, 1876-12-13
The Ice Comes Down at st. Louis
and Creates a Gorge.
d Number Of Valuable Steamers Caught
In the Jam;
And Arc Crushed TO Pieces Like So
Many Cockle.Shells.
The Aggregate Loss Estimated
at 100000.
GREAT Ic:E.aORGE.

ondeict, ~hef faieed inc river N NJ 81. touls tlat.
oot atout tafeo ieee, Iuo ~ ~ ~. ~ .4te' nca,
thc MISSOURI saofe commcnccu ~ 'aose a''u
eanso lusmng aown VIII aeasnc 'o,.s' s... ea.s.aR
hampes .ol vessels unplepateu, aru cat'JMs
toeH. away Dlstfe1s malst4ee "e41 olo"n' r aa.u
great eScitement presa'eo on 1.'e levees. A4c
course ot the ice was somewhat singular. ~
down suddenly and mSs' =. . my
1nr Aka eolId Icc. which cxtonded
uef WIZ eo'u ~, "I4 - 1,,,s
as iar up as oeSona .e,ets1n f, oasrs ,
b. eoonou eat HS four Steamers have
ready down Chief smonE tho ,.s bouts sunk
- tho seeAnlei iaiuy no's'I' .ps,. susu " ~
rom aer moosnnga anu sat,. ssnx oppusso ".s, ,Me
tatnel BY tho Ice, but lies In probably not less
] thnn fortv gcet ~ vatcr. Thc yaluo OF tno
tn'h io'sy .eIs =. .,..,n1 ...,.,.ad =. frar
keenes inay 20 roughly estmasea ea a. Iron
.nnk tho Southern nes Go.on @ no'eaz, eanno ot
.ne The honts takc awav bv tho
ice were landed out In n group, and those not
vt nunk nre said to be still near together. An
sarn.oia ~ .,n,xuo ia thc JcnnIo 13aldwn. The
Baldwin BALDWIN /. worth Somewhere between 600 and
liver but not vet reported Us seriously injured
orc tho Minnesota, tho DayafJ, and others. In
aadi,ton @ ~ n 1orvc nunohcr oY burrcs, the sa.
vannafl has gone down. The i!tt'e south snorc'
belonging to Capt. Simeon Mayo, Which wAs
moorcu at tho head Of the island, Was ralsed
o,,t nf lin river md east on tho shore, where
se is a present ynE nig and sIt ry hr an
Ing 9'ss to te v W., ,Sn ,aina S ~ to
EMasa II % es ~, ~ nhnn.o {nr ~ hrr r. Ia saveS
TlYer' anGio y no dsnas A1r ncss s = ths % Ivsr
should agat4 rlsc saincienty 70 see neE IT, aoai: ho
ing eoneh Eagio Was stuveu w ~ W n t!,o 1fta TI
and u almost entirely out Of Tatsf' @ atn Inc osnh ~
ana nef i.e's1t a'e sa,e, Mooa Sarbns' n Cant @
smith .t arrived m from . s,c; ;r Gc,nsssteys ,ss1e
TspoEie l!at inc RIVER Is Eoissu it2In .n,H "
Thcste , ats n vg thu foot o
thn me at,aa loo~'n ara baiy % damnasl and vii! slek
ss soon y tbs is9 aai m9ves 1"3vs Alexander o
MitenGi, Geniena. Mos4 a naqy onI
a4on, 4, W. & Eag,e' davenport AaAo oup's'of' "uu
JACOB faritnn,: ~ N. ,p>.,<rn A,,ac,a,.d p,.,..
te 81 irsea piyss s additional patticlats oi @ tho
asst tr,,Stinn nhY steamers thfs rnornnr: II M
,,eors that nrnr1v Mi tia boats Of tiie Keokul;
Sorthcrr @ Inc werc In winter ouartcrs at or near
street STR ipl md tle Arsenal, md supposed to bo
secured from damage. When tic tco started
fhcsc STEAMERS wcTe forced from their tuoorinrs
and % carried down stream. Tho War Eagle and
tnp"ea On sors sSu opnoSItc tho Acpa ,9al tu
smch n manncr "a to blork Tho passage,
and tho other boats crowded II, and caused
n rnmnieto Inn. Al 8 D, N, tho boats lay In
eGs hs s aSe a1 e
| IN shora md sinking slowly; at hor
@ andcr Mitchell, tho Centennial, a riew boat
Which las not yet made trip, crushed
H. s" Havn1d. nd nm old Id craft, With her forward
o1,srds oTu sna dscIs crushed Below there wos the
Hha"i, u" 1si.nd and nsvrnoo1t. hnth nrntty oiI
aad and not % q great value. ~ Then 5 lay tho va
nnsn 1.as'' of her consort. tho Golden Eagle,
n",o,,v volnahle, thrust through hcr lnrboard
l altcr.a,,ard. Tic latter was forced on tho rocks
ose clov t9 Ro Rov and Msa the
] nr"nnii. ivipr with howa At the bank,
ana nn;a,orentiv Init Httie hurt. Ata ., n,'
~ ~ tatrnt n1veI cr,,shnr tho boats stiii
cinscr tnrrthcr. md doinr aadItional damage,
T'1,o i,arnrii WIN almost compietelY dcstroySd,
anI n1 thn Rocf Island. on cxaminatiou, woa
found to have ono wheel dropped down and
guards torn up or broken OF Agaln
81 Ice! which pressed against the boats Will
tcrrii1t' noWer. md forced them slill further
down, crushing guards, upper works, and whcels
and and lioinr grcat ian,aae. X hali.hour later the
m mice started again, and thsrs WIS another crush
i ali te b starhnard Guards Of tic War Eagle wers
"srr.d % "wus' md shn hc9un To loak, fhe hui
nf nm Mttci!rlI ,Sus stoye In. and sho Oiled, bu
1,er nnsition pfcycptcd hcr iIo1n settling to til,
hnttnnm n'o"
''s, aIn,t q o,c,oce 4o-nfrht tia nayennort sunk
Meantime the Rob Hoy and Northwestern
Which, were !niured, raised steam, and tho Kctl
Wsos ".n ILL.,! ate4 ,,t "sa. nn tsn", ~ th
Ms.' pu a,nr.or Wus ~ ~ 'aA' n,,e he,ny
tha' pn' 4.nn" wbsrn thnv xc,e ronsi'lcrcd snSe
Tha II" sec m.,y, aeain ~ Rajf.nuat j. sni aaa,n
Stytiha,i wss cr,,si,sil nearly L. ntcrcs. nn
forced against the Centennial 10 Us to ten
AWAY almost all her npper-worka, The ic
Maa now piled up from ten 70 h1Ecen 1eet n'gu
1nc tn',t H. ,rnsr""t o.. ,b,t t, bu,,
of ths Centennial aud Andy johnson viii b.
saved, and that tho AYar Eagle and Golden Eagl
may he rescued n very broken @ sona'tion, u.
1888 tS walef ta!s my ieS9et et tae ,aar - ~ ~
a1y .on ns ,,n9c tacf rgevc,t Il frorn runntr,Ts
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