New-York tribune., 1873-01-01
ICE DANGERS.
SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE AT CINCINNATI.

SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 81 EARLY this morning the
Ice broke the steamers Mountain Boy, Messenger and
Gray Eagle loose the foot OF Walnutst and car
ried them down the mail line wharfpoat at the foot
Of vine-st sinking the Mountain Boy and damaging the
other two boats. The Mountain Boy Is sunk to her
boiler deck is held up by the ice she Is beng
wrecked. She Is owned by the Cincinnati ana Chilli
Gothic Packet Company, and valued at s9oooi insured
here against fire only The Messenger Is crowded be-
tween Mountain Boy and Gray Eagle and has both sides
and aferguards broken n and her cylinder cracked
She IL bad condition. and IL is doubtful II she can DO
saved. Four hundred and fifty tuns OF cargo are on
board the Messenger The Gray Eagle has her guards
smashed and is crowded on the whsrf-boat The Leo
nora owned by the Louisville Mail Line Compery,
landed mile two below the city, and is FAST In the
ice No coal of aliy lost here, though sew
eral empty barges carried The Ice stopped
moving before O'clock and has not gorged since AS
It Is still raining 1t Is feared the ice will move again at
any moment when greater damage is expected AL the
boats have steam up.
l0p. m.-The damage by ice on the river to-day Is
roughly estimated at from stooo TO $4,000 The ow
OF ice sackened at about p. m, but about an hour
afterward 1t commenced running again. At p. N. q
rapid the retarded the movement of the ce
The gorge reported below s probably at the mouth Of
the Great Miami The chief loss is in coal barges torn
loose the Lower Landing and carried down the nyer
and probably sunk. i
The Fiftht ferry mas been loose since dark
and taken down the river.
The stern-wheel steamer Katie Putnam struck by
ice and sank. The steamer Is valued at $4,000 insured
for se.0oo
The little steamer Daniel Boone crowded with ice
and her cabin smashed in. Damage $4,000.
The stern-wheel steamer Messenger had one OF her
engines badly damaged by being crowded by boats lying
alongside.
The Kitty Heger has been driven ashore but the rise
Of the river is floating her again.
The barge Nightingale, value 81 900, has sunk.
About barges averaging in value 800 each, have
been torn loose and carried away. A few Of these
barges may probably be recovered. They were nearly
all empty. The Mountain Boy is entirely under
water 1t is expected that the Licking River win open
tonight which viii probably swell the Ohio four or five
feet may destroy every boat at the landing At 10
dcates gorge below. Several boats anchored in
the middle OF the river with full steam
1880 p MAT 1890 p the ice in the river gorged,
aud stopped RAINING. few minutes past IL o'clock 1t
commenced to move slowly again.
The Fifth-st. ferry-poat thrown the Kentucky
shore opposite the lower part Of the city.
About so barges have been crushed to pieces and scat
tered along the shore both sides OF the river below
the city.
t THE DANGER OVER AT MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 31.-All the shore ice below
Wolf River disappeared last night large quantity of
ice running in the river and 1t is believed that the
gorge Randolph has broken bat the ice has sofened
SO much that further danger Is apprehended. The
boats at tho levee loading and preparing to leave