The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-22
The lee BIOckade.--RIVer Matters al
st. Louis.
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial
ST. LOUIS. December l9.

Correspondence CulctItIldA Commercial
! ST. LOUIS, December 10.
| No change in the river since yester-
day. The boatmen and insurance
agents held a meeting yesterday, APP
| pointed committee 10 devise means
for the protection of boats now en-
dangered, but they can do nothing I'M
less the ferry boats will engage in the
service of breaking up the ice.
II is reported that the river is clear of
ice between Carondelet and Jefferson
Barracks, which increases the dangers
here. The weather wns moderate yes
terday and last night, but it has grown
colder since this morning. The boats
at the foot of Pine street lay huddled
together and can not be moved. Most
of them have been stripped of their fur
niture in anticipation of further
trouble.
The Bannock City and Big Horn were.
damaged more than at first reported.
The Hammock City had her shaft and
wheel wrenched off and taken over
board as well as her cylinder timbers.
She is badly crushed otherwise, and a
sum of at least 81, 600 will be consumed
in her repairs, providing she escapes
further injury. The Bannock City is
owned by A. Hine, of Keokuk, and L.
Carleton, of Davenport, Iowa, and is u
new boat. She cost over $50, 900, and is
insured here for $4,000. In the Column
bian, $4,000, and United States, IS, Co.,
The Big Horn's damage, instead of
being slight, will require 5000 for re-
pairs, her machinery as well AS wood
work being damaged.
The Roanoke, which left this port for
the Ohio last Thursday, struck rock
or other obstruction below Commerce,
in this river, sunk, and is probably a
total loss. Her cargo was about 40
tons of blooms and some flour. The
Roanoke was valued Mt about SIS, 900,
and owned and insured in Pittsburgh.
The Platte Valley, bound here from
Nicksburg, with Il very valuable cargo
of cotton, &C., sunk suddenly. She
found herself hard aground at Hercr-
lennville, and on Sunday still lay hard
and fast. She was making n crossing,
and was near the Illinois side when
she grounded, and the river hns fallen
several feet since. She lays straight,
and there was no ice near her. II and
the channel We're diverted away from
her. She is seven miles below Widow
Waters. There were false runOrs of
this steamer being broken in two.
The sudden formation of heavy ice
and Il gorge below here found many
boats ON their way to and from this port. /
They had too little warning to be able !
TO provide for their safety. We learn
that those splendid vessels, the Henry
Anes, Atlantic, Glasgow and Jennie
Lewis, are all aground ut CrawfOrd's, /
and probably by this time aresurrouded |
by and in danger from the ice. The |
sudden decline of water was tho cause !
oftheir misfortune. The w. II. Osborne, !
another large and fine New Orleans |
packet from this port, is aground at I
Bainbridge, and reported damaged by |
ice.
\ dispatch has been received an
nOuncing the Only Chance ice-bound at /
Ncely's. She was bound to Arkansas 4
river.
The C. w. Graham is safe at Dog
tooth Bend-ashore and safe. a NUM- /
ber of steRmbOatmen from ice-bound ,
boats between here and Cairo, have ar
rived from below .'H