The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-08
TnRInPENpISa pANsER.
sisamb0aImen Preparing for the Break
Up-sitnaIIOn atOlheF POlnIs.

When the news reached the city yester'
day that the .Monongshela was rising at
Pittsburgh, and that the ice above that
point was moving, the river men imms'
dlstely become interested in the situation
Of the boats here. Tho Joseph Nixon and
O. W. Hornbrook, lying at BslIsIre, Pres
Ellison and Belle Prince, lying at the foot
Of Forty-iourth street, and the Nail City,
at the foot Of Seventh street, got up steam,
90 as TO be prepared Tor any emergency,
Men we're also employed in cutting the
Ice away from the boats'so rs 10 give Them
working room. The ice was also cleared
away from the new BellaiEe packet at the
foot OF Fourteenth street.
The river raised very little yesterday,
but the shore Ice was covered with
water, making 1t impoaaible 10 reach the
ice from the shore.
Adyicss from above state that the Mon.
ongRhela river Is clear OF ice at Fairmont,
and stationary ut six feet, There was lit
tie ice running at Greensboro, and the
river was eighteen feet six inches aud
rising. At Rice's Landing, the ice ran
about one hour in the forenoon aud then
stopped, the river falling two feet, The
ice started at Brownsville at 1880 A, N /,
since which time the Ice has been running
fast. No damage was done to shipping Of
this point,
The situation at Pittsburgh, yesterday,
was exciting In the extreme. We take the
following concerning the same from an
evening paper, which says; "Along Water
street to-day the air seems to be Alled with
Q shadow Of impending danger, The
Mononglhela's thin stream has Gu limo
cent look and all seems under the
safe seal OF the Ice King. Bul
there Is an air OF hustle every
where, Big rolls Of thousand feet cables
were rolling from boat stores, and block
and tackle follow these TO the up.riyel
railroad depots. Messenger boys rushed
with Crystalized lightning, conveying neWl
from "Sbove." Groups OF serious looking
men stood along the pavement gazing idly
over the quiet river. Their thoughts
did not follow their glance, but
dwelt on the great wave OF muddy wRtel
aud AlntY Ice that each hour vas drRwinl
near TO boat, barge, steamer and coal II
the "pools," The passenger siegmeri
Hudson, Carrier, Wyoming and DaEotl
and q dozen tuga further down the wharI
were giving sligo OF an awakening fron
their apathy Of the past month, Smoke
|, rolled from their stacks, steam hisseC
from their 'sCape pipes, and here and there
a wheel turned In q risky uncertain way
that recalled the action Of Rip Van Win
kle's joints after his extended nap II
Sleepy Hollow.
At latest accounts every preparation haC
been made to meet the food by u rive
; men. The Ice can scarcely traverse thu
distance, sixty miles between here ant
: Brownsville, before midnight"
! AdViCes from below report the ice NOV
: ing at Portsmouth and the river rising
+! fast. The same report comes from Iron
! ton. The ice at Manchester and Ripley
} o., still remains solid, The only damage
, done TO shipping was the sinking Of thI
! EldorRdo at Portsmouth at 10 A, NJ, yes
> terday. This steamer was on her fra
trip from st, Louis to this port, In th,
Pittsburgh, Huntington, Cincinnati and
st. Louis line. She was sunk by Ice ou
I OF the KanRWha which broke up thu
: night beforehand Is now clear. The Eldorad
} was worth $26, 900, about two years ole
and Is owned and insured In Cincinnati
She has q most unlucky record her career
being a succession OF mishaps.
It is not likely that the ice will move
here to-day, unless there Is an unexpected
rise. The charge in the weather viii
/, check the thaw aud make the Ice drmeI
where 1t Is weak.
LATER FRoM BELOW.
An Associated Press dispatch received
at one o'clock this morning, gives q fur
ther account OF the condition Of thing
below. tits dated at Cincinnati, and says
The river has risen . inches, aud lie nov
10 leet s inches. This afternoon the ict
was moving at 2 o'clock from Huntington
dow to Buena Vista, where II had Rorged
At Manchester the Ice commenced NOV
ing at two O'Clock, but below the Island Il
was firm. Above, at Aberdeen, the ict
moved q few feet and stopped, and Their
started again at four.
AT Marshall 1t started at q quarter pas
four and moved rapidly.
At Ripley, at tho above hour, II was
frozen over but the river was rising rap.
idly. Boatmen think 1t will break here
within twelve or eighteen hours. The
weather Is gro wing cooler which makel
the danger In the case oil q break greater.