New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-18
Cnt Down bv Ice-Sinhing of Steamer
Nashville.

from the Cincinnati Gazette
Tie third page of the Gazette this morn
ing contains an advertisement announcing
that the steamer Nashville Will leave Tor
New Orleans at p. Nj. The Gazette, Of
January a. contained u similar advertise
ment. The steamer has been singularly I'M
fortunate January "a, as stated i'll the o.
-ette, yesterday morning, she lett Tor New
Orleans at night with full load, but turned
back from the foot of Fifth street, on &C
count OF ice and found a harbor at the New
Orleans Packet Companys wharfboat
above the foot of Sycamore street, where
she remained in safety till last evening.
Yesterday morning her advertisement
again appeared in the Gazette, announcing
that she would leave for New Orleans last
evening, and would receive passengers and
some light freight Many people had en-
gagged passage, but none were aboard. A
small lot of whisky, some parlor furniture
and other freight were taken aboard.
Yesterday afternoon the Memphis packet
Robert Burns, which had been for several
weeks living above what is called the big
wharfboat, where the Nashville was lying,
was dropped down under the Nashville,
showing the stern of the latter out into the
stream. About seven o'clock last evening
cake of ice, supposed to be portion OF
| the shore gorge above the Newport bridge,
! hardened by the sudden cold weather,
| broke loose and hoated down the Ohio side
| of the river. First it struck the Belle
| Vernon. lying next above the Nashville,
but without damage, as the Belle Vernon
| had comparatively little freight aboard
| Then it struck the Nashville, which was
loaded deep, under the starboard cylinder
and cut a hole about twenty feet long III
the hull. The boat filled rapidly, and
careened to the starboard, losing both hel
chimneys overheard, and finally settled in
about sixteen feet of water. At eleven
o'clock last night the water was in hel
cabin on the starboard side, and within two
feet Of her larboard upper guard.
The river was rising. partly from the
effect of gorge below the city, and partly
from the tributaries running out above, 81
| that there is little hope of saving much o
| her freight, which was mostly perishable
but the boat seemed to he lying straigh
| and easy. .,
The Nashville was a sternwheeler, bull
at James Mack's ship yard. little NOR
than a year ago. at "a cost OF $780, Sh
WAS insured III Cincinnati offices Tor Sl9,0ot
and her freight list was insured for S2OOo:
Originally she was built tor the Clncln
natl and Tennessee river trade, and was
be called Miriam" but was finally name
Nashville" and was entered in the Cincir
natl, Paducah and Cumberland river trade
under command of Captain Z. n. Barclay
who uleu allef HahiHS oHlN wv UPS WI
her.
The Nashville was owned by the follow
ING gentlemen, one-third each: Captai
| Henry L. Hart, her commander: Jane
Mack, her builder, and Robert Semple, @
Barker, Pearce X Co.
The value of the freight aboard was va
riously estimated at from $4,000 to $40
900. nearly all insured in this city. Some {
the freight will suffer no damage, but mo:
of it will either oe totally lost or saved in
damaged condition. For some time aftt
the boat was cut down the portion OF tn
crew aboard had much trouble in proven
ing pirating About 272 tons of the carg
was destined for points on the lower OH
and Memphis, and the remainder for tt
remainder tor the lower Mississippi Ne
Orleans and the gulf coast.
Captain Hart will have the sympathy
many on account of this misfortune, as 1t
by no means his first, having sunk the he
ton in the Mississippi, then the John
Groesheck on the falls, and now the Mas
: Vile at the City Wharf