The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-14

own Iivss. Several ladies climbed up
on the railing At the bow Of tAe boat
which was eight or ton feet from the
water OF ios, and jumped as far as they
could.
The cry, Of 1--WE are lost We are
lostl" rang through the boat, and wo-
men on The shore who bad fathers, hus-
bando aud brothers on board, were
shouting in the agony Of despair for
them to Clamp of eh jump Off, One
nan with his wife and two little boys
were aboard He got the boys off with
the aid ofsone persons on shore, and
they stood screaming for their father
and mother, both Of whom finally sue
ceeded in getting ashore. Still there
were many passengers unable to get
of at all, and they with the officers Of
the boats, seemed destined to almost
certain destruction for, il the boats
did not sink in the Zoe before they
reached the falls, as nearly every BODY
supposed they would-for It was sup
posed they would be so badly crushed
as to make them leak at fearful rate
1t seemed hardly possible that they
could pass over the falls in their Drip
pied condition. ......
But the officers and crew stood by
them and worked with a vigor and
coolnOss worthy all praise. Captain
d. N. Dryden, falls pilot, seeing that
their only salvation was in going safe
y over tho falls, small as the chance
might be, jumped aboard just as she
was passing out Of the reach Of all pos
sible aid from the shore, and lent his
energy and experience. to that desPer-
ate effort.
At three o'clock and thirtyfve min.
utes yesterday afternoon the gorge at
Greensboro gave way, with thirty feet
Of water, and the tremendous volume
Of ice and water rushe ed forward, sweep
ing every thing before it. Bargss,
fences, fats, skiffs, lumber, all were
hurled along the stream with the de-
stroying ice. At Eve o'clock tho food
reached RicOs Landing, and shortly
after seven o'clock 1t was at Browns
vile. At MeKessport tho tow-bOat
Arab was run into by the iosand sunk.
We heard of several other accidents to
boats, but the accounts were mere ru-
mors.
On the Connelsyills Railroad the
bridge over Jacobs Crock, eighteen
miles from Connslsville, was carried
completely away. At sewiOkly 6ta-
ton, two miles west of West Newton,
the iron bridge over Sewickly Creek
was lifted entirely out Of its seat, and
supported by the ice. 1t was hoped
that whom theice left, the bridge would
sink into its place with but material
damage. The gorge at this place is
described in our dispatches as tremsn-
dOus and threatening great damage
when the break up Should come. At
BrInton Station one of the trusses Of
Of the trestle work was moved out Of
place, but no great damage DONE
Some other slight injuriesswere sus>
tanned, but ofnO great Importance.
At three o'clock, on Friday, after
noon, the Charters creek overflowed
its banks, breaking up the ice and car
rying In it heavy masses down the
stream. 1t gorged a short distance
above Mansfield, and inundated the
greater part Of the town, doing an
immense amount of damage. The farm
of Robert Bell suffered considerably
His loss will reach something iH the
neighborhood Of s4OO. The gorge be-
ing very firm, the creek forced a chan.
mel over neck Of land belonging to
Mr.. Ewing, sweeping away fences,
shrubbery, and every thing in Its
course. Mr.. Ewing's loss viii amount
TO about 5000, Mr.. John Mcclellan
also suffered to the amount of slCO.-
Theprncipal sufferer was Mr.. 1. Thorn
burg, whose farm lies along the right
shore Of the creek. The gorge forced
the water across Mr.. Thornburg farm,
and channel of great width about
three feet deep is cut across the land.
About seventy acres of Mr.. Ts farm
are covered to the depth of ten feet