New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-30
NEWYORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER &c. 1853

lie rfTltk on ttth anu NtFf nAFN Telfk
% the surface three separate umes, ealing OF.
" NINA, each time i The most piteals tones. th
sunk to r.se 10 mO~e. The poor woman then clSspei
her baby to her breast alb jumped m with u, kissing
repeatedly a. q y sank a. the bottom young lnan
WHO IN the second cabin, and VINO sam he was 20
iIg 20 California where he had brother, had bis
ter With him. gil 10 l. years ot age. In order to
scye her from tie fire be fastened rope around her
body art, maairg one end isst % the aeck. lei lcr
down over tile side ui the vessel lie then pat another
rope around Dbl; own body and ict hmse.. dJ|n. bui
he rope not WI fastened aut as be- Jumped over
Il slpIed from under his AIMS and caught llm efounl
tie throat. ~ he struck the water the waves dHS1
him up LC7g he vessels side. gnt iairg pack gain
be- quickly choktd 20 death. his sister shire B. :;
" Help! help viii nobody help ny brother Ar:
Palcrusa says <hen he leh the vessel the poor 9if
was hanging thtre, screaming ana ci{inS' WIN ~,
waves daslng the dead bodyoi her brother against he4
every few uomeIto. An Eugii-hman about - !eaFs
q a.e. who came on board at Southampton win h1'
wife, crGw.ed with her out the bowsprt as Tar Ms
they could, and a. the flames approached they
cla>pel their arms around each other with one ias'
kiss, jumped into the water ana sank immediately.
And brothers aud sisters fathers and sous, mothers
and daughters embracing each other iunped INTO the
waves. When the first boat from the Gnrlce caiae
within about hall mile of the Austria, MI ian,
crusce jumped into the water and sHamtoWard II ana
the first man picked up. Tie says there wer"
shout ~ let the bow of the vessel, but they were
continually dropping of. He Immediately went 70
work 10 help to others; he pckec up German,
a first cabin Passenger who was lying in the waer
completely exhausted and perfectly useless: Inns
must have been Mr.. Elsiedl. lie appeared TO be
much bruised and nearly dead. A. fast rs the boats
reached the Maurice they sent back for another
load till il became 80 dark they could no longer see.
The cabin given up 10 the ladies, OF whom there
were six four of them badly burned and otherwise in
iurcd: one of them burned about the breast and
arms another burncdabou the face and breast 80 she
could pot see the next morning. aud another badly
bruised by striking chain as she jumped overheard.
Ii about 10 O'Clock when the last passerger was
taken on board the Maurice. Many OF the men were
very badly burned. The captain of the Maurice did
all his power Ia provide for the burned and ne gave
Mr. Pahcruscs sweet OIL to put on the burns AMI was
very busy himself all night IN taking care 9i tue IN
iured He hai but little provision on board, but he
shared il equally among all. The next morning twelve
Of them were transferred To the Lotus, and they aso
met bark from Charleston which gave them two
barrels of biscuit, one barrel o water one barrel oil
meat and some butter, being all they could spare
from their stores. Mr. Psherusca thinks that the
Norwegian vessel may have picked up few persons
HERMANN RANDER'S STATEMENT.
Hermann Rander, a sailor and native of Sweden
who had lived for several years in California, was
among the steerage passengers, and was on the upper
deck at the time that the cry of " Fire down a. the
engine" caused general rush for deck. In his opinion
the Storage passengers were cesn enough, and the
air in the stecrsge WAS very pure and there no
give them The dark fumes rising from the steersge first
alarmed him, and in five minutes time the flames had
burs. out all over deck. He saw the third mate go
down for the purpose of stepping the engines, and
never saw him return. ne said the captain had
entirely lost self-control, and he say him running
backward and forward on the deck crying Get the
boats ready and he could not be persuaded to do any
thing else, being entirely bewiidered. He noticed
ship away off in the horizon. but he could
not discern what sort Of ship il Hermann begged
of the captain to turn the helm 80 Is To direct the
steamer toward the ship IN the distance, but the cap
tain wouldn't listen. Ho has no doubt but hundred
more might have beeu saved had the captain attended
Ia the boats. The frst mate was ,iung all in his
power "a keep people out Of he boats but as last a.
be could turn them ont others would tumble IN so that
the boats were constantly heavily loaded that II
was impossible to launch thcm until he, in company
with number of the passengers and all the ship )
crew, had used every energy Tor hall an hour. They
could make cf them give the least attention. and
all that could be heard one tremendous voice oi
wailng and cries of Herr Jesus "Wecan never be
saved" &c. The women were nearly all burnt to the
waist before they quilted the ship The great major-
ty plunged into the water, and ne didn't see how II
ended for he was hanging to rope and was dragging
on with the burning steamer. Fifteen To twenty were
hanging TO the ships tackle, from the deck down tn
the water, but they all dropped of one by ono After
being dragged three four miles only seven re-
NAMED hanging to boa. mt the stern of the ship.
Thi, boat wss yet hanging at the ships stern, and
turned around three times, pulling them Nh under the
water and turning them up again, each time dropping
of that at last only four remained Hermann,
Peter Swanson, and two Germans One OF the seven,
a Swede, while they we're hanging to the boat said
that he believed they should never be saved and the
next instant the boat turned again and he was dropped
of. After dragging about four miles the boat upon
which they hanging dropped of and they were also
floating the waves They saw the explosion Of the
powder magazine after the ship had left them about
five miles. They were shivcrng with cold, and could
barely hold on any more when the bark Lotus picked
them up, about o'clock, and put them on board the
Maurice about 3 O'Clock, where they met again with
those tha. had been picked up. Hermann could not sec
how the ship he at , O'Clock could come 10 them
quick as II did, for 1t was very calm lis acqnant
ances were Andrew Nelson Swede; Peter swanson,
and his vito Olivia Victoria, who had been married
but few weeks before. The last he OF them
was on the front part Of the upper deck
STATEMENT OF PETER THOMSEN.
Peter Thomson Of Kappeh, Schleswg IIolsten, says
he was o Storage passenger the Austria. On the
18th Of September it beautiful day, and he
on deck. He heard the mate say they were going to
fumg ate the s,eersge and he went down to put his
clothes in trunk. Tie saw the bOatmen come down
with bucket OF tar and hot chain. He left 10 90 up
stairs, but before he reached the top stair he heard
the cry of fire. and he turned the thick tar smoke
came in his face and drove him deck. As he
reached the deck the captain came rushing forward,
tearing his hair with his hands and crying, We
are all lost" He told the captain that there
were two ships in sight, and perhaps they might
be saved; but the captain said nothing. Every
body now rushed toward the boats, and tried 10 get
into them. The boat the stsrboard side wAs let
down with 10 men IN il, who reached the Maurice.
Seeing that il impossible To find room ID any Of
the boats be went to the fore part Of the vessel The
pa assengers all made rush for the bow Of the
sel and many Of them in front were pushed into the
water; twelve fifteen al time he saw thus
pushed If He was IN the center Of this crowd, and
stood there about two hours the flames increasing and
coming toward theIn Theycoud see nothing Of what
going on at the stern Of the vessel He saw our
ing this tine the captain and the first officer but heard
orders given a. all In the of the tSo hours
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