New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-28
New:Ilork Daily Gribm,re
TREMENDOUS DESTRUCTION or
STEAMBOATS,.

LOSS ESTIMATED AT UPWARD OF s9so,ooo.
We copdense the following from The CiscsnHst'
Sun of the 25th: n,,-,..
morning. came rushing out at Tremendous mas Ls.e-
Imense bodies of il were thrown against the ONO
shore and many Of the large boats That Ay at ost
wharf were orushed as if they had been toys Inc
ice from above slipped down short DISTANCE but did
no great damage, but that fi0m the Licking was
tenibly destructive. Stately river palaces in few
Minutes were total wrecks. In the confusion u was
difficult to get particulars. The ice began to move
about noon, and as 1t gorged occasionally, there
were some three or four ments before dark, ana
each of these destroyed or more boats
The boats injured all lie with their sterns in deep
water bows toward tie shore. They are are as fol'
Salem-value, 81, 900; Capt. Vim. X johnson.
Owned by the captain Of the boat; not insured.
Bridge City-Value, $4,000; owned by Shepard,
Misner & Co., of Gallipolis Had on board iom '''o
100 tuns Of groceries and pig iron; not insured
Crescent-A new and hne boat, owned by Holmes
of RayenswoOd, Va; not insured.
Jacob Strader-A new and fine boat, owned by Capt.
Davis; badly crushed; no insurance.
Grape Sbct-yalue, sl7 900; Capt. McBniej owned
by Capt. Mcbride, J. IL. Jones aud others insured
for sl5 600 in Nashville.
Flag-Capt. Frcnch-owned by Thomas Gaylord Of
this city, sofd to Long Co. Of Fulton for q, 900 at
the end of the Voyages insured for 900 in this city
At the time there many persons ON It, and Il "
reported though not definitely known that humber
drowned, the boat sunk IN tuhn teh Hhh
utes This occurred about o'clock.
Yorktown-Capt. Poe-Vaue $4,000; full load for
Pittsburgh; insured for s5, 600 at Pittsburgh.
Madona-Value 90 000 no insurance; Capt. Ii.
Stewart; owned by Bishop and Capt. Stewart, bvth OF
Cincir natl.
Alberine- Capt. Aiken-owned by the captain
value els, 900; insured in Louisville for 90 600.
Many barges and coal boats were crushed and sunk.
chain snaDuug by the great tension, the end struck
a bow on The head and hut him badly that be h.s
snce been reported dead Another boy had bis cheek
Lorl y cut Several other persons were aso hnrt and
as many persons were the Flag when the ice struck
her, il s feared number were crowned. Ooe man
was seen to be struck by the chimney.
Five of the bsrgss Of the Hope Canal Company OF
Pittsburgh were crushed and sunk. The steamer
Black Diamond, belonging to the same company, was
carried down great ways with Hal on escn sac o'
her. They were badly crushed. Not less than q
dozen barees belonging to the Hope Company MI.
Pomeroy and others, were destroyed. Ihe Ice rom
above had not begun TO couIse down tue Ohio nj aaf
AID there was still good crossing To- Newport not on
the ice that there In the morning, but other nnt
had slipped down. The news Of the breaking up and
Le desiu.t Of the products OF years OF the hard tl
of many a LOble-aearted nyer niaR. spread rapdly
through the city, and soon over Ten thousand persons
were collected on the wharf. When the Flag went
over she caugh. fire. and for few moments there wa
in N nent ger that every boat at the landing would
be destroyed ut some brave fellows from the Glen
Gale and oil eis with them dashed on board and py
yeorons Efforts and the use Of a small engine be-
pgT 10 the Glendale, exiInguished the nre before
city Fr lDrpatnent could get there although the
alarm was pr mpty given, Ind no iess promptly re-
sIoDded TO.
In our st above we should have mentioned that, 10
add ion 20 the coa barges, tie United States barge
Capt. Geo. Ford, belonging TO the steamer 1'enaae
ana valued at Ell 600 was sunk and viii be an almost
total loss. The barge belonging TO the Dcita was
damaged, but i; is thought viii be saved.
The steamer j. Il. Carson was at O'Clock lsss night
leaking badly, as her stem-pos'' had been knocked
TIE steamer Wisconsin lying at the Boldface, just
beIow Mil Creek badly damaged by the ee
about dark last night
Tie Forest Queen, lying at the same place, wa
caught by the ice until every rope snapped and then
fortunately the ice stopped. The gorge caused the
river at the city to ase rapidly for time The entre
los by ills catastrophe win exceed 5000 ooo. Tue
tecond engine Of the steamer Flag said TO Dr. MS
ing. One ofthe boys hurt by The swapping OF cnAil
cable, died aferward. Nearly all the persons son On
the Fleg lust before she went down were driven into
The danger by idle curiosity. The steamers ieona,
Boone, Oceola, Memphis, ard others, were taken
scIoss the liver and now ne IA comparative S'! ~
the Diouth of the Licking. -
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