The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-08
The Missing Steamship Weser.
DESCRIPTION AND OTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING
HER, ETC

DESCRIPTION AND OTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING
HER, ETC
The new steamship Weser, of the North German
Ilovd,s Bremen and New York line, is thirty four
ays out from Bremen for this port and her arrival at
anv mort has not yet announced She left Brcmer
haven on the 4h of last month, having on board sixty
three passengers and numbering in all $50 men,
that the whole number of persons known to have been
,hen on board of her was 1913 souls Besides this she
had the usual amount Of cargo in freight, mails, &c.
Considerable anxiety manifested for her safety by
those who had friends board, and general interest
felt concerning her whereabouts The woscr was built
at place called JarrOw, on the Tyne, in the North
of England, expressly for the line to which she
belonged, and she had only been launched a few
,iays previous TO her departure from Bremen. The
massage would therefore, have been her first ransatan
tic voyage had she accomplished successfully She
a sister ship the unfortunate steamship Hudson, Of the
same ne which launched at Jarrow about the 1st of
scptember last and which subsequently made voyage
from Bremen to New York and back, but destroyed
by fire in the harbor Of Bremahaven about eight days
after her return TO Europe The following is descrp
ton OF the Woser:
The steamship Wcscr was so named from the river on
which stands the city OF Bremen She was first class
iron screw steamship OF 5000 tons register, and .46
nominal and $500 indicated horse power. Her length
over all 345 feet and the length OF her keel was 3s
feet She was 80 feet deep, and she had 40 feel in the
width Of her BEAM She had four boilers, and eight fur
naces to each OF them which gave her total of
thirty-two furnaces. Her machinery was massive and
strong in proportion TO her power and capacity The
length of her screw shaft 25 feet and the diameter OF
the shaft was sixteen inches The diameter OF her cylinder
was ninety inchcs six inches more than that OF the
monster steamship Lcviahan or Great Eastern she was
rugged bark and her ars were heavier than those Of
many full rggcd ships. With fair wind II was believed
Weser could steam as much as twelve Knots an hour
She was fitted up for the accommodation OF o20 passen
gers including seventy IN the first class, 100 in the second
aud $50 in the third. The first class saloon was richly
furnished and elegantly adorned with carved rosewood
nd fine mai
landscapes &c The second class cabin Ike the first
IN the alter part of the ship but the deck beneath the
main deck where the FIRST class saloon located The
bertbs of the third class passengers were Forward near
the bows OF the steamer. and those o the crew were
around the machinery, winch occuped tc cehro OIL tne
vessel
The weser was very massively built, with view to
strength and durability. Her contour was Symmetrical
and her appearance majestic. She had no gurchead, but
long overhanging prov, extending beyond which was
short stout bowsprt Her exterior appearance, on the
WHOLE impaired idea oi strength as the leading feature
IN her construction.
As the Wcscr was new steamer, it is not unlikely tha
her machinery may have been dcrangcd before had 80
properly into working order. In this her command
might either continue lis course to New York, ubde
sa only, or he might return to Europe, or perhaps scc
for Fayai Halifax On account o the sroug westerly
gales which have prevailed in the Atlantic for the pas.
month the Wescr would scarcely have time yet TO reach
any hsrbor on this side % Of the Atants even assuming
prived Of the use Of her machinery. for tho
sails Of any steamer are Lighter in propor, proper.
ship, and therefore steamer could make the
same amOsnt of headway ship could when travelling
under sail alone. II she returned TO Europe after
been many hundred miles to the westward of when her
machinery gave way, is not likely she could be heard
ot in New York Tor some time to comc and IL she put
into Fayal the time at which her Whereabouts could be
learned would be still longer for tho would have TO
bc rs conveyed probably to Europe before would be
forwarded here Considering that the Wcscr is q and
strong steamship said have been well guarded against
rc or other accident there il every reason TO believe
that she either making the best Of her way to some
port in America or that she has returned 10 Bemerha
or put into Fayal f the vessel supply Of coal
sho might bc detained at sea by adverse winds in the
manner that the Indian Empire was tossed about
her last passage to Galway The general opinion, how
ever, 10 W favor Of her safety.