, 1873-01-01

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nothing in tic world. Tho ' full fosrt Of a1, old
riyor mai, could lnd expression only in this
way: "Thoro Is no way Of aayiug 1t, but that
1t ia gonoral smaah-thatfa nll.'
Il Is tho ilrat event 9f tho sost recorded ~
tho oldest inhhbisnnt ,gooth not bacls to tho tino
when leo ran 70 thfckly In tho rlvor, AMI tllorn Ia
no record OF amaa!,-up Mt tho lovoo having
occurred ninco Do3oto crossed hero, noarly four
hundred yoaro ngo.
etasting ut tic mouth Of Wolf river, tho first
Indication of tho great obstruction canBu1 by tho
hugo leo wayo was eight coal tats sunk with
tcir t,, bows atiahing lp out Of tho water, and
bolow tho mouth OF Wolf Klvor, from wloro
thoy Ind been torn. "A number Of them woro
fnlly fadon with coal, and two Or three wero
bargcB belonging 10 Captain schonck, Of Veyay,
Ind, and Fortunately wore empty. Their
namos aro tho Sc',onck Number Six nnd
Vovay and wero injured to the o1tunt pnr-
haps Of th0asana 5 arosad doara thoy 1hg .nrr now
two hundred yards out Into the river, but whicl,
early III tho day was open 80 that tho iloat'1g leo
loarly touchca thon. Just below them lny n log
and was owned by john Font, OF this city; tho
logs woro made fast to tho bank by aa many
! lines MS could be procured, and had also beon
carried down from the mouth OF Wolf River.
| Immediately above them lnid m omp.y coal-llat
that had bcon driven clear uf tho Ice upon an nj
nost perpendicular bank, high md dry. Tho
trnnafer-boat II. G. Mutt had fortunately bcou
ploced In eafe harbor, Just above tho mouth OF
log raft mentioned was directly above.
TIE DRY DOuKH,
belonging to Captain W. 7. Walker, in n
measure protected tho docks from destruction.
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hundred yards, parting aoyoral largo hawBers
autl ono hugo chain. Tho docks wore worth,
perhaps, s125 900, and nro in great dnnger Of
being lost, should the ice again givo way abovo.
Between thcm and tho bnnk lay coal-bont bo-
longing to Brown d Jones, and containing 5000
buBhols Of coal, in whfcl, thoro wns large force
of mon at work trying to sayo whas t'ey
ia Soxe " axs ana anoSor force % e men ~as
kopt busy at tho pumps, but the wator
wns gaining on them rapidly, aud there wna but
little hope Of saving moro tlan fow hundred
fifty foot Of water. Another barge containing
Two OF three thousand bushels Of coal, owned by
tho Memphis Gaslight Company, lay just bolow
and partly submerged, In which, nlso, woro n
number Of at e wod carrying out the
crowded In by tho ice was the forry-boat Excel
Hior, owned by Captain Patterson. Bho was
jam1nea against Hat, and part Of her after
guards torn nway, but hor injurics will not
amount to orer $1,000, upon which, We learn,
there wap little or no insurance. Below her 10y
O dat TINT had be0n broken sQuaro in two by tho
icc Next in order was tho steamer
PAT u1.EnuRNE,
undergoing repairs, made necessary by collision
below hero Bolne time since, but fortunately for
lor ow1lor, Captain James Loo, ehe WAS injured
but little beyond tho breaking OF q few planlss
and tho jam she got against tho bnnk: Hor
guard aft Of tho WhoclhouBo, however, Tapped
Nall
lying just at hor Bteru, broke III her cabin,
crushed the lower works into splinterH, carried
hor smoke.Btack away and in fact, loft but littlo
Of her for her unfortunate ownors to look Mt. A
partly filed hor with water, and she will sink a.
aoon Us tho aupport OF tho Ice eivos way. All
there vas loft in her cabin Was taken out upon
the bank. She was worth perhaps s3,000. n,,d
next, somo in and somo out of tho water, that
cannot be saved. Next below liea tho
BELLE OF r1KE,
q large sidowheol steamer, built for tho upper
river trade, and but recently chartered BY tho
MomphiA l. St. Louis Packpt Company to run
during tho low water, and Ind r1ado but ono or
two trips. Hho started out from hore fow days
sinco with cargo of 748 bales Of comrrosucd
cotton, owned by Eastern spinnorB, to be reship-
hero ~ A1ossrs H g. Iiimball / Co., Charles r
Curtis, and others, aud worth, perhaps, S5o,0o0
The Bello Of Pike only got as far as Br.dloy'a,
howoycr. and was compelled to return on account
Of We es hsbo a Fl & s %heo 20 'nS hop e ao
woro parted whom tho ice can.o down, and carried
IN 1t to the foot Of Washington atreot where alo
.Tan caught among tho coal bargca and
ease e aeF aF's e Of si wS and snosr 0,s ifSS @
into her hull on tho ontado, and her
cabin partly demolished. She soon
bcsan to I'LL, md hor olicors cot to work. at onco
to get her cargo out upon the high bank, and
fEn dali
settling down docpor ovory moment. When
night aet in her entire cabin outfit had boen ro-
moved, and about five hundred balos Of cotton
had becn takon ont-aomo OF it being rolled out
hor. and upon its bow TINT stood up high over
another Hat, and from there rolled upon and
over tho deck Of tho II. p. Walt to the bank.
The forco OF tho leo carried tho upper works Of
projected sovoral foot over that toward tho
ehoro, and tho fiat that wont under her no
doubt broke her hull and timbers badly. In
fnct, IN old eteanlboatman remarked that aho
was tho Worst broken boat he had over seen.
sho will no doubt sottlo down md sink during
tho night. She was valued at 33D, 900, anil WAS
insured in Pittsburgh offices for two-thtrls VI
TINT amount.
FILE OF WRECKS.
At her storm thera Vere five or six nl-hnrgcu
aud ilata mixed up in all shupcA mud all hra by
tho Ice. which thero also extended soulo two
hundred yards into tho river, and waa a snlid
mass und1E tho water for ton or iifto0n feat,
Below tho bargcs, and crowdul upon tie shors,
was tho Btchmcr
n. r. WALT,
owned by Mcasre. Elliott ~ Miller, and recently
running In the White River trado from thin city.
Her hull is badly broken and twisted and Oh tho
other alle coal-bargo WIS forced oyor hor guard
and against lor boiors, tearing thom from
thoir places md bursting tile caLin-toor
up. It WAS determined by hor owners
Int 1nrfr F&f 1,nH
and oflice-hxturos, and everything TINT could 10
moved was takon out upon tho bank, leaving
only tho machinery on hoard. All llopos Of aav-
Ing her wero given up, and pho will doubtless go
to tho bottom or rpRet, as soon as tho bargos
that support her aud tho City Of Augusta aro
tDlton away. Tho Walt WAS valued at $40, 900,
and insured for S2i 1000 in Cincinnati, Wllooliug
and Pittsburgh offices. Hor consor1, the
CITY OF AUGUSTA, |
lay just outside. having boon, like tho Whit,
cnrriea down distance Of fifty yards, md had !