The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-13
STEAMBOAT DISASTERS.
Destructive Ice Flood in the
Mississippi.

Sr LOUIS, December l2.--At an early
hour this morning there was n rush Office
from some point north oi here, which
forcing on the ice m the hsrbor opphsii"
the CITY carried il dpwn stream
with great power, taking siong
several steamers lying NJ the hank
on the southern part oi the city. 30 tar
A. known, the Fannie h reuSn, An llll-
nois river boat. is sunk opposite the ar-
senal and will be wreck the South rn
Bell and Jennie Ba ldwin, small boat,
are also sunk ia the same place. The loss
cannot be stated, but will not be heavy
as they ara small boats. Among the
other boats carried down by the current
and ice are the Centennial, Alex. Mitch
eli, Minnesota, Bayard and Davenport.
but their whereabouts are not Yet known.
The river is supposed 10 bo open far
south.
A reporter, lately from the arsenal,
gives additional particulars OF tho de.
tructiun OF the steamers this morning,
IL appears that nearly all the boHts olthn
Kcokuk and Northern line were ~ win
ter quarters AZ ar near the company
ship yards, between Anna street snd III"
arsenal, and were supposed l"
Ie secure from damage. when
the Ice started, these steamer,
when forced from their moorlhg..
and carried down. The War Eagle ard
Golden Eagle two large and valuable
boats. were forced on shore "pposIt" I'll"
arsenal wall, in such N msnner m 1"
! block the passage, aud tho other Ioa's
were crowded IN and caused
complete lam. At 3 =. N. the bom'
iav IN about the following order
At the uppsr end of the arsenal wall IT,"
Jennie Baldwin, bow on shore aud stern
singing slowly, Lake Superior and al"h.
! Mitchell. The Centennial, anew boat
which has not yet made trip, WAS
! crushed between the latter and I'll"
! ANDY Johnaon. Then th" B.Aard, Nh
| old boat with her deck crushed b"lu"
! --the,r were the Rock Island aud
| Davenport both pretty old snd not "l
! much velue-then lay the War Eagle,
valued 81 100000. with the uosr OF brr
cousort. the Golden Eagle, Of equal
value thruf' through her larboard
after guard. The latter was partly
! forced on the rocks on the shore and WA.
! hagged up under her boilers and her
knuckle plank broken. Below wcr" ihe
| Red Wing. North Western, Rob Roy
aud Minneapolis lying with their bows
10 the bank aud apparently but little hurt
| At =. NJ. the ice again moved, crush
! ing the boats still closer together ard
doing additional damage The Bayard
..4I UFI .H
| Island on examination, was found L.
have one wheel dropped down aud tho
guards torn up
Again nj o'clock =. ". was another
move Of ice which pressed against the
boats with tirrIic power, Snd forced
| them sti' further down. CrusbIuirE
! the guaris upper works hnh
wheels and doing great damage. A ball
! hour later the ice started agaln. hnl
| there was another crash and It'll
! closer iarn. The starbOafd wheel and all
! the starbOard guards Oi the War Eagle
were carried away, and she began -
| leak. The hull Of the Mitchell VA
stoyci in. and she filed, but her pD,r.
| ton prevented her from settling. ~
Q r. ". the Davenport sunk ~ 10"
| meantime the Rob Roy aud Northwest
ern. which ~crc uhIuiurrd, raised steam
and the Rcd Wing and the MlnneDPOll'.
with no barge, were pulled out and
tskon ~ the bar. about three quaf.eis "i
. a mile below the srsenal, where they
were considered saie. The zee novel
again n. $50 snd again al 1913 th" r..
/ suit being that the Mitchell
was crusheI near 80 the Piyerf and
forced against th" Centennial 20 n I"
t.i.r away her upper work work To"
| ic, wss now pilrl uP from ten 20 iiiie'n
/ feet high. Nar pressure Wa trcnsn-
/ dous ALl2 y'clDck there wA prOspsc.
/ ihot the fuls Of the Centennial ahh
| Johnsou would be saved. and
4 that the War Eagle snd Colder
/ Eagle would be- secured N
yary broken condition, unle., 20" water
i.ls and leave. them high snd dry. Thr
/ riy,r b"lOw the boats Is clear 81 re, MI,
/ 'hsy alor" prevent IL from running. Al
I thr-a bOats belong tp the ReOkuE aud
Northern line with th" exception
Of the Centennial, which IL owned
| by Thpms- l. Davidson. and cost siO,Cp.
No Accurste statement Of the Joe. car
! b. given. but &, IL roughly estimatsi Al
/ 500 900. The Keokuk Northern I'm"
have no insorance on their Deats.
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