New-York tribune., 1873-01-21

AN ICE GORbE IN IHF otub
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20.-The ice gorge IN the
schuylkll below Manayunk continues and the water Is
flooding all the mills and houses in the lower part Of
Manayunk. It Is feared that when the ice breaks away
it will damage the dam at Fairmount and cut of por-
ton OF the water supply or Philadelphia.
FREsHET IN MARYLAND.
HAyRE DE GRACE, Jan. 20.-The ice has
gone from below the railroad bridge, and for about a
mile above the bridge on the side Of the Island"
On the side the ice extends nearly down to the
bridge The ice is gorged between the Island" and the
lower end OF Port Deposit and the back water foods
Port Deposit There is five feet OF water between the
from submerged dwellings through windows. The quan
tity OF ice IN the river il immense.
Rock RUN. via PORT DEPOSIT, Jan. 20.-A temporary
telegraph Office has been established bere the operator
having been forced to abandon his office In Port De-
posit in of flood. The platform in front
OF the office was carried by the water soon after
he left He forced TO take 10 the hills so as to reacn
this point. The people Of Port Deposit were leaving
their houses Many had removed in boats, aud 1t
is feared there has been loss OF life.
THE ICE IN THE POTOMAC.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-TO-day, as on Satur-
day. vast amounts OF ice continued to float down the
Potomac without cessation, and many were attracted to
the witness the The ice in the George
town Channel began to form into jam above the bridge
as early as Friday and the entire channel from the
bridge to a point opposite Arlington and extending TO
the flats, is now clOgged with ice and dIlftwood Otd
river men heard to remark yesterday that 1t was
the worst ice jam they ever saw IN TINS river.
A SLIGHT FALL OF SNOW.
There was a slight fall of snow, yesterday,
but otherwise the atmospheric conditions varied little
from those Of Sunday. dispatch from Hudson, N Y,
states that the railroad bridge at Stockport which was
washed away by the reshet Saturday has been re
constructed and that between and a. M az e;st iDo
loaded freight passed over IT, Trains onhe huoson
River IA well as on other railroads leading from this
city, will on time, to-day. street traVei was
obstructed less YESTERDAY than on previous days n
An inquest by Coroner Keenan,. on the body or WASH
Andrews, l6 or NO. llS west
ST. who died from injuries caused by mass OF snow
and ice falling upon his head from the roof OF the build
ing No Broadst Jan g. resulted in verdict OF cen
sure against the and essees OF the building Tor
allow the and ice 10 remain upon the rooi III an
insecure condition.
GOVERNMENT REPORT.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFfcEsri
WASHINGTON. d. C., Tuesday. Jan. a. l8IS-la III.
SVnOpsts for the Ddsi hoentu-f,ar hours
The barometer has fallen from the Gulf
and south Atlantic coasts to the lower lakes and lower
Michigan being quite low over Northern ILLINOIS, Sohlh-
ery Winds cloudy weather. ana Bnt sho" aic NV pio
yailing over New England
soufh-easterly and southerly winds. partly cloudy
weather. and rising temperature over the MIDDLE oouth
Atlantic and Gulf States. with areas OF gn snow over
the northern portion Of the former 49,,
Rain ia now falling from Missouri to Ohio and Ken
tucky but north OF this region, cloudy weather. WIN
areas of light snow. - ,..
For ngland and the Middle States, falling bar
onetr rising temperature. fresh and brisk easer 10
sontherly Winds cloudy weather and rain. except pos
sbly snow for the northern portion OF the former.
For the South Atlantic and Gulf States ght 10 lresh
souherly winds, rising temperature,
cloudy weather and rain areas the Winds VoertnR 10
westerly and north-westerly over the Western Gulf
States with falling temperature and clearing weather.
For Illinois Wisconsin, and westward, rising baronl-
eter falling temperature fresh 10 0rlsk hoftmry 10
westerly winds and clearing weather; these eondtons
Tennessee, and Kentucky accompanied oy areas OF
light snow over the upper lake region