Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-24
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ST. LOUIS, Dec. % The river remains
unchanged. The gorge above the bridge
piers is becoming solid and it is expect d
that teams WILL cross on the ice tomorrow.
Ice.Break at ,OOO Bush
els of Coal Lost.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 23.-Yesterday af er-
nooa the ice in the river at this place broke
Several empty coal barges broke loose from
P. MOulton's landing, at the foot of Vine
street, and drifted down against Henguhan
s. Jenner's fleet, sinking barges containing
altogether between eighty and ninety thou
sand bushels Of coal. The gorge below the
city gave way about dark, leaving the rive
clear from the foot of Fifth street to Newr
port bridge. The steamboats, ali escaped
damage yesterday, though it required con-
slant effort to keep them sflost.
NIGHT REPORT.-About an inch of snow
fell this morning. The Thermometer is
falling fast; only little above zero at dark.
Ihs river is moving in consequence of ice
from above, and is full of b avy ice. One
barge of coal sunk at Covington, and one
here. st North Bend about thirty thous
aud bushels were lost. Three barges were
torn from their moorings at South Bend and
1oated down the river. A raft of lumber
was torn loose above and 1oated past The
city.
Chicago below Par.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-The weather to-
night is colder than on Saturday. The
Thermometer at the Signal Service Observa-
tory at IL p. III. was l3 degrees below zero.
TIE ordinary thermometers around the city
mark 20 and p degrees below.
Fearful storm I'm Michigan.
ST. JOSEPH, MICH, Dec. pa fearful
storm has swept over all the western part
OF the State for the last two days. The
thermometer has ranged from six to tweaty
below zero since yesterday morning. Five
engines with four trains are dead between
Stevensgille and Hsgar, Il miles. The
mail north lics at Steyensville, the mail
south between Hagar and Benton Harooc.
The train was GOuble-headed, but could
not get through. Wood, however, was
plenty, and all stayed during the night. In
the morning the passengers were all brought
off by teams by the company. The Grand
Rapids and Peniwater express are aban-
doned for tonight each way. Relief en-
gines from this place are busily at work,
and il is hoped by o-morrow all the trains
will be on time. Passengers from all the
iTdtDS are blc1y uOuSous Guuuuu dbcS,
the lecterer and novelist, Is one of the
beleaguered passengers.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich, Dec. 25.-The situa
ton on the railroad is tonight the same as
yesterday. ALI of tho road cleared out yes
terday has been filed up again by the wind.
It has showed three days continuously &C
compauied by high wind, and exceeds any
ever knewn in this part Of the State. The
main difficulty is now between Coloms and
Bridgeman, distsncs of twenty-three
miles. The drifts sre from three to ten
feet. Another bad place is between Bsnt-
water and Montague, where large gang Of
men have been at work all day shoyelng
snow ahead Of an engine. At one tins on
getting out of water in drift, snow was
shovelied into the tank and meled by
steam. All trains are cancelled for to-
night, but if the storm abates by morning,
the road will be cleared by Wednesday
morning. Large numbers Of pssseng2rs
are delayed here by the storm, Edmund
Yates among the number. The thermO-
meter has been below, 20 degrees, and it is
feared that the fruit crop Of all kinds is
ruined.