Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-15
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A large number Of coal tipples an.
shutes we're carried sWay. aud the dan
: age to the coal interest is such that
will reQOirs two months to place tn
mines in working order. All the DR.,
sdocks this side Of Brownsville were car
ried away with one exception, Tn.
dams of the Slack Water Navigation
Company escaped with very light ipju
ries.
Anything ike 40 accurate estimate o
the total loss cannot be given, but il vii
be over SEX 900. 1t is feared iha
several lives we're lost, but the confusion
on the whsrves is so great that it is i'm
possible 10 verify all the rumOrs, anC
as yet but one body has been recovered
that Of an unknown laborer whose body
was found near the Point this morning,
WHEELING, WEsT VIRGINIA, January
IA -Dispatehes from points above here
on the Ohio river indicate considerable
loss by the breaking up of the ice at
Steubenviile. The steamer Alexander
Swift lost ten barges at Mingo Junction;
four barges we're carried away at Par
kersburg. The Klnawha broke yester-
day, carrying away the wharfboat and
several barges. The gorge at the head
of Blennerhasset island gave way, carry
log along the towboat N. j. Bigley and
eight bargss, and the steamer M. S
Thanhauser; whatfboat was saved. At
the Islund about four thousand dollars
worth of coal was carried away aud lost,
Tue ice is still firm above the railroad
bridge. There has BEEN no damage to
boats lying in the Little Kanawha, The
ice has broken to within miles
above US at this writing, $3.50 p m,
The river has made three starts in
breaking up. The first started at ll;3O
pm; the last at 1890. No damage
done beyond a float or two carried away.
The dry dock is badly cut down, and
the kuuckle of the wharfb boat was STAYED
in. All the steamboats, escaped with
slight damages, The morning, however,
msy reveal more losses.
CINCINNATI, January 1.-THE ice
which had remained stationary above
Newport bridge, gave way atnoon to day
and striking the sunken steamer Calumet
turned the wreck around and swept it
down with the current, making the boat
a total loss. Farther down the ice car
ried away about forty loaded barges and
about as many empty coal barges, and at
Delhi, ten miles below, it took the small
steamer Alex Keudell with it. The
damage done to boats here to day will
aggregate fully $1,000
The stage of water at 400 was about
thirty-two feet; since then the river has
been receding steadily, and at 6 pm had
fallen two feet. The ice gave way at
Aurora at 5 pm cloudy, with light
rain; at Madison the ice has been NOV
ing since moo A boat, supposed to be
the Baunock City, lies on the Kentucky
shore, opposite Brooksburg, and the crew
are unloading her. At North Bend two
coal barges were wrecked and two car
ried away. a large number of empty
barges is reported passing there in the
ice. Above here the gorge at Syracuse
moved down to Minersville, and is now
ten feet high. No damage is reported.
LOUISVILLE, January IA field Of
ice tbree-quarterS Of a mile wide and
four miles long came sweeping down the
Ohio at 4 o'clock. TIE boats here man
aged 10 escape it. At Jacksonville, op.
posite here, it is thought some damage
was done. This ice now blocks the
river ct this point, and will probably not
move again until another field comes
down from above.
Information. from Jacksonville re.
ports considerable damage by che ice,
principally among coal fleets. Darkness
and rain prevents the discovery of the
exact damage. No steamers are thought
to have been injlred exceps the ferry
boat Shslleross, which was slightly
damaged. The field Of ice that lodged
opposite Louisville remained firm until
10 O'clock pm, when a movement again
commenced, with what result ia ~
knoWn. Rain has been falling all even.
ing, aud at pre- tent the wharf is so slip
perry as to render walking almost imDos.
sible. This, added to he darkness Of
the night, preventative discovery Of the
damage thus far done. A south wind
keeps the ice away from tie Kentucky
shore to some extent, and the boats lying
close to Louisville will probably escape
serious damage. At 4 o'clock the river
rose three feet, then began falling, and
at l0;3O is again rising.
A Madison lad special to the Cou.
rier JOurnel says the steamer Baunock
City was swept from her mooriDgs to-day
aud sank near Brooksburg, Ky. Sac
will be a total loss.
A survey Of the river here at midnight
leads to tae belief that no damage can
now be done to steamers. THUS far FIVE
coal barzes, and perhaps six, have been
sunk.
JEFFERsoSyILLE, January l4-About
four o'clock this afternoon the river be.
gan rising rapidly, and rose five feet in
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