Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-01-20
rRIcID FREAKS.


A telegram from Cincinnati, dated last
Monday, says the present break-up OF
ice in the river has been one of the most
disastrous OIL record, not only at that
place, but at almost every point between
there and Pittsburg. The lowest estimat-
ed damage there is $3.50, 900. the highest
100000. The heaviest losses seem to
have been with the coal dealers.
There were rs loaded and 150 empty
barges sunk or carried away from land
ines at that place. Most of these not ae-
tually sunk have been left in such a con-
dition that nothing can be done for them,
and they will be eventually lost. 1t is
not certainly known whether there was
amy loss of life attending the breakup
at that point. though q number OF barges
that were swept away had men aboard
who have not since been heard from.
Two boats, half barge and half cott,ge.
which were used As Il family, habitatiOn
4
one of them escaped to shore on the NOV
ing ice, and the rest were eventually res
cued at points below the city. 4
A dispatch from Louisville, Of the same
date, describing the scene 1T that city,
says it is said that scene similar to that
presented by the Ohio ut this point to-
| I .oI DIT,
| fell all day and The fog w;is SO thick that
one could scarcely see an object 100 feet
away. The wharf WAS lined with people
all day. Gorgcd ice, varying in size
| from a wheel-barrOw .it0aa circus tent.
| floated down the river aud OYER the falls
the entire day. stretching from the KEN
tucky to the Indiana shore as far up and
down stream rs the.eye could reach. The
noise made by the ice as it proceeded
over the tails reseinb!ed very much that
| heard at Niagara, and, of the two scenes,
the one here is said to be equally as
grand. The grandeur OF the scene was
| increased by parts of steamboats,. dozens
of barges, flat boats, ratts., logs, lumber,
and many other kinds Of perishables, all
| heaped together and floating swiftly on
with the ice. Another report also says a
barge containing five men crying for
help went over the falls.
From Buffalo comes word of heavy
snow storm, which had so completely
blocked the eastern roads that no live
stock had been sent from that point to
eastern markets since last week Friday.
The New York Central railroad company
would probably not ship before Thurs
day. in.case no further detentions arc ex-
their stock cars are showed i'm OIL side
tracks of the road. On the Erie road
shipments would be very light for some
| few days, on account OF the shortage Of
cars and the heavy condition of the road.
At the East Buffalo yards there were 200
cars of cattle, GO of hogs and 35 of sheep.
Western stock generally was arriving
from 20 to "a hours behind time, and in
u bad condition.
From Chicago we hear that early
! Monday morning a heavy snow storm,
accompanied by violent northeast wind,
set in and had continued up to midnight
without abatement. That the railroad
trains had not been completely stopped,
but all of them had been delayed greatly,
and probably some freight trains would
be laid off that night. Advices from sew
eral states in the west show that the
storm is very general, and that from one
to three feet of snow was OH the ground.
The weather was moderately cold. No
disasters had been reported in any direc-
ton.
At Madison, Indiana, twelve barges
had been carried away, and over 100
barges had passed in the ice since day
light. A man named John Mclaughlin,
carr led away from Cincinnati at 10 o.
clock Sunday morning OIL coal barge,
had been rescued from cake of floating
ice by a party of men near Mammoth
Cave Park House. He left the barge ut
daylight, tried to reach shore on the ice
but failed, and had been floating on q
small ice foe.
The storm seems to have passed over
considerable portion Of the country, and
to have done immense damage to proper
ty, more particularly upon the rivers,