The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-28
MEM PHIS.
po1NGs OF THE ICE.
The Crushing of Steamboats,
and Barges.

occurred in this vicinity was occaslonec
hv the breaking OF an ice gorge at Ran
3.Ipb tour miles above, and the float
.r,masses of ice coming down with
n. current Of rapidly rising rivel
,.s carried with terrible force agains
and burst the dry dock owned by Cap
IAN ". P. Walker, tearing it from the
hank and smashing the hawsers that
b.ld il as we'll as an immense chain
sable 81 though they were made oi
thread, and carried it down fully
IO0 Yards and crowded it against sew
srL coal fats, which were crushed
s,sipst the bank and also sinking one
1.-TWO that were on the outside. The
.,,smer Andy Banner, lying above the
N, o; Jefferson street, was carried by
,be ice down upon the wharf boat,
owned by the Cincinnati Packet Conn
osny and thrown against the outside
,asfd tearing her guards teariully and
isnm,ng the wharf boat on the bank,
5u, fortunately there was no hole
,no,ked in the hull of either. The
.,prn wheel steamer Worstun. lying
,noye was forced down till her wheel
covered the upper guard Of the wharf
boa, and literally tore the wheel
% sbreas and broke her stern.
The ice forcing a hole in her hull,
csu.ed her to partly fill with water:
Next above her was the stern wheel
steamer Laura, which was crowded
high up on the bank, and afterwards
dropped back and sunk. The K. z.
Walton was the next boat, and is a to-
,sl wreck. She was jammed with such
force upon the bank as to break and
twist her hull into all sorts Of shapes.
She was worth $4,000, and was just
preparing to load for New Orleans.
Outside Of her came the City Of Au.
gusts also owned by Elliott Il Miller,
and worth $4,000. Her starboard
susri was crowded under the larboard
wheel Of the Walton. and she was IN
ja,ed considerably by the ice, but
bsi taken no water up to q
lste hour. The furnituree, cabin
fixtures, etc, OF the Walton are being
removed TO the shore, and she will be
wrecked where she is. At her stern
lies the little steamer Summer koon,
sni the propeller Helen Brooks; the
ormer was sunk, but the latter having
sn iron hull was injured but little.
Three coal barges were crushed IN be-
tween the Augusta and Walton, and two
on the outside were raised and their
bows thrown high IN the air, and fall
ing across the third were forced against
the boilers and cabin floor OF the
Walton and completely destroyed.
The Bell OF Pike lays next
above the Walton; the ice
stove in her hull and she
laws sunk with seventy-five bales o1
cotton. The Brown & Jones Company
Io'! '"slva n- fifteen barges or flats
with two million bushels oG Uval. tbs
lOss will be Sl50,00O, on which there ls
no insurance. Above the Belle OF Pike
AVS the steamer Nellie Thomas, a tota
wreck, she having been crushed and
jammed against the bank by the Pa,
Cleburne. The Cleburne was injured
but little, being protected by a barge or
the outside The ferry boat Excelsior
Iays next above, and is damaged bu
slightly, her guards being crushed or
the bank. The little steamer Undine
was carried down also, and thrown
By the ice upon the head of President
Island. The transfer boat II. G, Nut
ls With the Overton on the opposite
sde Of the river, and has not been hearc
ifon. The new boat Clipper anc
oaFges were at the bar over the rive
and we're torn away and sunk. The ID
I. Yerger laid just below and mus
have been injured, as both her svphon'
are being used. The Gas Company los
IOOOO bushels Of cnal and may not hav'
enough left to light the city tonight
Below Court street the Arlington lay
With 1900 bales OF cotton on board. Sh'
was carried down against the steame1
,Gasgow, breaking the wheel, wheel
mouse and upper deck Of the latter. Thu
Arlington escaped, however, with bu
iinIe injury. Next below are the Ash
and, A. j. White, Mary Miller aot
lawrence and at the elevator the P
w. Strader, all OF which, with twenty
I'VE produce boats lying between, re
ce,ved bnt slight injury. The river Ii
Using very rapidly now and it is fearet
mat another portion Of the gorge vii
come down, in which case the loss vii
pe double. As it is it will hardly tai
'ao'! Of half a million dollars. The
cly Is now without coal and will b
''nout light. Three persons were in
!ufed BY the breaking boats, but non
seriously.
lhe gorge broke again at Rapdolpl
sa' evening, and ice is running yer.
aeaVy. All the boats are lying will
S'ean ~ ready for emergencies. Th
ysmrs Howard succeeded in securin!
Tue Helen Brooks, Uudiue and City Q
augusta, but in a damaged conditiol
me work of wrecking the West Wind
n r. Walton and Bill Pike is goin
Un rapidly. The roustabouts are gel
uns two dollars per bale for removin
TTS'on; The Laura is badly damaged
6 1ae Andy Banner and Arlinton ar
.'aclnnati boats. The Clipper will b
s. total loss; she was valued at fror
so0'VOo to $4,000 for the purpos
VI towing boats south, and cam
W, OF the Ohio river with nine boat
ia.. u !oW. ltis supposed her tow is a.
,0st' She was lying opposite her
snsn the accident occurred. Th
Andy Bauner IN a nev stoomer yalue