New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-04
WHOLE NUMBER 1850.

was valued at $1,000, and is a total loss. to-
gether with $1,000 worth of flour which was
on board. No insurance.
First Dispatch.
PITIsBURG, January 3.-The river, at Z
L. NJ, was eleven feet and three inches,
| aud rising rapidly. The mercury this after
noon was 40, and falling. A large amount
OF ice has been running in the MonoE
gahela, but has caused but little damaoa
The large number of coal barges at DIFF
terent points above are now out of danger,
and should the present favorable weather
continue they will be ready to leave for
the lower ports by the first of next week
The Petrolia, an old Allegheny towboat,
was struck by ice this afternoon, at the
wharf, and sunk, She is probably injured
beyond repair. Loss not ascertaned. The
Allegheny, at Oil City, is rising. with a
prospect for break up Two steamers
were sank at Rochester today by gorge
Second Dispatch.
PTTrsBTRG, January 3.-River rising
rapidly at $50 2. NJ with thirteen feet
nine inches water in the channel; has risen
two feet six inches since p. NJ. The Al
leghany broke early in the evening, and at
present is running out large quantities of
ice.
ST. LOUIS January 3.-After rising about
three feet, the river began to fall slowly
this afternoon. The ice above the bridge ia
still strong, and pedestrians continue to
cross, but the gorge at Carondelet is weaker.
A large field broke OFF last night and four
barges, three of them filled with iron ore,
were sunk.
Although the weather turned colder last
night WITH sharp freeze, which has con
tinued ever since, the opening OF naviga-
tion below here is considered near al hand.
The Great Republic offers to break "a pas
sage through the gorge for $4,000. The tow
boat Fisher is cutting away below and is
said to be making fair progress.
LOUISVILLE, January 3.-The ice has
been running very heavily since 1890 A. NJ;
the river is full of crushed ice, and large
number of immense foes are passing down.
The water is shallow on Weitzers dam at
the head of the canal, and the ice foes are
thoroughly broken up in passing over it.
The fields which pass down the chl0te be-
tween the wings of tho dam are broken to
pieces against the piers of the bridge or
crushed up in the falls; the ice is generally
porus and heavy, and floats deep.
coal barge containing about 5000 bush
els, belonging to Hyatt & Stone, was cut
down at the wharf this afternoon. Loss
about $4,000 The barge was towed up this
morning to supply customers. The hull of
the old Dick Fulton and one hatbOat broke
loose from the towhead this afternoon and
drifted down near the falls, when the tug
Magnolia rescued them.
| The water rose four and a half feet to-
| day; there is now seven and half feet in
| the chute and nine and half in the cana.
| Still rising slowly.
There is no reliable news from the coal
| feet at the Pumpkin Patch, but the general
impression is it will not suffer much If any
damage.
The ice scrapes the boats lying at the up
per portion of the river front, but passes
| clear of the boats at the levee
Captain King, of the Dove No ., arrived
this evening from Madison. He says the
gorge there broke at four o'clock this morn
ing, taking the General Buell. dowd mile
and sinking her. She is total loss. 1t
broke the Nat Williams to pieces, and sunk
her also.
The ferryboat pushed largo number of
| empty coal barges and some loaded ones
on the bank, making total wrecks of them.
The river rose there eight feet from eight
o'clock last night up to six O'Clock this
morning.
The loss at Madison ia as follows: Gen
eral Buell., $4,000; Nat Williams. $1,000;
ferryboat, $4,000, and coal and barges, $40
900. Total $4,000.
The weather here is turning colder, It
cleared up during the day. 1t is supposed
the Madison gorge will be here about nino
o'clock tonight 1t is looked for with con-
siderable anxiety.