Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-01

A Long List of Losses.
The Licking Deluges yet to Come.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 31.--About o'clock
the ice broke the steamers Mountain Boy,
Messenger, and Grey Eagle loose from the
foot of Walnut street, and carried them
down on the mail line wharf boat at the
| foot of Vjne street, sinking the Mountain
Boy and damaging the other two boats.
| The Mountain Boy. Is sunk to the boiler
deck and is held up by the ice. She is now
being wrecked; is owned by the Cincinnati
| and Ohio Packet Company, and valued at
$4,000; insured here against fire only. The
Messenger is crowded between the Noun
tain Boy and the Grey Eagle, and has both
sides of her after guards broken in, and her
| cylinder cracked. She is in bad condi-
tion, and it is doubtful if she can be saved.
She has four hundred and fifty tons of car
90. The Grey Eagle has her guards
smashed and is crowded on the wharf boat.
The Leonora, owned by the Louisville
Mail Line Company, landed mile or two
below the city and is fast in the ica. No
coal of any anount was lost here, though
several empty barges were carried away.
The ice stopped moving before Z o'clock,
and has not goreed since. As it Is still |
raining it is feared the ice will move again
any moment, when greater damage is ex-
pected. All the boats have steam up. If
| the Licking river runs out frgt, it is feared
the wharf viii be swept clean; VIII lie, if the
ice comes down from above first, the boats
| lying at the upper part of the wharves will
sustain the shock, and the di saster might
be less general and serious. Men who have
been close observers say they have never
known the situation more unfa vorable for
our vessels here.
Later Account.
The ice in the river here broke this morn
ing about O'Clock, and sunk the steamer
Mountain Boy, owned by David Gibson &
Co., of this city. The steamer Messenger
had her cabin and fender broken on the
larboard side, and her engine knocked out of
line. She had full cargo on board, which
| is being removed. The steamer Leonora
was also carried away and the Emma
Floyd, an old wreck worth about thous-
ard dollars, was swept away. A number
of coal barges and fats were carried away.
Night Report.
The damage, roughly estimated, as csus-
ed, at this port is put at from $4,000 to
| 100000. About 10 feet is the depth Of
water. The flow of ice Stacked about five |
this evening, and then an hour later COM |
menced running again. but at nine O'Clock |
the rapid rising Of the river, and the re- |
tarded movement of the ice indicated a
gorge below at the mouth of the Great MI |
ami.
The chief loss is in coal barges torn loose |
at the lower landing, and carried down the |
river, and probably sunken. The 9th street |
ferry boat was torn loose and taken down |
the river since dark; her fate is not known. |
The stern wheel steamer Kate Putnam was |
struck at Z O'Clock and sunk; the water is |
in her cabin: value Of the boat $4,000; |
owned by Capt. Drawn; insured for $4,000 |
in Cincinnati and Marietta office. The lit |
tie steamer Daniel Boone has been crowded |
ashore by the Ohio Nc. 4. Her cabin was |
utterly smashed to splinters by the upper |
guards of the Ohio No. 4; damage $4,000.
The stern wheel steamer Messenger, old,
worth $4,000, had one of her engines badly |
damae 10y being crowded by boats lying |
along sue the narrow curTent OF the river.
The KittIe Hegler has been showed ashore,
but the rise of water is floating her again.
The barge Nightingale has sunk; worth
$1,000. About hundred barges were torn
loose and taken away; average value 81 800
each. Some of these barges may be recov-
cred, but i IS not probable that many will
be saved. Tte barges Chiefly belong to
coal dealers, gas companies and stone dea.-
ers. The barges were harbored at lower
CoviDgton, where last winter they escaped.
Later intelligence shows that nearly all
the barges were empty, and very little coal
has been lost. The losses are distributed
among great number of persons. The
Kate Putnam was owned by Drawn Hall
and Best Curtis and Nye, all Of Marietta.
The Mountain Boy which sunk this morn
ing is entirely under water this evening.
The Annie Laurie is thought TO be greatly
exposed to the flow of ice from the Licking
but is not yet hurt, 1t is expected the
Licking will open tonight which will have
probably the effect of raising the river four
or five feet here, and may destroy every
boat al the landing. a few boats above
Broadway are out Of reach of damage from
th5 Licking break up. The boatmen ex-
pect it tonight with much apprehension.
st 10 this evening the ice had nearly
stopped flowing here, indicating almost GER
tsiDly firm gorge below. Several boats
are anchored III the middle Of the river with
full steam on. The pressure on the boats,
driving them ashore, has been so great IS
to bend and careen the great stanchions OF
the New Orleans wharf boat by pushing the
steamers alongside against her.
At 1890 the ice in the river gorged and
stopped runnir z, but at few minutes past
ii started to move slowly again. Dread of
the results from an outflow of the Licking
river increases. The Fifth street ferry boat
was thrown on dry land on the Kentucky
shore opposite tho lower part Of the city.
About fifty bargts have been crushed to
pieces and scatueed along the shore On
both sides of the iyer in the lower part of
the city.
The latest.
CINCINNATI, Jan. I, lS73-At o'clock
the ice in the river was stiR, and the Lick
ing river had not run out. "a
The Situation at PIttsburg.
PITTsBURG, Dee, S1.l-A light rain has
been falling since last night. Reports from
above state that the rain is general. If the
present rain and thaw continues there will
undoubtedly be aasre2k up in the rivers iu
the course of tWenty-four hours. The
IIss5Eozr-- ---~sAo aeon. The stnra ssyarhyq
indicate three feet four and half inches,
rising very slowly.
NLATER.-It rained last night and during
the day until late this afternoon. Reports
from above show that the rain and thaW
have been general. The river is increas-
ing very gradually, and has risen about
three feet Ten inches. The weather turned
colder this-afteInoon, the mercury falling
from 42 ts 81. A rise in the river, however,
is anticipated, and precautions have been
taken to guard against gorges. Several
boats have been dispatched to the pools 10
break up the ice, providing the prospects
for rise continue.
At Evansville.
EVANSVILLE, IND, Dec. 31.-There has
been slight rain since last night and the
dense fog is now lifting. The mercury has
been from SO to a. The river has risen
one foot. The ice is softening but is still
unbroken and is momentarily expected to
move.
REEMDITTC