uieasts uau Hieo pech 'eIrIoiy DuTneu, ana that
they ye: in painful condition, but getting
better. She seemed remarkably happy under the
| circumstances, owing to the fact that she was in
hopes soon to be ia she hands OF her friends.
! We have gathered from the survivors the fol-
lowing additional Eamos Of the lost: Joseph Sipm
Prague; Fgitseken Kuttuer; Eoschen kuttrer, Low
| entbal; Perez, from kiphg KGchen, from New
York, with two cousins; Bokenthal, from Mobile;
| VI. Gotsc5aih, from Kassei; Merchen, from Mil
| waukee; Mrs. Jacobs, from Eighth Avenue; Fried.
enstein, from Gottingen. with two brothers and
sisters; Schnetge, from Cipcinnati; Weier. from
Tugelheinl; Ehillenbrsnd, from do; Chr. Baker
from Weden; A. Holman, from Bcdingham; Silber
berg, from Elberfeld: Merg from Milwaukee,