Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-02-19
Ice Breaking at Cincinnati-Acci-
dents and Occurrences.

But few accidentsef personal nature &C.
CURED during the excitement of the break
ing up, but there were some "hair-brea ith
escapes" When the first movement of the
ice occurred, on Wednesday night, there
were number of persons on it, crossing to
Newport. The CONSERVATION at perceiving
the solid mass they had been treading daily
for weeks, in motion under their feet was
great. All made hurriediy for the nearest
shore, which was safely reached, except in
the case Of a lady and gentleman, whosstep-
ped into an open space between two masses
of ice. near the Newport shore, and were
rescued in very wet conditions. During
the hurry ofpreparing the steame, Morr-
son for the shock of the ice, one of the deck
hands tell from the guard ~ on the ice be-
low, where he lay bleeding and insensible.
His injuries were not serious.
A THRILLING OCCURRENCE.
The principal accident of the day occur
red when the ice recommended moving at
two O'Clock. Apparently gorge had bro
ken loose below, for the frozen masses rush.
ed down the stIean with great rapidly. A
level cake OF ice, stretching nearly from
shore to shore just across the track o. the
Covington ferry, had induced many persons
10 cross: it lay motionless, and at the mo
ment WHEN the mass was aguin borne along
the surface of the stream, twenty -four per-
sons, one of whom was lady, were upon
it. The lady was being conveyed from this
side TO COvinIton in the skiff me ntioned a.
bove, the party who were running it were
near the edge of the cake of ice at the mo-
ment Il commenced moving They ran rap
idly forward, but it was impossible to cross
the broken ice that lay between them and
the shore. A hush of silence pervaded the
thousands who crow ded the banks on each
side th- river, and the hurricane decks #
the beat, as the party made pause Us if
III DESPAIR. At length the m made up
their minds, and turning back m,de for the
Cincinnati side. Nearly the whole widto OF
the river had To BE- crossed upon a floating
mass OF iceI Their stu lien was made
more precarious by ;he fact that the large
field of ice they were up,n, yielding less
readily than the broken ra-mants to the
impetus of the sire m, was attacked il
ere by the latter, and every moment psf
tloHs of it were broken off. Some OF the
men who had be. near the skiffr, left it and
its tenants to their fate. This brought
down upon them indignant cries from Ihs
spectators The party rushed rapidly on and
reached the shore amid tine loud and coniia-
ued cheering oil the multitude. The lady
showed no sign of fear in this trying sliua-
ton. She kept her seat without a scream
or an exclamation, and. vixen landed, walk
ed up the landing as steadily as if she had
just stepped from the Jerry boat. She was
Il married lady residing in Covington, we de-
sired to mention her name, but she request
ed u, mott do SO. The men VIII" rescued
her were John Waddle-to whose coolness
her safety was chiefly owing-Ioseph Shin
kle and Nicholas Mound.
While this incident was occurring, touch
of comedy was mingled 18th what had SO
nearly proved tragedy, by the perseve-
rance of man with a carpet sack in his =
hand, to land in odd Kentuck.' Again and
again he plunged among the loose ice, only
TO step, bsffied. b ick upon the large cake.
and every ti,as he did SO The crowd shouted
" Look at the man with carPet-bag." At
length he and two others reached the Cow
ingron landing The others al got off safe
ly nihis side. except one person, youth,
who wdS lett behind and was Evidently be-
wiIiered b. fear. He r-n first one way aid
then another, seeming incapable OF judging
what to do. The atteHti0n of the vast crowd
was at length all centsred upon the fright
ened boy He will be lostr 'Can nobody
save himr hundreds exclaimed. AT length
the subject Of their fears started steadily up
the stream, the very direction where the
greatest danger lay; for there the tr ken
ice wss dashing to pieces The cake upon
which be stood Thousands OF voices gave
the cry of warning-thousants of haulS, AID
caps and hats were waved 10 beckon -im 10
the SHIRE. He heard and saw, ami u leagth
he ran 70. the shore, and loud
hurrahs proclaimed that he too was saved.