Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-01-14
Az INCIDENT

W. perceive that oul 40 it.u- have ma p,
another movement towards securing On sp-
IVpnsIinu TO construct = btd,c across ilc
ri'ef st This point, to conl-c, TIE National
Road la Ni9iln with the National Roed ia
OHIO.
II has been long matter O: surprise TO u~
that congress should have trustci the great
western mail Tor ID many wear, to the lroil and
uncertain charge OF ,he i-rry boat, little more
safe than bark canoe. und i, would ssr,sis.
any enc who coulls-e the mil nov passed
oyer each night, perhaps containing in many
cases more money than 10, Bridge would cost.
sujhow ncarituighdy comes TO bring plunged
pa %, angry flood.
Ouc who has seen thg Ohio ny,r ju 10. late
summer while 10, bars are raising th.ir hrads
shove ,he water 10 glance at the morning sun.
aud the COWS are wsding across tho RIFLES as
calm and quiet as they would rest upon their
rtccn beds, could hardly imagine that river as
i' has been during the las, month
Newout down on Water street abou, half
past ton o'clock, on Thursday might last As
We turned She corner OF the street toward ,he
rivera strong northwcstcr come down from Jhc
river valley, piercing cold. The moon vas
obscured by clouds end a cutting slycl that
hurt severely. while it almost blinded us met
ms at the outset. Then came DO, lpulau re-
peatcd notes OF the horn summOuiug the i.rry-
men 20 take over thc mail
We looked out upon the dark rolling hood
i. D. Gs1 IL. o.. D..
cd ougrIy a. 81 bora onward, or tossed upon
rs bosom the massive cakes OF ice that were
floating down rolling, grinding aud breaking
as they passed on against each o her and the
blnk- We though; Uncle sam would wal,
long time before W. would take over ,hli
mail
Anon, however. ar answering "Ahuy, was
heard above the din from the other side aud
the boat gau to move upward along the west
margin 81 ihc river Having passed ur
about half a mile ,hey came out from ,ltc
shore and 30 twenty minutes were sii.l,
landed ON this sii more than half mile b.
low their sterling point In due time tha
mail was IN the boat and il towod another
h1li mile APP stream. They then struck ont
for ,he ferry landing amid The ice, an| with
nothing bat Trail plank between The iorr,
men ant death OIe half the distance was
safely pass "a, ih-u came large sheet OF ice /
ognu' thc beat, Whose gan, force uo oar,
OF uine poles ,carc,l is human strength could |
sioy 10 IN 49, watsTy pathway. !, struck Tie
eide Of the Trail bark. aud drove it down rhe
stream as am elephant would carry a child.
We watched the dark spcck in the darker
waters, until 10 was driven down near the
Pointoi Use island which If +, had pas, and
gone into broader channel its loss. with the
lives OF those on board would have been more
than pr1bablr-- Then we saw the men climb
ing lhe bank. They were sale. We learned tAc
next day dot the boat wa, driven down un
ul the see below struck agains, the shore IN
short bend of thc bank, aud there il would
have been crushed, had not the icrymen all
spang To th' upper side OF the boat, thus
throwing 'hc lower edge upon, instead OF
against, the ice below, when the monster
above pushed 10 farther on to "a sale landing
and wendell on It's way. lt was narrow cs-
cape for rhf mail and toe lives Of the men on
b atj the b'at ,but similar occurrences happen
ulmos, daily ,u the winter SEASON