Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-15

left the barge at daylight and tried t
reach shore on the ice, but failed. an,
has since been floating on a small io
Zoe.
CINCINNATI, January l5.-The presen
break up of the ice in the river has bsel
one of the most disastrous on record
not emily at this place but at almost ever,
point between here aud Pittsburg. Til,
lowest estimated damage here is tw,
hundred and City thousand dollars, ant
the highest is four hundred thousand
The heaviest losses at this writing seeml
to be with the coal dealers. There wer,
seventy five loaded and one hundred ant
fifty empty barges sunk or carried away
from the landings at this point. Mos
of those not actually sunk are left ia
such condition that nothing can be done
for them, and they will be eventually
lost.
1t is not certainly known whether there
was any loss of life attending the break,
up at this point, though a number Of
barges that were swept away had men
aboard who have not since been heard
from. Two of the boats, half barge and
half cottage, which were used as family
habitations. we're carried away. The
father and son of one of them escaped
to the shore on the moving ice and the
rest were evidently rescued at points be.
low the city.
When the wreck of the steamer Calu.
met vas swept away Captain Dugan and
the mates were aboard, but made their
escape by jumping on the Golden City
when the wreck reached that steamer.
The small propeller Mocking Bird and
steamer Naomi were sunk late last even
ing. The steamer Alexander Kendall,
which was sunk below the city, had a
cargo Of merchandise from Cincinnati,
valued at $4,000, which will prove a to-
tai loss. The Cincinnati and Msysville
packet Handy was also sunk, valued at
$4,000, aud owned By Captain Pennyroil.
The following estimates of damage by
the movement Saturday night are made
by coal dealers: Walters landing, $50.
900; Stewards landing, $4,000; Grail &
Wells landing, S22, 900; Walmer's land
ing, $4,000; C~ochuower's landing, S25OO;
Pickleheimer's landing, $4,000; Brown,
$4,000; Queen City elevator, 500, 900;
Collier & Budd, $4,000; Zimmerman,
$6OOOi salt bsrges, $8OOOi Licking River,
$1,000; two produce boats, $4,000.
The river this morning is full of aeat.
ing ice, some Of it quite heavy, with a
dsizzling rain. Up river points report
thirty feet, rising and full Of small ice.
At Huntington it is rising steadily, with
very little ice; thermometer, 40 degrees;
at Ironton, twenty feet and rising; at
MaysvilIe, drizzling rain, river rising and
full of floating ice; at Ripley, twenty.
eight feet seven inches and rising an
inch an hour-rairing; at Portsmouth,
twenty.nine feet; at Greenup shoals, ris-
ing fast and raining. Little Sandy and
tributaries is still rising. There is very
little ice at Riverton, Ky.
PITTsBURG, January l5.-The river is
twelve feet and falling; weather cloudy;
drizzlirg rain all morning. AT Browns
vile the Monopgahela is sixteen feet two
inches and falling; weather cloudy; Their.
mometer 80. At Oil City the Allegheny
is still frozen over and stationary, with
twenty inches water; weather cold; driz.
zling rain.
LOUISVILLE, January Is The gorges
above are all broken and the river is full
of ice. The only steamer damaged thus
far is the ~Peytona-A hole knocked in
her side by the ice, and is now Supposed
to be sinking. River rising at tie rate
of two inckes per hour.
CAIRO, January l5.-Arrived J. W.
Garrett, New Orleans, 3 pm. Rained
all night and the forenoon Mild.