Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-10-05
stf.1a.fsohsa for the Rithnond Enquirer.
T BY fELEGkAPH
FsrrIbis L0sSof ere.
=. Nt.55lsF a ,tsfyiid Btlrrt at Sea.

Z 81 IS g Sept. 27--The steamer re-
,o.,ad Is have been seer on fire IN the
.fA,hnt;c.s sby the Arabisus proves % be
tbs Austria Of Tire Hamburg line, Capt.
IlIe ste legt Hamburg on 1st
september. and Southampton on 4tl'. and
took fire on the night Of ihe 18Th iFstf
Twelve passengers saved from the
steamer Ausiris have arrived At this port
|1HaIifax. and they stated that only s,x'y-
seven were saved out Of Eeafly sit hun
dred souls. .s.'s u :.
The Aas,ria had on board about tko
hundred and fifty persons. Including n1any
az roaas residents b Ainsrica, Who hsd
beef, spending tlie Summer IN the ga
country On The, Est Of her cabin pas,
senuers, are r. Eisfeld musician ( and
EronancIor Of the philharmonic concerts
New Yak Theo Glahhenskee. q roiee-
sor of German IN the Free Academy,
MARYLAND and ffefmanns RhofiJecke, 2
we'll known German of philadelphia.
] Her freight was very taldables consist
ing il grsei part Of velvet and silk wlrtsl
dry goods
+ 81 SECOND DfsY1cTfI. ~.
I H4tdr12. Sept 81 -Tha barques .oft. 9.
arrived here yesterday With u 81 tbe j u
passengers who we're saved from we
steamer Austria which vas burnt At Ses
ttbn.the 18Th inst. The passengers report
thatIa IittIe after 3 o'clock III the afternoon
of thgaf5sh asdense rdlittis 81 smoke
burst from the after entrance OF the steer.
lEagp.l ! Tl,e speed of The ftcaner, ysss ",
tstantIy slackened one half # which speed
ishe continued untjI-the niagazine eSptdd4
led, When lie engineers II is supposed
were Instantly sufforated. The FIRE nex
burst tErough the lights anifdships land
Itheritrs at with fearful fapidiiy.
i A boat let down on the port side wa:
Il Instantly crushed another on the star
\ botd SIDE was snamped by the humbei
Il who rushed into ii. AlIbfithe FIRST cab.
1IiD passengers were on the poop, except
ing few gentleman, who must has'
I been spotlered il The smoking rovrrl. 1
4 May persons from the second cabiI
we're orll the poop, but 4 number were
shut M ID the cabin BY the FIRE. Som
were pulledEup through ysntilaleFss bsl
IA greater number persisted The las
woman who was drawn DIP said that 81
! were already suffocated.
Several men and women on the poop
!, Jumped into the sea by twoS and threes
rf The clothes on some Of tle women wer,
already ID flames others hesitatsd III
they we're driven into the sea at the las
moment By the advancing flames i
half an hour, not q soul was left on tn
poop
Il The French bark Maurice. Captai;
dErness Remand, came alongside az 0 :.
h clock, and rescued forty Passengers. =
4 They we're chiefly taken of ahe bowsprlt,
Shut some we're struggling ihe waier.4
i MAJ & O'Clock. the melalie boats can't
mp with twenty two persons. Including
1.-The ffss and second officers. Subse-
gauenilT, four men were picked up iron
floating pinees Of the broker boat. Tht
second officers was Afterwards rescued
from lie water. Both he add the, third
.foficer are severely burnt. Many Of th'
male passengers are frightfully burnt
Il Six women only were saved three 9
4 whom are sheckingly burnt.
Al Norwegian bark went alongside tht
steamer next morning and sent her boat
1 She may have picked up a Few persons
i. The Maurice bad no eeInmaaioaslol
! with her. Is. Il 81
We have not yet heard The namses 9
Z those saved. WE 6s Il?