, 1876-12-14

tho heavy fields from above pressed eAal1sG i,
pi!inR high and packing Il solid; ino hiie .se
furtheet north Of tho ileot, was THO flrst TO
yield to thu pressure, and sho 6n0n began 70
settle down at tho storm into fifteen icct OF
watcrt
The other boats were all more OF less DIM
aged, but II tho mischief l,ad stopped there tho
tlisastor would not hayc hccn very great. Ihero
was, however, cessation OF mischief Of a1cw
Tic ncns did not como up .ow,, quite as
quickly ~ might havo been expected, but at
o'clock the air was quito fntl Of tho affair. A
Republican reporter started Immediately for tho
inK at tho Arsenal ut shortly before ? O'clock
1AnoH CROWD OF CURIOUS PEOPLE
had Enther0d aud were gazing on The ruin Witt
az interest TIM. ATTACHES to fey eyonts. The
About lOo yar1s rortf, Of tho Arecna1 wall,
noorgd ly strong cables, lay Tho Jennie Ball A.
WIN, tho l.akc Superior, and tha Savannah. INC
above stated wns partially under water. The
T,ako Superior bore evidence Of great pressure
antl collision, her stcrn being carried away. The
Savannah WAS also badly wrecked. Directly
nsct in hopc'es. tanglc. Along the shore were
the two elegant steamers, War Englc aud Golden
Eagle. tho fonncr being the most nortl.-
crly. They had been forced upon tile
rocks, mud their sfdcs formed an almost
Golden Eaglc hetng thrust through tho after
9tinrd OF the War Eagle. The large Steamer
Alexander Mitchell Ley with !icr noao almost
touching that Of tlle War Eaglc, but with Acr
stern far out IN the river. The tHo boats 1h1s
formed m anglo Of about aixty, degrees, inside
OF which were crowded livc other boats. lsll-
medlately aouth Of tile Mitchell, With her nose
wei! up II inc ahG!ct W9s tho tehten1llnl, bcau-
next abreast vas tho steamer Andy johnson,
next abrcust was the Bayard, small, Wcil-Worn
stcan,eri, next abreast WIS tho Rock islandt
also s1nall and ulso Old but ~ good worklng or-
der, nevertleless; and then atlil abreast "aa tao
Golden Eagle. .,
II VIII bo seen from, this TINT TUG Alex.
h1ltcncil #a8 In aaClt q po8lS!0h as to fcceife
. TIA fuLf nhuHT og TIE PRESSURE
OF ihe ico-hellt anu to TRANSMIT 1t III turn 10
each OF the other boats. ,--.-...
were incurred. They Wero tho lscd wing, tho
Morthwestori, tbe Rob Roy, and the MtnneaEo-
is: Inclr positlon was suctl lint, shonlu tho
body Of the aeot 5ust described be aRain torn
from ITS lnoorings, IT must sweep down anu
crush them, % the ice kept II over against tIs
vest bank and madd 1t Impossible to clear theE.
Rcal!zing this danger, the employees had started
urea n ne rope Or raising steam II time 10 70
enable tho boata 10 back down with tho iIc
wlirn It should move, or, 4 posetelc, to break
thT3uea M aila ASSIST t!ic noats1 IN nstress. .,
heid OF Ice again began to move slightly, anu
WltA .-.....
An oAfHore cRAoKl1ad
tho outer worss Or tue boats IN ne lceta
yielded to the terrific pressure, the whole Iect
moving d9Tn meanwtiiic. Alter Alter tilsy naa gong
fey yards, there was another lodsnent and
ma!Ied until s:45 o'clock. the omployes tnea'l-
while Golug through tho boats to note any leaks
that might be sprung, and to 90 what l!ttle
they could to better nattefe. At the hoHr last
aae Gd thg se
<tno tremendous power OF natural fnrces M1 that
have eyer occurred tn y. Louis Iho move
Meht lnaugntatcd GcaKlnE NJ; lnaieatiHs sLral1';
Ihte Rrew into poppng, Mke INC aissnafge .a u
TREMhsDous noAR.
Ono could imagtnu Tint ten Thousand men we're
ut work With hammers on sone rcsoundiils
Metals, nhs!'lo TUG noots. 20 tS.Tiae Was tne
noise. Iwo'inch cables snappeu llRc yarn, aild
the broken cnls iow oack WIN sulliSlcat tnrsc
70 cut snoft the Ato OF any nulnan thae msEht
happen to po IN tue way, HaFa-Woou tlnGefs oyer
nine Inches square seemed oI no more ciiee!
y, ao agan. tsa ma,
for passage room. Ihgro Was 10 &c commotol i
Visible only SLOW equal motion o. tho lnnocent.
looking cxpanac, ,wh!ci!! seemed as though Il
ought to stop at ne slightest rcsistanec; but
stand. = !,
The Bayard and tho Rock Island, being the
smallest and oldest 6oats, were
THE V1Asr VICTIMS,
and men stood amazed to soo bow their guards
and Whcol.houses, and cabins gaYe wy nelort
tho pressure a couplo of bargcs that nau got
ten between two OF tho bonts wofo lltst 1oFcet
one on top OF tic other, and then crushed ints
atoms. Several 8klfta assanncafcn as tho1sE
matie OF paper. Tue splehu!d Goats FORMING
tho shore llnb tf1ctt u Gimp IMrthef upon tht
shore. The war Eagle had hcs knuekle,plas'!
broken consdnra0ly' o ana Wss "noGgsd ECU up >
were applied TO keep her from breaking IN two
g., dlsastcr whtel was ssiousIy Threatened
Tho eutlro feet seemed to 90 engage!
IN, desperate endoayor to climb upon oaci
other, and tho result, even to the Btrongea
bouts, was the loss Of most o. tl.olr cute
wfrks. The feet moved slowly down, and tn
destruction Of the, four eoats beiow seenact
about to bo accumulated: The roar suddenly
died away, however, aId tho leo had
:. FOUND ANOTHER 1.onoAEsT: -.
Half an hour later tho grand spectacle was re
pcatcd. and In moment alter tue oeytnnlng
| ft1A FnnpnH1pnt the HAYnftt WnR crushed tEt0