Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-10-08

ioapsqcd Aer over me. diyed away FROM the
{ ship, ana ca IDe Ia tbr surlaee near boat which
va keel upward got on ber, anl by pres
sing oa one side, with tho assistance OF vale
she sighied, bat was stii swainpel Tue oars
had beca Knocked 9at by the screw The ouly
thing could had II her to paddio wilh was
same iaths nailed tag, theI as sheAliug for
tie sides Wben | locked around, the ship
J Vas quarter Of is.ile away fron j
coald see tie ladies' and geuticnen jumping af
! the poop iRto tee water III twos aud hFees.
some OF the ladies ii flames Several Acsia-
ted to leap from the burning ship until the
last momcnf AZ The height was twenty-five
feet. aud we're ony At Length comPeiled to
throw themselves Of 10 avoid n.oro painful
death 70 half an Eour uot a soal sas IL Be
seen on the poop pulled after the ship, ani
picked ~ German who was swimming
I strongly got him beside me on the boat,
AMI we padded after the ship with the laths
| now saw a vessel under sail approaching she
reached the steamer at about 5 P VI. W.
c1ntinued pulling toward zhefA aud about half
past seven clock after being five hours 10
the water, got within hail of me salllug vessel,
which put off boat and took us en board
She proved TO he the French barque Maurice,
! Captain Ernest Reuand of Nantes, bound from
Newfoundland, for the Isle Of Bourbon, With
fsb. She had, up to that time, rescued forty
passengers II the buruing steamer, shelly
taken Of tie 5 wort. though Fsw were picked
up floating around. At about 8 e'eloak Que Of
the metallic boats came up, with about twenty
three persons, including the first aud third
ofhcer5 afterwards three or four a wero
picked up, aoatng u piece ot Ii, broken
eoat The second otheer was taken up, hav-
ing been swimn ng, With nothing to float hi.u,
for six hours The second aud third officers
we're Severely hurned one mail passenger
Vas burned frightfuRy, and some other male
passengers slightly, There we're but six wo-
m.u saved, three Of 8ho gere barnei, one il
shocking manner Captain Renaud acted
with the utmost kindness. rs gave clothes as
faE a he oouId furnish them to The suffering
passengers, aud acted as nurse, doctor aud
surgeon to the burned people, dressing the
wounds Of the females with dciicacy and
tenderness 4hat evinee3 bsssTolsrt and
amable disposition. | gid not see an officer
of the ship during the 6re, and certain
there was not one Of them or the crew on the
poop, except man at he wheel fer q short
time. understood that when the Captain
heard OF the fire, he rushed OF deck without
cap, sud when he saw the flames, exclaimed,
ave are al os.' He tried 10 get out
boat, which, when let down. was sw amped aud
he, whether accidentally or not, fell into
The sea, and was so7n left far behind The
fourth officer was 10 this boat He cut her
loose from the dapits she was carried under
tie screw ard smashed, and several in her
! drowned three OF four men escaped on a
! fragment, snd were picked dp ~ To Maurice
as before stated About th, same time one
| metallic life boat was let down from the port
bow aud swaInped, but go, cleared away, with
about thirty three persons ~ her, including the
| first and tLicd officers aud several women. The
| men 10 this boat capszed her two or three
| times, in trs ing TO clear heT cs water Ten
persons were thus drowned, including some
women Tbey aftersard baiied her oDt with
| life Freservers cut in two, and pulled 10 the
Maurice, having picked up two or three passen
gers before reaching the bafque. Altogether,
there were 81 souls taken into the Maurice
duriog the night A Norwegian harque came
up with the steamer the next morning, aud
boat was observed going around :he burning
! ship They may have picked up few persons,
| but only very few The Maurice bad no
communication with the Norwegian AT about
| o'clock the Maurice sailed to Fayal 10
| deposit the rescued passengers At about
barqua Lotus, Capt. Trefy, Of Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia, from Liverpool for Halifax Is
/ was anxious to get on British territory, Capt
Trefy kindly gave me passage He was ais
anxious to take all the American citizens but
there was saca rush of foreigners into the
boats that only one load Of eleven could be
got OF. snd even several of these were forelgu
ers. The fire is known ta have arisen from
yery cupable negligence Of some Of the crew
TIE Captain and Surgeon considered il expedi-
ent TO fumigate the steerage with burning tar
The operation vas to be performed By the boats
vain under the superintendeaee Of the fourth
officer The bontswain heated the end of chain
10 dip into tar TO produce smoke. The end be-
came TOO hot to kald, and ha let il drop upon
the deck, to which it get FIRE. The Tar upset,
and Immediately all about WAS IN flames. A
feeble attempt was diade TO extinguish il, bat
without effect. There was nothing at band to
meet such an emergency, The rescued passen-
gers saved nothing but the clothes on their
backs, and evon the greater part Of these were
torn of aud otherwise lost Six huG3red souls
were supposed to 10 on board, including wo
men and children. Mr.. Brew is the ouly Brit
ish subject saved Ho is In the. British civil
service, and on his way to British Columbia
He will proceed to Boston in the steamer Eas
tern State. on Tuesday, en route for New
York.
The following is the statement of Prof
Theodore G. Gaubensklee, Of New York
City,
At about quarter plst two, P. NJ, Sep
tenber 13, being IN my state room, heard the
cry OF Ere Hsstering on deck, saw the
flames breaking through tha middle deck. Ths
captain WAS trying TO get tho people out Of the