Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-14
COLD, STORMS AND FLOODS.
The Discomfor's Now Affecting Denizens
of the East and South and Those Who Go
Down to the Sea in Ships.

The Discomfor's Now Affecting Denizens
of the East and South and Those Who Go
Down to the Sea in Ships.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. ia severe shock
of earthquake was felt last night about II AS.
It lasted about thirty seconds and had a south
east to northwest motion. Buildings were vio-
lently shaken, crockery ratified and doors
thrown open. The shock was felt at st. Angus
tine and down the gulf coast from Puma Rosa
to st. Marks, as we'll as over the interior por-
ton of the State. Nothing of the kind was
ever experienced here before.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 13.-There was alarm from
the river at P. NJ. when the ice started, but
it soon stopped until 4 P. NJ, when it again
broke loose, and has been running strong ever
since. A large number of empty and loaded
barges have already been carried away
but their number cannot be accurately stated.
About 9 O clock to- night the new steamer Guild
ing Star, which had taken refuge below New
port bridge behind one of piers, on the Ohio
side, was torn loose and swept down in the ice
chimneys was knocked overheard, and she lost
the other at the Canthern railroad bridge. She
has gone down stream with the ice and moth
ing mas been heard from her.
The Gazette special reports the breaking of
the gorge in Kanawaha at A NJ. run an hour
broke again at IL A. NJ, moving with tremend-
GUS force. Several steamers and wharf boats
harbored in the mouth of the Elk were thrust
against Keystone bridge and knocked it down
The steamer Liberty No. 4 was so badly dam
aged that she sunk in "a feet oe water. The
Ice continued running until P. H., when it
again gorged at Portsmouth. The ice from
above Huntington has been passing since p
M. The steamer Eldorado was left on the shore
there by a sudden fall in the river. Boat unin-
injured. -.
Frankfort, KY. reports eleven feet in the
Kentucky river, with prospect Of breaking in
that stream Tonight, as heavy rise is 4eported
from above that point.
CINCINNATI. Jan. Al A. M-The steamer
Guiding Star safely landed at Riverside, FIVE
miles below the CITY, at half-past IL. She
suffered no material injury. The tow boat,
Ed Hobbs, lying above the city, was cut down
by the ice. barge loaded with nails was also
sunk at the same place.
ALBANY, N. Y, June 13.-The thermometer
marks six degrees below zero.
Boston, Jan. 13.--It is feared The steamer
Homer is lost. She has not been heard from
since leaving here December 18th for Liver
pool.
LONDON, Jan. ls,-The steamer Averill, at
West, Hartlepool, from Boston, reports terrific
gales and the loss of most of her live stock
CAIRO. Jan. l3.-Immense fields IF unbrcken
ice reaching from shore to shore, passed down
the Ohio, this afternoon, carrying away several
flats and ferry 'ats at Nebraska City, and
sinking a barge of nails belonging to the tow
of the steamer Whale. There is but little ice
passing here tonight, and none at Paducah.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 13 The ice broke at Ripley
shortly after 8 o'clock this morning The
barge Etna was crushed and sunk, but no
other damage is reported as yet.
Lawrenceburg, Ind, says the gorge in the
| Ohio at Medere broke at 9 o'clock tonight, and
the river is rising rapidly.
The Guiding Star is new and one of the
finest boats running from this port. She has
made but one trip between this city and New
Orleans. She has capacity for 1,4OO tons
and cost when completed 500, 900. and is owned
| by her commander, Capt. w. B. Miller.
| Eight loaded coal barges were swept away
/, from Willow Run distillery harbor, West Gov
| ington. One was sunk at the Southern RAILROAD
bridge, the Others passed on down.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. Jan. ia Somerset, XIV.
special to the Anae,ican reports that the rive
has risen fifty-fve feet al ogether, and that i
ie now falling two inches per hour. Seventee,
coal barges and one ferry-boat sunk abov
Smiths shoals, and two large ferry-boats a
Point Elizabeth. All the bottom lands are I'M
der water, and heavy destruction of propert
| has taken place.