Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01
The Burning Steamship.

The New York Herald of Friday morning INDUCES
at length in specuatons concerning the burning steam
ada Edinburg City of Baltimore, North Star, New
York. Austria, Prince Albert and Hudson the only
steamships at and not heard from on the date in
question, that paper says
TIE position in which the burning steamer is reported
to have been seen is about 1900 miles from Sandy
Hook and about 400 miles from the coast of Ireland
The probabilities therefore, in regard to the above NAM
ed steamships as follows:
The City of Baltimore North Star and New York,
could hardly have reached such distance from Sandy
Hook after their day of sailing from our port
nor could the Prince Albert the Hudson have got so
far from their port of departure on the 18th inst The
Saxonia would probably have been too far advanced
her voyage to have been freshly burned or burning
steamer on the 10Th, at the point reported.
The probabilities are therefore, reduced to the ARIEL
Alps, Canada Edinburgh, and Austria. The report of
the master of the Rosenheath is indefinite and unsatls
factory nasmuch it does not tell whether the burning
steamship screw or paddlew wheel steamer the fact
that her engines reported to work through the upper
deck would lead to the suppostion that she was pad
dle-wheel ship But partially burnt steamer might
present such appearances to lead to the supposon
! that her engines worked through her upper deck y
without such being really the case This statement
however, leads to the belief that it was paddewhee
steamer.
OF these the description would indicate the Ariel
which has walking BEAM her engine therefore, work
ing through the upper deck But we believe this steam
not painted red the BOTTOM and that she had
no bowsprit at all.
The Alps is iron screw steamer of the Liverpool
ne and sailed from New York for that port on the 9th
instant. We believe she is a red bottom steamer, but
her engines did not work through her upper deck She
had no passengers.
The -Carada is the Cunard line steamer which left
Boston on the 8th and Halifax on the 10th for Liver
pool We do not know what color her bottom paint
ed but her engines did not project above her deck.
The Edinburgh, screw steamer left New York on the
6h for Glasgow, and might have been in the vicinity
the disaster at the time in question. Our impression
that she also red bottom steamer though she had ne
engines above hel deck
The last of the steamships within the range of proba
bty is the Austria This vessel is known to have left
Hamburg on the lst and Southampton the 4th inst
for New York, and is consequently nineteen days
out and several overdue here. We believe she has
bottom, though her engines did not work through he
decks There is much anxiety about her, and it is fear
ed she may prove to be the unfortunate ship.
There is one probability in favor of the safety of thu
crew and passengers, which is strong one The burn
ing steamer had person on board when seen by two
vessels and as she was on the track of the numerous
lines running between this and Europe, the reasonable
supposition is that they all taken off by some east
bound steamship. 1t is to be hoped that few day
will solve all these painful doubts