, 1873-01-04

Destruction Of 1'ropcr:y from rcc-
Gorgcs on tso Ohio, A11c9l,nny, md
non1nEnElc1n EriycrH.
SErciat Dcspaich 10 The Chicago Tri5HH'.
C1No1asArr Jan. 3.-T'lio solitary topic Of ab-
sorbug intoroBt, ul,arol with Cincinnati by tho
whole Ohio Valley, has, Bnca Monday. boon tho
breaking up Of tho leo in tho river at t]lia place.
Tho move OF tho leo on Tuesday night lid, 1t
might be enid, all the damage suffered, AMOUNT
ing to s2o0,00o, rorl1aps moro, will, u bNro
possibility Of falling bolow that aun Before
TINT move Of ice the river in front Of tho land
ing, whore $500, 900 worth Of Btcamors aud other
rivor craft wcrB moored, VIA cloar Of ice
Afsor tho movo, for MI hour or two,
It stopped. and gorgod tho open
spaeo crossing tho -. riycr .:;e r, from bank M to
mp often six or eight fcot higfor than tho sur
faco This indicated tho grcat thickness Of tho
general mss Tho nroonA!o Mns great tho
a soanns ntS' of "o trv ae sss %sts Tsn
Of tho groat frozen rnaas, waa groat
Through tic mud lust night and today thou
aanda lay9 tongod to witness tho grand spec
whole brondtl1 Of tho river, moving IN IN TN
broken body, boundea by lines Of frac-
turo parallel with tho s1lorcu, and far
qno'sh n1yoa Sny to Gsso es ss %ho st0'iIs frrda ID
iio sboro I,t tho niors n tin rilro nj Nownort
sp l tIo oas s i o.g down L, nj from sboyo y osso
| inY tho danger to cralt@ To-day tho Licking
came out strongly. The danger from this river
lucky, rho shoots hor floating leo folds right in
aeroas tho Ohio RiYor. nnl into the boata at the
Cincinnati lantliry. Tie conditions Of thy dan
| gor aro TINT tho Licking. should riso first md
aim11ltnnoouslv with il. Th;s tiu1e tic riso aud
break calno first in tho Ohio by several ln,,ra.
No harm llna boon tlono from this droadod uourco,
md tho dnnror ID past.
flood coming down, mud 20 fcot Of water las
beon ronorfed in tie Nonougahola. Ali lie
otlor tributaries Of tic Ohio aboyo thin point
arc riHing anil coming out with TO-
n3ar1tahlo rapility. Tor tlroo thousand
foot along the riyor 'front.' md from ono to troo
go,nrcu back tho city is Uul,ioct to moro OF less
oyortlow in iirI utnros or water. This portion
Of tho city is devoted ALMOST exclusively to 1,,si
most exposed huyo con,,nonood roroyIng goods
to.tlay and 't to-niglt, ''0'' ''''S' 0~c>'''
4 rEac Of it. t., 80 feet 10 estimated for this
point, but tho frcozing weather md ainl may
rit,o will overflow moro or eua Of noarly nil tho
Ohio River towns,
rio damage ly tho broak-up, already roporte1
from pittubnrgh to Louisville. il roughly esti-
mntol nt near tlron huntlrod tllouunnl. At
Roaycr. To-day. inst bolow Pittsburgh. private
| nlylces etnLo tho sinking Of the to7yboat
IT, + Grncc. a totnl loss Of s,l0. 400 in
| eurance. MG, ,0OO, Tho little Btoa1nor Valid at.
Rnclcster. Pa. was sunk below Pittsburgh
Ali along tlo river coal boatg, most Of them
ompty, have beon torn loose anil carried away.
Empty conl bnrros nro worth 81 500 oach, n1tj
ioadod barsos aTo worth twice that amount, aud il
been n e lost St between between louisville and Pittsburgh.
yory small nronortion contniuoi nny coal.
From the fow telegranhio stations along the
river, md tho impossibilty OF obtaining intolli.
oof complete ncws Of tho oxtont of tic damage IL
ont of tho ouogtion. Very few wrecks hnyt
beon acon passing hero, wlfsh ia favorable in
dication. At Aurora, Ind, thirty-tlroo cou
harceB laye boon observed floating down will
thas icol 4"; tho broal5.',n waa not smultanoo,i
along tic river, It anpoors to ha7o begun hort
! fwcIya hnurs aooner linn nj uointB both above
md below tl,is city.
rhcro waa rroat i' nctiyity nm anong gl,innors til,
aftornoon. To-morrow tno landing viii prosen
m oxcee]noiv busy scene. TIo maximun
riso r viii probably VII liot be horo before Mon
Iav m;lli66n hnuholn of rnnl mr..
r~si rcsdv fo nnmn 1own from p;ttsburr1'
md throo millions from tho Knuuwh,
Wiror md most Of TIM I,ittsbnrrh conl vii
nrobably 70 on down tic riyor nat Louisville
flo honyiiest losory in tl.o hundroi coai bnrgo
swent nway from tho CimcinnNti landing var
the TttBmirch doalora.
GtSutyyATi' i'm. 3.-1'here ia nothing new il
river mattors horo @ since tho brealinp last night
eyceDt TINT tho mammoth Hharf-ppnt bplODEiut
, I to tho Soutnwontorn TRANSPORTATION Compan,
is lott on Shore, caused bv sudden fall III th
rivor' An offort is being n,alo to mil her on.
Tho eorgo at Madipop. Ind, gave way til
morning Carving tho steamer Gouoral Buol
? ! half a mile below, and sinking her.
Tho leo at Wheeling also gayo Way ninkin
thu steamer Carrie Brooks The eoryo at Nc,
Ail,any broke abol,t mi,lnight, do,g no damage
Tho cilannol at Eyansy,llo is comparatively cloa
to..1ay. ~ '''o 1>
> ria cbrouic1f's Touiav1o enecinl eays TIM
, about two hundred coal boats, bargns, an
, | ,yrccka ara moving with tho ico bolow Madiso,
ali tho corpos botwoon Madison md LouisyilI
inyo broken. rho river il rising fast, wit
, o;rht foot on tho Falls,
! frno leo in tho Licking Rlyos haa lust atartoi
C1Su1NNAr1 Jun. SHOWS from above ind
. catog yory l,igh river coming down. Tho Lick
imr River is running out heavy ico, aud q larg
nuInbor of looso saw logs this afternoon, hut I'll
: leo iB soft and brokoi. I'horo are no addition
damages to tlloao nlroady reported. Two G
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