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leaving the engine room Uhen the cabin es-
rseued. that no one was lost. Several persons
were slightly injured. A portion Of the Flgg'S
cargo islI on the immense fields Of ice and was
swept Of.
The ice eutAuay the skAg and a portion Of
the stern OF the steamer j. B. Carson, Capt d.
z. Prickell. She shipped from eight to ten
inches water over her gunnage be.Ore bulk
head Waa erected, when she was pumped out.
She was considered in safe condition last
night. -.E
The upper works Of the Gisadal. Wss slight.
ly damsged-a few out riggers stove in
The Memphis va. slightly injured BY the sink.
ing of toe Flag.
A barge lying below the foot cf Nine street,
belonging to ihe steamer WInjfrsde. loaded
with salt. belonging to Rufiner, Donnelly &
Co., sprang leak when the ice moved on Sat.
urday night, but was kept aaoas with the aid
Of pumps. about three hundred aud fly
barrels we're damaged The Winyrsae and
her bsrges contain about 2, 500 barrels salt for
Nashville. The Wingrsde sustained no injury.
The tOW-boat Champion vas sli shty injure
BY the ice in the Licking. Capt shinkls lost sew.
4ral barges aOated out OF that stream.
The barge United Statss, belonging to Capt
George W. Ford, part.d her lines outside oi
the steamer Delta, damaging several bOsrs as
she rubbed in passing down. II is q total
wreck. Loss 81 200.
The Hope Coal Co. tow boat Black Diamond
was badly damaged, at the foot Of John street,
by several coal barges being forced directed
INTO the engine room
Innumerable coal barges and hat-boats were
sunk between Main and Smith streets. Out of
seventeen barges, belonging to the Hope Coal
Company, only seven were saved. The ferry
boats Lady Washington and Cineinnatus- IVES
tern Row aud Fifth street ferries---were slight
ly damaged.
The Daniel Boone, Memphis, Sciota, and Le-
ona, after the leavy ice had run out, left the
levee, and sought harbor in the mouth OF
Licking.
Thousands Of spectators congregated on the
Ohio and Kentucky shores, to witness the ter
rife movements Of the ice. At P. NJ, It
was running below the mouth of Mllcreek, and
rubbed the steamers Wisconsin, and Forest
Queen hard, but it was surmised they would
be saved Several lines on the former had
parted from the heavy strains. All the boats
sunk at the wharf are sternwheelers.
THE RIVER AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS MoRSIEG.
At one o'clock this morning. the river here
was clear of ice, having gorged above. The
fortunate boats we're working steam, and in
readiness to omeet the approaching ice. From
dusk up to the present: hour the river has risen
fully fOut feet, indicating gorge below. Cap
tain Davidson, OF the new steamer Jacob Ira
her, partial wrecked at the foot of Main street,
yesterday morning, was working large force
Of men, erecting temporary bulk head in hope
Of saving his boat His energy is highly COM
mendable. She is badly listed with her star
board side stove in, and four feet water in her
hold. 1t is rumored taat the Forest Queen and
Wisconsin,, lying below Millcreek. are wrecked
The report, however, needs confirmation
The jacob Srayder, Jno. j. Roe, Mars, Boston,
and other boats lying at the upper wharf ar,
apparently perfectly safe. - F.
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