Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-12-28
THE ICE MOVING.

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ndftfon OF the steamers To-Day
Danger of Another 9mash-Up
pprehended--Rep Loss Of
.ffe ON the easy Dredge Boat.
The river rose eighteen inches since
k last night, and is now advancing
y rapidly, and is choked almost with
lting ice, which is much heavier than
t which passed yesterday, and has
away to within a few feet Of the
It's lying below Jefferson street. An
er
iI l eIcE WAVE
m the gorge at Randolph, standing
ne four feet in the air, came down this
rning, bat fortunately did little in
y beyond moving several of the boats
Nv feet farther down and breaking a
more fats. The
SITUATION
he landing now is about as follows:
the mouth Of Wolf river there is no
.nge. The two barges, venay and
meek No 6 we're moved down few
by the ice, bat were held by their
IS. The
DRY DOCKS .a
e also moved down eight feet, but are |
| held firmly in the ice, with little
nee of saving them should break |
ur. Below them
TWO COAL BARGEs,
owned by the gas company and the |
er by Brown & Jones, were sunk by |
ice early this morning, the former
ng crowded against the bow of the
.yboat Excelsior, knocking portion |
ler nose of. The floating coal barge |
Ike in two in the middle, each end
ng thrown high in the air, and
middle going down first. The
celsior was crowded up the bank a
inches, and although not yet serious
injured all hopes of saving her
uld the ice break, is given up by her
Ter, Captain Patterson, who is about
remove to the bank what goods she
on board. The steamer
PAT cLEBuREE
g next below, raised steam last
BIT aud is in about the same condition
he was yesterday. The little ferry
HELEN BROOKS
in the same position reported yester-
+, excepting that she has settled about
feet lower at the stern. SiRce early on
.erday, a good portion of her cotton
removed, and her bow is about three
lower than it was last night. She,
! the
~ R P. WALT, t
7 await the giving way of the ice to
down in sixty or seventy feet of
err. The Walt was not moved by the
but one Of the coal fats lying out
has
DISAPPEARED fa
er the ice, and another, containing
thousand bushels Of coal, was pulled
by the tug N. M Jenes last night
taken over to the bar, below the II. |
Yeager, and safely beached. The
err has risen until it is over the out
guard of the r. P. Walt, and should
.oede rapidly she will fall over. The
CITY OF AUGUSTA
t steam up all night, and is safe so
having been injured but little. The
IL wharfboat laying below, and
ed by Captain Patterson, has taken
siderable water and will be total
he little propeller Helen Brooks is at
stern Of the Augusta and held by the
and is careened considerably, look
as if the water had got into her hull,
TIE WEST WIND
crowded down some four or five feet,
what was left of her wheel crumbled !
toms. The remainder of the boats
W the wharfboAt are in the same po-
N reported yesterday, and each have Z
out all the lines they can get.
be Glasgow began to discharge her :
% of sugar and molasses this morn :
and the James Howard would have :
3 likewise, but her crew jumped her =
night,
he Yaeger has steam up and has not I
ed yet. :
DITIoy OF TIE RIyER THIS AFTER :
NboN. VIZ
eayy masses of floating ice, piled up !
e and four feet high, Gil the river '
bank 10 bank, an this aide haF- !,
Of ice six feet in hight protects the :
ocked steamboats, and fats from the =
ing and surging tide. Should this i
arrier break up, the boats will be in :
greatest danger of becoming total :
The stesmboatmen are in the ;
test apprehension, and are busily at
securing thSig beats 70 ths bsak. 4
REPORTED LOSE OF LIFE. ~ n
was reported to-day that the city n
ge-boat, lying at the foot Of Treze-
street, was carried off in the ice =,
this morning. The dredge keeper, u
John Harvey and wife were on the n
last night; AND IT is feared have I
drowned. The rumor seemed to &c
been confirmed this afternoon. "
Election OF officers. D
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