Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-21
, .Brealzing mp Of, the Ice. :

Those who witnessed the breaking up Of
the ice in front of this city yesterday and
the rush of icel and drfftiwebd which sue
ceeded, will never forget the event. 1t was
a grand sight--the vast mass looking fear.
fully grand as it rushed along at the rate of
eight OF ten miles per hour, threatening to
crush everything that offered the least OBJ
struotiOn. uWeJhaVe seem the, ice break up
in the .Maumee many times, but never have
we seen the ice so thick or drift away in
such large pieces. Some ecakeS appeared to-
be thirty feet square and twelve to fifteen
inches thick, as clear and as blue as that
packed during the winter and thrown up
edgewiseth they were hurried along at furious
rate until touching bottom they would be
thrown up several feet and falling over
would grind smaller cakes into fragments
and proditce an agitationl like the boiling of
an immense cauldrOn. One large field that
lodged on the middle ground. opposite Adj
ans street, must have been twenty feet in
depth while along the docks the river was
literally full, the gOrged ice reaching from
the bottom of the river to the top of the
docks, and in some places above the docks.
The large field which lodged against the
docks from the bridge to the foot of Adams
street was not moved during the night, and
this morning it appeared packed in so
closely as to be immoYable except by, the
slow process of melting. 1of5I .I9pjs n51i
Shortly after 10 o'clock lastnight a large
field of ice drifted down upon the barge
which was lodged against the bridge, and
as it struck the craft made report reseIn-
bling low thunder, which, was heard all
over the city. Itawas feared the barge was
destroyed and that the bridge had sustain
ed further injury, butt daylight banished
such apprehensions. .g.
Persons have been engaged since yester-
day in protecting the remaining portions
of the bridge. The first pier south of
Cherry street is badly broken, beside being
driven several feet out of place; stays have
been erected upon it to relieve the south
end OF the first section, and if possible pre-
vent its floating away when the iee-gorge
breaks; the. section has also been anchored
from this shore.1 81 .-i seey =si;.J5t ge 1.
| The steamer, Belle disappeared during
the night. Some laborers who reside near
the ssManhattan Mills - informed us this
morning that nothing could be seen of
the steamer, with a spy-glass, from the
mills. ~ 48sEls -.
With the aid of powerful spy-glass we
took observations about noon, but could
discover nothing of the missing steamer
We could see Turtle Island Light. and what
appeared to be clear water beyond. About
halfway between Presque Isle and Turtle
Island the ice appeared to have gorged and
been piled up to height of 10 or 20 feet,
and beyond the gorge, for a considerable
distance, to the clear water, the ice was
unbroken. Above the gorge the ice was
more or less gorged. but much smooth ice
was seen. .5I 55.sfiFi-. so fs3ife.frl7ficr Ell
Above the C. & T.R., r. bridge the ice
is gorged, extending entirely across the
river, III5ii3s ~I:fiI Il 4-5 .2.Erw Ii;l'..fI.
We learn that the ice carried away the
railroad bridge over the river iRaisinl at
Monroe yesterday. The small bridges on
the turnpikes have been carried Oft oEedo
Blade, Feb. Is. o1 a.is =;