The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-04-08
A.rhrllllng Occurrence at CINCINNATI

The principal accident of the day occurred
when the ice recommended moving at 2 o'clock.
Apparently gorge had broke loose below, for
the masses rushed down the stream with great
rapidity. A level cake of ice, stretching nearly
from shore to shore, just across the track of the
Covington ferry, had induced many persons to
cross; it lay motionless, and, at the moment
when the mass was again borne along the sur
face OF the stream, twenty -four persons, one of
whom was lady, We're upon it. The lady was
being conveyed from this side to Covington in
= skifi, and the party who were running it were
near the edge of the large cake of ice at the
moment it 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 pervadcd the thousands who
crowded the banks on each side of the river,
as the party made pause as if in dispair, AT
length the men made up their minds, and turn
ing back, made for the Cincinnati side.
Nearly the whole width of the river had to be
crossed upon floating mass of icei Their situa-
ton was made more precarious by the fact that
the large field of ice they were upon, yielding
less rapidly than the broken fragments to the
impetus of the stream, was attacked, asst were,
by the latter, and every moment portions of it
were broken off. Some of the men who had
been near the ski left it and its tenants to their
fate. This brought down upon them indignant
crlcb from tue SPECTATORS lne party TuSncu
rapidly on and reached the shore amid the loud
and continued cheering of the multitude. The
lady showed no sign of fear in this trying stua-
ton. She kept her scat without q scream or an
exclamation, and, when landed, walked up the
landing as steadily as if she had just stepped
from the ferry boat. She was married lady,
residing in Covington we desired to mention
her name, but she requested us not to do so.
The men who rescued her were John Waddle-
to whose GOODNESS her safety was chiefly owing
Joseph Shinkle and Nicholas Mound.
While this incident was occurring. touch OF
comedy was mingled with what had SO nearly
proved tragedy, by the perseverance, of a man
with carpet in his hand, to land in ''Old
kentuck." Again and again he plunged among
the loose ice, only to step, bafflcd, back upon
the large cake, and every time he did 50, the
crowd shouted "Look at the man with the car
pet-bag." at length he and two others reached
the Covington landing. The others all got of
safely on this side, except one person. youth,
who was left behind, and was evidentally bewil-
dered by fear He ran first one way and then
another, seeming incapable Of judging what to
do. The attention of the vast crowd was at
length all centcrcd upon the frightened boy.
"Hc will be lostl" "Can no body save him ~
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 broken ice was dashing to pieces
the cake upon which he stood. Thousands of
voices gave the cry of warning-Thousands of
hands. and caps, and hats were waved to beckon
him to the shore. He saw and at length under
Stood he ran for the shore, and loud hurrahs
proclaimed that he too was savcd.--Cen Gazette