The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-15

ARRIVED.
Steamer James Fisk. Paducah.
Susie Silver, New Orleans.
G. w. Anderson, Nashville.
}. w. Gaff, Memphis.
DEPARTED.
Steamer James Fisk, Paducah.
Grand Tower, Vicksburg.
i. w. Gafi, Cincinnati.
RIVER AND WEATHER.
The weather was warm and pleasant
until between two and three O'Clock in
the afternoon, when a cold north wind
began to blow. and at the close OF our re.
port, O'Clock, it was 10 degrees colder
than at three O'Clock i'm the afternoon.
The decline In the river in the "a hours
ending at five O'Clock last evening, was
5 % inches. The water marks 3 feet 3
10 ches on the gauge.
1HEICE GORGE DISASTER.
The loss by the breaking of the ice
gorge at st. Louis proves even greater
than was at first believed. Among the
boats destroyed was the Centennial, a
new boat, laying at the wharf at st. Louis
receiving her hrst cargo. The total loss
to steamboat interests will not tall short
OF $3.50, 600. Nothing has been heard
from the boats In the Mississippi between
Grand Tower and st. Louis, but it il
feared that az least some OF them will be
lost.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Colorado is loading here for
Vicksburg, and expected to get away on
Saturday.
The Susie Silver is reshipping her
freight to st. Louis by rail, and will re.
load here for New Orleans. Her pilots
report 81 feet as the best water between
here and Memphis.
The barge sunk by the Coal Hill at
Presidents Island is reported to be direct
ly in the channel, and there Is only 80
feet around it.
The Dick Fulton and barges are all off
the bar at Point Pleasant, except the Ons
sunk
The Atlantic and bargcs were all
aground at Point Pleasant when the Gaif
lett, and she met the Bee at Columbus
taking barge down to light her.
The Can has fine trip of passengers
| and freight for Cincinnati.
The c. W. Anderson, from Nashville,
brought 737 sacks of wheat for Cairo, and
| tons big and % tons bar iron tor st.
Louis.
Harry Steine, clerk OF the Chas. w.
Morgan, arrived late in the evening with
the tow boat Dick Fulton, to get barge
of fuel for the Morgan, and reports that
boat aiioat and ready to proceed.
JACKSON ROCs.
OF all the rocks on the Grand Chain
perhaps none were more dread in sea-
sons of low water than that known as
jackson Rock" 1t was constant
menace to pilots, and once over the
chain and beyond jackson Rock, not
only the pilot but all the officers aud
crew Of the boat felt relief.
The United States government
officials sometime ago ordered the rock
to be removed, and the Charlie Hill,
Hiram Hill master and diver. was EN-
ployed to do the work. A month or six
weeks ago the work was commenced;
and after twenty-five days constant labor,
fragments OF stone weighing in the aggre-
gate upwards of 20 tons were taken out
and removed entirely of the chain
the great bulk of it being brought to
Cairo by barges. Lieutenant. Weston,
superintendent OF the work, reports the
work OF removing the rock complete and
satisfactory. Lieut.. Weston gives Mr.
Hill high praise for the part he took in
removing the rock. Mr.. Hill has had
many Years eNpe rience in the
wreckng business, and under
stands il thoroughly. He has
been in the business since 1871. and
knows almost every crook in the Missis-
sippI river from ST. Louis to New Orleans,
anG in the Ohio from Cairo to Cincinnati.
When The Charlie Hill, with Hiram Hill
"a master, undertakes to remove an OBJ
struction it must be something harder
than stone Ii it successfully resists them.