The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-02-21
iCor'eFYOn'ience Of The Cecil Wbigl
PuRl Dgposir. WEDHG.D4Y, =. NJ.
EGpRCAkY. Is. N lSII. [

Ic0r'esI0n'ience of The Cecil Wb;g.l
Puht Daposlr. WHDHE.DAY, =. NJ
EaBRCAhY. 18Th 1857. {
Nh. EurroR On account Of your invita-.
ton in your last issue, and for other reasons
Will lay before your readers All account .!
| the late food amt its Consequences with as
much accuracy as possible. One cc the other
reasons is tlrat heard JealH" would not \,
able 10 devote the time to Il, and another H.
that several Inaccuracies have been published
III the Baltimore papers.
! The lti.'t rush of ice vas on Hgndar. oh
J inst. al noon. orca>'uned by the oack ice
coming down upon us. lnc vast Quantities Of
! snow ali along he hla and monnjau9 con.
| tiguous 10 The SusJueiaHu4 hein. IA l;vd ~
the "~aian sp,. poured INTO the river ana
raised The Ice above all INSTRUCTIONS so thlLil
| had free 60 irsc is lar ioHR as tide water ..
Here came the iIap,drn.nt II lhe river from
! Port to nayr, dc G.ace mad been covered
with broE. ca snaa5rs ~:gci and on I'd du-
ring the winter, tbs buck i.c would readily
have cut its way through, Il speak compara-
tivelyl but. unfortunately for Us, dis ice was
one solid sheet. clear, hard and CLASSY VARYING
from 10 to - inches III thicnncss: resting
against the island below AMI stretching It's
| y,
Impossible TO be moved in body. -
The ice did not cut down farther than the
upper whslv"S AT noon on the 9;h. The n4pd
cahe down about dark raising and lDoSening
the ice and bearing 1t down 4.ream with a
rushing sound that none can realize who have
not been present al such scenes. This back
ice not teirg sufficiently strong 10 break
through orr joe mHt cake. run beneath some
Il Il f,,., Il 4
water about ~ +, NJ, to the top Of TIC
wharyes and driving Ice in 5n! Ike Gr.e on the
shore. ~. might tue water rose i wing ncn
woman AID children to the hills for safety.
uen in boats were going UP and down thc
street taking goods and families from thei
houses, may ot them from the second sl0ry.
tuesday morning opentd On wreck never
Before Witnessed in our village bl; til r,t
was yet 10 come. lr water AGAIN chtcn.d
Ii lis course, chld; Ntn cane The gIaLd
rum. Will not att'Dlp 10 give things IN
their regular ollcr bat viii Commence al the
bridge and give the details as near as posi-
Die from thence to the Southern limits Of the
Corporation; finishing with Il few Of The many
lnclds MS atttnloht On the dr!ugc.
The rcmaluiUs S,anS Of the SusQEcianna
Bridge, next the AaiiDId shore. were swept
away; one hian stepped q mCmcnt opposite
fo'' an" "a9 eA"l.d OF every hing - ihr ice
save inc !ra'ne' Win went sruddng ike the
hs D"'Ghnah ""uer bare p2ltS to the
! 81 nc 77fdlG; an
oIHcr was Broken 70 'rasm'hi3 ~ IN. ice and
l"chs ana Scat'e "a over lhs Nrer; irpg NIT )
saha 10 "iIh'h lhtee spans Vi this side, the
bridge Is gone. Each span was built scpa-
fa'ely, "l'il2Ht coming those ntxt to it, IN
4
o'osi II par' shoutd te earned away the It.
lAnhde' might De saved. There arc Two q
,''i' i!eaI " 'iAt we can lue "NA'tc i,tcA
h"t' TWO us'Nte,I i''!l ava S.gt.'.5 l-.".ia.
"'u """t''>r h'"t horN Kun back Of ;, X.
eh@o'' e y, sore lhe bridge over Tic
'uH "IiGh h'u's1r Vic colFoiNtivn north, Was
H'o'Ie nom Il" aDI'mcnt%, The water lAcre
f.si"S 4'ghe! IAan Tie iirS! floor Of the mil IN
thG upper SAG OF the s'net' hessra. S;Scl
"a n@t,'' S"".S L. ~"f'2h q :" > s."ies wire
Hoo"'o n''h"sN'S so,ng o. tA@lr goods: the
''o"Se ocG"''eI " ME- l}ne:t Smith Wd>
o,~' Az" ca III we basement iouT houses own
"a y n!i' conn N"r"o'' were h'oVeG nom Their
. 4? r OF lA.n, one. occupied by
~ y, ~ ~ larson uTus2'SI. ana Jas. Gacken,
'' ~ VIZ o'"v' ~ D. Ne''F' 'allof, were not
.t'u'n 1''JuIeo' having o'eh moved about three
l[eV i'"',' 'Lcr case 'ile other two are wrecks
tIr S"o',s anu "".N walls Doing smashed up.
an '''GHe muses. "ort !aItIy oulit. Inc house
'o' i''e''y "ee'l'cu u! M Mason, sadd.er
I"ho VIII DC long ittnrMDg'd here on &C
G9uH' " ms !'oe''' On ga hickory aAd the
hihuei NOES f"N ana o'heE Writings. was up
SCI ana lho'Su GOWN aNH across t"e street into
"Ae "'u VI '''S%'S Aio'Nia q Lyon: shoY
On the upper "I''e III iI"ht u MIS-. fa1nall 5
mas tile !ro'I thti'eiV stove ill., Inc back