, 1873-01-01

md lor guard crllnl,otl nntl her wheel crowded
ovor the upror guard Of tho wharfboat, crnmb-
ling tho wheel ntltl wIeel-arns, md wns othor-
wiaO injured TO Hucll nh oxtout that ello will ho
wrecked whore al,o is. I1or chimuoys woro both
cnrrlod away, and 4 small wharfboat, lying
hotwnen l,ar and tho nhoro, WIS ooui-
plotoly crus),nl to anltntors Tho offcora of tho
Ally Da,lm think tint ono of tlloir linoe VIVA out
wlicl, It wns faatencd, and wont whizzlng past
/, . l.aad OF lor Captain. Ono Of lior pios way
elightly brnlAed and foil into tho river, hut waa
clurt md bafkoopor wore bruised slightly tn thoir
ofrorts To snvo tho boat. Sho haa conl barge
pnrly under lcr .torn, md lost, aa wo haye Just
le.rnod noarly al l,or Ifgging, anchor. blocka,
bont owned by Ito Cincinnati & Memplila Packet
Company WAS crowded down fifty yards. l1cr
| outside guards voro crushed, and lor after
and insured In Cinoinnau for $4,000. Aho Ind
but littio frelsht on board, and notno Of t! waa
knocked ovcrboartl, but recoyored 81 900 will
Coyar her loss.
THE SMALL wnAnrnoA7
| lying next below was crowded. up on ehoro hnd
Ind her bittB broken, Tho Arlington lny Just
below tho wlinrfboat, loaded with fftoon hum
drcd baloa OK cotton for Cincinnati, md, not
wi1hatandipg that ale had sovol. hawBcrB out,
soourod. | sno e"s way Injured but iii littlo ata md
five hundred dollars will coyer her ose. sho Is
In rittshnrgh and Wheeling for forty-tlyo tlou-
annd dollars. all OF hor linea wore broken. Tho
Glasgow lay noxt below, with largo cargo of
sugar and 1noassos, but loat none Of 1t, and WAS
injnrod by tho st. Francis being crowded over
hor guards md crlang llcr )arboan, cabin dock,
but can DO repaired for about QUO thousand dol
lars.
THE sT. FRANCIS
lost portion Of hor wLoolhouse and came near
n@fd n at In 1ru n
fire wns e1tingn!sllcd, howovor, bcforo my gcri-
oup injury was done. Tho other boata lying at
tho landing were tho LawEenoe,. Ashland, A. J.
White, Ffank Forrest, Mary Miller, and tho 7:
thom were injured aoriously. THO Fl. 9. Yacger
was on tho opposite aido Of the lying at iho
bar, and as fur as we could lonrn wnB not in
1uroa. Tho tow-boat Clipper, lying just above
at the bank By tho James Howard. apparently
uniniurol. Some thirty produce bouts. lying
below the foot OF Union stroot, escaped without
injury;
Since writing the above, tho Jnmcs Howard
has succeeded in pulling tho City of Augusta
from hor periloua position, and sho HOW Hos he
low tho Walt, and will DO haved ,inloss, another
tco-Ware should como down. That, too, B OK
rectod BY eomo, as It Is thought tint only n por-
tion OF tho gorge at Randolph las given way
and tint also portion Of tho Columbus gorge
hng not yot passed.. This mny DO true, az ut
ANOTHER ACCIDENT.
On tho 25th, the atoamor Ooloato, Owned By
Charles II. Foster, Of Now Orleans, wns atruck
by tho leo at Ashport, above Randolph, and
noarly one aide Of hor cabin torn away. Tho hull
waaa also broken, land, with hor cargo Of cotton
and corn, slo gunk to tho hurricane roof, her
officers and crew baroiy escaping with their lires
sho was worth $4,000, and Insured in New
Orleans. Her cargo waa for this city, and was
worth $4,000, upon which thero WAS but littlo
insurance.
Up to o'clock this morning things woro un-
ohAnEcd at tho leYNe.