, 1873-01-01
CINCINNATI.

Breaking UP OF tssc fec""Eeisc II TAG
E2iver--Du1:.ago to Stc:al:sbrs.ss, 49,
Ecs, Etc.
C1Sc1NSAT1 O., Dec. 31.-Tho ico in tls riTcr
hofe broke this morning at about oe1oc3, w
sunk the ateamor Mountain Boy; owned by E,:sd
Gibson t. Co., Of this city. Ihe stcan'cr Ae'-
aongcr llad her cabin and fcndor brokon OIL :'H1
larboard side, and hcr onsino knocked o. or
line so Ind Full ao ear9 +en on 1oi Gos WYNN Mcn n ~
damaged. Tho stenmer Loonnra, and tho Emma
Floyd, an old wroch worth about 81, 900, woro :.
swept away. A number OF coal bargca and Hats
vcro a1Bo carried array.
:iho Mountain Boy is suuS to llor hoilor deck,
md g held up by tho ice. So ianow b@il;;
wrecked. sho WAS owned by tho Cineinnnito u
Ghillicotho Paco Company da ad Esd loaded Tor s s.
against fro only. Tho Messenger is Gro. .Iol
| botwoon tho Mountain boy and Grey Eagle, std
has both Eides Of her after-guardB broken IL.
Hor cylinder il cracked, aud sho is i'll bad cos%i-
ton. It iB doubtful if Bho can be seyc:l. tit!o
haH 450 tons Of cargo. Tho Grey Eagle las Lnr
guards smashed, and il crowded on tho WHAT
6oat: Tho 5conosa n,n. j. owned sly " tha
| ia fast in ico No conl Of any amount was lo:i:
horo, though several empty bargos were earFieI
away. Tho ice stopped moving before o'elee:;'
hSs @a.1o nI a sn'S II at ana
moment, when greater damago is expected ~
tho boats hare steam up: II tho Licking is5
runs out first, 1t is feared TINT tue wharf will be
swept cloan !; while, II tho ice comes down fto.1
abo1o first, tho boats lying at tho upper part ol
| tho wharyeB will BuBtain tue shock, aud tho d.
! nster might DO less dangerous and serious. Men
! Who haVo boon close observers say tint thoy
| hayo nevor known the situation moro uniayorG"
! bio for our vessels hero.
The damage, roughly estimated, caused at
this place. iB put up from 5150,000 to 5200,000-
There are about nineteen feot depth OF water.
Tie tloo OF leo stocked about this evening.
Then an hour later it commenced running agnin,
but ut D. N. tho rapid rising Of tho river re-
tardod the movement of tho ice, and indicated
eorge below at tho mouth Of the Groat Miami.
The chief loss is in coal bargoB torn loose at tho
lower landing and carried down the river and
probably sunkon. The Fifth street forry-boat
las beon torn loose and taken down tho river
since dark. It's fate is not known. Tho Btorla-
wheel steamer Kate Putnam struck at 7and sunk:
Tho wator is now III her cabin. Value Of tho boat
$4,000. She waB owned by Captain Brown and
| Insured for $4,000 i'll Cincinnati and Marietta
Offices. Tho littlo steamer Danol Doono has
been crowded ashore by tho Ohio No. 4: uaE
cabjn il uttorly smashed to splintors by sllo up
por guards Of Ohio No. l. Damage, s2O,o0o.
The steamer Wloe1or Messenger, an OLD boat,
worth s300o had one ot her ong!ncA ha4ly tsan-
agal by being crowded by tho boats Lying a!on5-
Bido nearest tho current in tho EiyoE. The Kitty
IIoglor has boon showed ashore, but tho rgc o1
water is iloating hor again. The barge Niglta~
| gallo sank EAo WAS worth 3lQ ,001.
About ono hundred bargea have been torn
loose and taken away; average yaluo, Sl,5
epch. Somo Of these barges may be recovered,
but it iB not probable that nlany will bo saved.
THO bargoa chiefly bolong to coal denlors, gna
: compauios, and stone doaors. Tho bargcs wcro
harburol at Lower Co9ington, wheie last "lntol
tloy escaped.
Later Intelligence shows TINT nearly all tbs
bargcs woro empty, and worry littlo conl WAS lo*t
Tho iosBen nro distributed n1nong great nuniae'
of persons. Tho Kate Robinson was owned bJ
: Drown, Hall & Dost and Curtis & Nyo, ali o.
! Marietta. Tho Mountain Boy, which sauk THU
, morning. is entirely unaer wator this afternoon
Tho Annie Laurie IL thought to ts @roatly OK
/ posed to tho oo Of ice fran Licking.
1t is expected tlat tho Licking will open to:
, night, which will probably l.nvu tho eNcct ol
ralnlng tho river four Two (net horo, and may
! 'ostroy every boat at tho landing. Tho fo''
+ bouts above broadway aro out OF roach OF dam
] expect II tonight with much apprehension.
At 10 O'Clock this evening tho leo had haral.
: stonpoa flowing hero, indicating to an alnio4
j. certainty gorge below. Several boats aro n'.
: ohored IN tic middle Of tho riyor, with (nlstoa'
0 on. Tho pressure on boatB,, driving uas'
: tho great "atow chains OF tho new New u
o loans wharf boat by pushing thoscalnors alonl;
/ sido against hor.
C1NolNaAT1, Dec. 31.-At half past 10 p. III
IL tho river gorgol hnd stopped running, but ut
/, fow minutes past II. 1t 1tRrtotl to nluyc Flow:
Il again. Tho droad Of results from tho ou:-lln
K Ct tho Licking, inoroascs Tho fli'
ii laud on tho Kentucky shore, oppusIto tho Iowa
ii pnrt OF tho City. About fifty bargcs Ahvo bcs
crushed to pieeoA nud scattered nlung tho sl.1'
on both sides Of tho rl'or III the lowor ratl
tho city.
II n 1t o'clock this morning, tho river was etil
~ aud tho Licking niY'g bud MT kqA Qat