The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-29
Tne brcaking Up Of tho Ice NJ CIncfp-

Hne hrcnkfng Up Of the Ice NJ Cincs..
mn. natl.
" nusn commercial Of Moudav has the 6ol
'owins of the breaking up Of II. ~ ,h.r.
AAa 1ue s.eae destruction Of steamboat and otb.,
The great ice bridge aero.. ~. r,,.,
yesterday after 50 days duration W. y . oesuoyed
nounce, however that the destruetior fsIet 70 an
, greater than was anticipated4 Tur.
nlng, the river rose about i've inches All ~ eve-
ers ice bound at the levee and in the bsrs ..esm-
mouth Of Licking river had raised steam; and vers T.
complete working order, in anticipation az ts i "a
looked for breaking up. About IL O'clock On c.s c"as
day night shrek from the shrill whistles and ,Is
o. the boa. bells gave the signal that the
excitement was immense, and in o few minute. n
the boats were thoroughly manned with ef6c;ent
crews The ice in the Ohio, opposite the Ieyee.
moved distance of q square or two, when 1t again
gorged. e
All was quiet until ABOUT A. M. yesterday. when
the ice in the Licking commenced moving eorrina
four Ave feet igh at the mouth But stsrtss
again about IL o'clock taking the course of the ice
channel cut BY order of the Ice Committee" short
time SINCE The scene was grand and terrific beyond
description. 1t moved in hute fragments. and au.r
terng towards the foot of Main street. cut down
eral boats in q few minutes The propeller Alber.
boat sunk, and Is total wreck. She was built last
summer, and cost sl5,oc0 insured for sS OOO-owned
by Capt Aiken and others Capt. A. also lost $50
The salem also went down irnmediateiy, and |, i.
total loss She was recently purchased for the
wha trade. Loss 5000. No insurance.
couple of new boats belonging to Captains David.
son and Holmes, being completely below the foot Of
Main street were materially damaged The entire
starboard side of Captain Davidsons boat the Jacob
Traber crushed IN and she lies on the shore
The upper works are not injured but it 10 feared the
hull is ruined. The Crescent, Capt. Holmes, lies
awkw ardly, but will be saved with trfing damage.
The Marietta packet Bridge City, Capt Donnelly,
sunk. The machinery win be saved. Loss $4,000
The Kentucky river packet Madonna, Captain
stewart-boat total loss-portion of the machinery
The Yorktown Captain Poe bound from Nash
vile for Pttsburg with cargo of pig iron, wheat
&c, sunk nearly up to the boiler deck. Loss boat
$1,000. Boat and cerso partially insured in Pitts
ri, Grapeshot, Capt M'Bride, bound from Nash.
vile for Pittsburg was sunk by the Ohio ice. She
has 25 tons of freight, consisting of cotton wheat
&c She built last spring, at a cost of $lS,O00-
Insured for lS5oOin Pittsburg Cargo partially in.
The Flag partially loaded for St Louis, is tota,
loss Owned by Capt. J. A. French and Gaylord &
Co. Loss $4,000. After the Flag careened, the
flames from her furnaces fred the boiler deck and
hurricane roof, but fortunately the FIRE immedi.
atey extinguished, without damage to the adjacent
boats. A large number of men were engaged in re-
moving freight from the boat, when the cabin parted
were lost. We are assured by Mr.. Andrew J. Miller
who was leaving the engine room when the cabin Ca
reened, that no one was lost Several persons were
slightly injured portion of the Flags cargo fell
the immense fields of ice, and was swept of.
The ice cut away portion of the stern Of the stea.
mer J. Carson, Capt. D. Z. Bnckell. She shipped
from eight ten inches water her dunnage, be-
fore q bulkhead was erected when she was pumped
out. She was considered in safe condition last
night $50. -- ,,
The upper works of the Glendale was slightly da-
msged-a few out-rggers slowed in. The Memphis
was slightly injured by the sinking of the Flag.
barge lying below the foot of Vine street, be-
longing TO the steamer Winifredo loaded with salt
belonging to Rufner, Dcnnelly l. Co.. sprsng a
leak when the ice moved Saturday night, but was
kept afoat by the aid of pumps. About $50 barrels
were damaged. The Winifredo and her barges con.
tain 500 barrels sale for Nashville. The Wnfredo
sustained No injury.
The tow.boat Champion was slightly injured by the
ice in Licking. Captain Shinkle lost several barges
foated out of that stream.
. The barge United States, belonging to Capt Geo
W. Ford parted her lines outside the steamer Delta
damag ging several boats she rubbed in passini
down. 1t Is total wreck. Loss s 200.
The Hope Coal Company tow-boat Black Diamond
bdly damaged at the foot of John street, by
sra coal barges being forced directly into the engine
room.
Innumerable coal barges and iat.boats were sunI
between Main and Smith streets. Out of seventeen
barges belonging to the Hope Coal Company only
seven were saved ...-.at -.i
The Daniel Boone, Memphis, seiota and Lenna, af
ter the heavy ice had run out, left the leeve anG
sought harbor in the mouth of Licking
Thousands of spectators congregated on the Ohtt
and Kentucky shores, to witness the terrific move
nents of the ice. AT p M, it was running below
the mouth of Millcreek, and rubbed the steamer
Wisconsin and Forest Queen hard, but it was sur
missed they would be saved. Several lines the for
mer had parted from the heavy strains. AL the boat
sunk at the wharf are stern-wheelers. 5D- ~