The weekly Butte record., 1858-11-06
By the Overland Nail.
We are indebted to the San Francisco Her
aH for the following intelligence

| We are indebted TO the San Francisco Her
aid for the following intelligence
BURNING OF THE AusrRIA.--The following
dispatch dated Halifax, September 9th, ap
pears in the Fort Smith Times Of October 9th
The bark Lotus from Liverpool, arrived al
Halifax harbor on Sunday afternoon, with
| twelve of the sixty-seven surviving passengers
of the steamship .Austria burnt at sea Sept
18th, in lat. 45 deg. min. lon. Al deg. 81 min OF
taken from the bark Maurice on the l4th.
At little after two o'clock, on the 18th
dense volumns of smoke burst from the afte,
entrance of the steerage.. The ship was instant
ly put at half speed, at which she continued
until the Magazine exploded. The engineers
it is inferred. were instantly snffocated. Fire
was next seen breaking through the lights mid.
ships, and travelled aft with fearful rapidity
Some persons let down boat from the nor,
side of the quarter deck, and she was thought
to be crushed under the screw. An attempt
Was made TO launch a boat on the starboard
side but it was swamped from the numbers who
rushed into it, and all were lost. All the first
cabin passengers were on the poop except a
few gentlemen who must have been smothered
in the smoking room. Many second cabin pas.
sengers were also on the poop, but number
Of them got shut into their cabin by fire. Some
of them were pulled up through the ven-
tilator, but the greater number could not be
extrcated. The last woman drawn up SAID
there were six already sufficated. The ladies
and gentlemen on the poop jumped into the
sea by twos and threes, some of TIE ladies
in flames. Several hesltated, but were driven
to 1t at the last moment. In half an hour not
soul was to be seen on the poop.
The French bark Maurice, Capt. Ernest
Bruce. came along side the steamer at about
6 O'Clock P. NJ aud rescued forty passengers,
chiefly taken off the bowsprit A few were
picked up floating around
At about eight o'clock one of the metallic
boats came up with about twenty-three persons
including the first and third officers. After
wards three or four men were picked up float
ing on piece OF floating boat. The second
officer was taken up, having been swimming
SIX hours. lie and the third officer were Sc
verely burnt. One male passenger was burnt
frightfully ard Others slightly. There were
but SIX women saved, three of whom were
burnt. A Norwegian bark came up with the
steamer next morning, and boat was observ-
ed going round the burning ship. They may
have picked up few persons but only few.
L hC MAUI lSC uo COulluuUlCdtlOU Win lUG
Norwegian bark. The Austria belonged to
the Hamburg-American Steam Packet Com
pany, and was built by Caird & Co., at Green
ock, in 1857. She was 2,334 register, 81 l
feet long, 40 feet wide, depth 26 feet or 33
feet from spar deck, and her draught of water
at the load line was l91S feet. Her frame was
of wrought iron plates of ls to 5-S inches
thick, fastened with rivet q of an inch in
diameter and % inches apart. Her engines
were direct acting, with two cylinders OF 20
inches each, stroke Of piston 3ls feet, and was
provided with four horizontal tubular boilers
She also had an independent steam FIRE and
bige pump, and two blge injections. The
value of the vessel was S29O00O. for which
amount she was equally insured in Hamburg
and Englanls She had d i-szsd shout 40
tons of valuable freight rom Hamburg,
amounting, probably, to 250,O00, of which
there was considerable insured in this city,