, 1869-03-17
AUSTRIA.

AUSTRIA.
Particulars Of ,hs Expsoaio7 tf lha
Au.triau Fslgate RaatlxRy.
y.eura tFeo. ~ Corr spon area Of TIE London
Motn!nK Post
The Glst re~s Of this catastrophe was re-
| eclved here by the natal section o! the War
| Ministry about 5 p. H., on Saturday, By .
| te1ep prnEl frcm the commander Of, the Island
| and fortress Of Llssa, 10 which 1t Is stated
| that the optc lels era ph, stati3ned at Fort
| MellinGtoL, had sianal!ed The Information
that at distance OF about ten miles to the
| northeast Of The island IN Austrian tHgate
| WIS blown up. lhe commander Of the ISL
| and fLstat;lJ telcgraphed to The vessels sta.
tiored at Tsteste and Zara, and to the COM
I mapdtE Of tie ,quadson at GFayosa, 70 pro-
coed at ouce to The scene OF the accident;
| end The irt d clad fri3ale FtFaiaaud Max, a,
veil a. the gnnbca: Hmm aud the steamer
| Andfeas uetcs, y ere lmut diaitlT despatched
to LISA, With ordcrs to render any assist
! anee that Was necessary and possibin unoer
| 1he circumstances.
a dcpu1a.ton of the corporation of Lisa
| also set out TO The place where the accident
| had occurred, aud On their re.uru Yesterday
| they telee taphed that cf the whole crow aud
| msrines on board nun besing In all 3df men,
beside The Captain. only twepty-three had
been able TO save themselves By Swimming. :
The Rade;zky Has under sal, on a cruise
/ for gun practice, and had no steam up.s that
| the accident cnuld rot have been caused bE
| tue, explosion OF the Ioiier or u cylinder.
| According to the meagre authe.t,c reports
| which haye reached tho War Uttice aud the
| newspapers, wet cartridges wcr- being dried
! tn The ps.wdcf room. The ammunition had
| BEEN unpsckft and quantities os powder
were lying about on the uooE, and the work
| ren were copst quentiS G, nuanded to enter
The room only IN felt slippers. They, how
ever, came 10 With their boots on, without
! putting feft clippers over them. The powder
| coming In contact with the hard soles Of tho
boo:s, Ignited from The fflctitn caused tctre-
snc SaU men TO deslFuct1ou, ~~
The list Of PERSONS who hare been saved
cont aims the names OF the naval cadet Karl
Ba1th, that Of the pilot Dcsclch, the first
mate and TWO sailors-all 0. them seriously
Is; the two auastesuasssrs. the fireman sud
ten sailors cacaped uphnrt. All oihers DER.
ished amorg them were seven comm issioned
| oflice1e, .even navAl cadets, two pnysicls.s,
thtm bcen ,, essni at Il he % battle Of Lisa. L. -.
Tie chaplain was foftuuate absent. and so
Wasa younr cadet pproed Fritx. who vas
three days h. lore the catasrronne rem,rsil
to tte hosnltai at pola. rue maIiues IN
BOARD *. r. ,'ear,r .11 rec,uits Tha rsrs
two powder rooms in Tue yessel-~oue in
srorf resr tha how ana H.. 49, lntt mn y.
derntath The ntIiesrs, cshin. All tt,e treta,
rors in these noWdrr ronm, was n,n6e ~
| cnt,i.er ond H.. !. nf,r,s nd mar ~ ser n ~
solra,ird VaTienriss lWnsnS7v p1.ssl.
~" L ,d,Izsy "a. m iror cia1 afe,rn fr,-
c,1e o1 soG IN. hnrden x,,h enrire. ~
snfs h.,r.e noxrr sb. vasawe1 w;th = T.n.
t5.pine So.poupders. and coapandea by the
V.opp w s, h hs., ta9 oo1
.,ans.h -. nonnr Ae ''s VI "'''$' WA
at,sr ha" a.Uua.ia ps,,at,,.v .rhtc, had
: | on,r i,een f1t,ed o,tt a, eo,nned IN he ist
on nan,n ~ ~ 1me
hsn aa's ~ un IT. na' osSo, ~ Gs, .ba aan,
n5 'n .As W Va, "pue pnoth H. ~.
nana ne ~ u r nea. esoAahaa foo AoeAa' H. sAe
~ 1sas - Mhcn r.n,n~ ~. t,,cl.a ~ hv the
.rs,+;ar' 49,, ,tSrar. ~ w. ,rios1n vc55nsN
1tIt - w a r.nts ~. uai.rsH,h
N.Y. ta,,a. aa0 ~ ~. Fy-.atts ~ i:raI IN
~ .th,,1. ,san ,..a ~, ~ t,,tiar. ~ The
. 1,,rnnse ~ ,o,n,Irv funS--tho Ratetxk,
in,d-xffh Il yirw If purcAo sing Va. =.
sci for ,te -u.;rtan tSys. In 1864 the 20,
trf ment nddeo the b,inucc 10 the sum
;. roii,c ID, and the Rauctzkv was viii
s Ih,t murcy built tu England Th
: vessel wus launched tu 1856, 81.
VAS chrEsteuet Graf Radetzky Sh
l. vas in nc,lt .rsius. thc Danes oil HeliEc
lind, uuctr ,he present Ad1,,ral Tcyethot
on TIE 9th Of Aiav. 1851. 1T that tlmc th
e vas commardcd by Captain Jcsgutasch, 81
was wuupded In Tic action br ! boub,he,
al pur,ur iii. engagement III ue]Ir:Iaud
carnon ball Of The enemy smashed the POI
! tru{t Dl Field NNrsH4l khdefzkT, t4DptpY
=. tbe lore cabin Of the Capt ain. 10 atoms.
The prcse.t accident Is the second case of
81 vessel ct The Austrian navy being destroys
1r the Ola n sea by powder explosion.
- June, 1859, duttuE ths Fretco- Austto- Italia
r.. war, The brig linton WIS blown mn bctwe.
= Lacromx anl Ragusa. OF the ITO mrn c
II board, crly Catet Von Rtcde.d sas save,
who ii stt1l scryitg in the Austrian marine
e Iftuttuant, mud saffGs. named Ambocl
who h4d Just hcfore beeu tcnteuccd to be pt
4 II IroIt. Notwithstanding 1he heary chaiu
of be managed 10 keep hims!ff on The surfat
OF The rea By s~ inn a.: TIL he vas rescued
%. All The ottnr people Oh board-au,pE thc'
also son Of Mlntater BTuck-were drn~net
ID At that 'in1r is sag supposed thai an l'a!lAt
~. ON ptlii'cal ul"itTes oi revenge, naa vi
fully caused the c1 1pioslon.
uf- telegram 'rrm the cnmmat uer of Lls;
to The nRyal section Of ths Na1 oNice, date
N. yesterday evening, GISes the lollo~lae aa'i
l!ona' cetaI!s: I n~ explosion TOOK place
=. the powder room afait while tue metal VI
:" being cleaped. Cafet bafth was near II
f,remast wnrn the explosion took place, r
st which he was hurled into the SCI, Q1arte
mns!cr kruus rruor!ed that he Was In ~
'no Corridor sup 5lnscnIiDg the Proersk OF ciea
7'' irR. Alter l0''clock be laid himself dos
IN, In tue corridor near the tottmast. he vi
reused from hls sleep hY cEt OF :. Flse
ca n Iusheo 10 me hase way, pat tne stel
were blown away, aud he had TO creep INT
IN inc battery, which was On the point 81 sin
lug: lte wafer was Tushtfg ID from 81! slde
~ ana nc ead Jus: lime 10 th7n" h!mt eli iu'
~ ! tae *ea through tne poErAoie~ hsAhs u {
- opinion that QuarteFmatter DnKek, by inca
o. t1ousl5 etriktug light, lad caused the L
fVfC ft.Hb bN1 NArw kx -