Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-12
THE GREAT SPRING FLOORS
Breaking Up 81 the See.
DAsAGE N ~ssNsvLv,SI..

me N me Nchuythii AZ PhH2dtAHnta NAs
broken Up. About g. m. yesterday the ice
below the Paramount dam moved down the
rfver below the bridges ana several tugs were
employed for hours In breaking it up ON the
dam the water at / . N. was feet 10 inches IN
depth, with a rise In the warehouses or three
feet above high-water mark, stopping several
OF the turbines From above the data 70 COL
umbia bridge there WAS solid Held OF Ice
unGisturoed. which served as barrier, keeping
the broken ice higher up the stream from COM
ing down toward the city. Just below the
Ice fragments being piled up on the west bank
TO height OF eight rect. The mills at Mana
Junk were Hooded and stopped work.
The ice In the SusQuehRnpa al Harrisburg
broke yesterday afternoon. Five miles below
the city It gorged. ana the water rose At the
rate OF two feet per hour. The Pennsylyauia
railroad tracks fd almost a mile are COZ cred
with water and Ice 10 the depth u over three
feet, and trains both ways are delayed. Advices
from the Juniata report break ttYs afternoon.
which gorged the bridges at Perry VILE. New
ton, Hamilton. Mfin, MllerStowG ami New
port. The western Union Telegraph wires ia
that neighoorhood are all doUa, and messages
ana Ohio. Throughout Dalphin county tue
dam age by small streams is very great, mSay
Of the county bridges being washed away. The
nfo, IN ane SHs9usHshsa Miisesoa.Ie, Pa
pieces OF fmIaeaSe siya. Tie steamboat H. b.
wight Was broken into fragments % the zee
ana disappeared
DESTRUCTION IN MARYLAND.
The new iron bridge across the Catoctin
creek at Elierton. Frederick county, Md, which
was only thrown across the stream on Wednes-
DAY. was carried away the same night The ice
1lom above came down with such lore that IL
destroy ed the trestle work upon which the iron
Work still rested. Along Georges creek, In Allie
gany county. the tTastlingS OF the Cumberland
! aud Pennsy ivania railroad at Pekin and MorT1-
| sons were entirely carried away, ana those al
Phoenix, Barton and FRANKLIN are partly gone.
The county bridge at Morrison's was also car
| Tied away.
Froops N rHR saurH.
Charleston, S. c.. dispatch says that serious
| damage was done 30 the Charleston and Savau-
| nah railway by the freshet In the savannah
| river. About two miles or trastle work north
| OF the river WsS Frustrated This Will interrupt
| travel between Charleston aud Savannah, but
| force OF 400 hands has been put to work re-
| pairing the hreak. IN the meantime through
| passengers for Florida Will be forwarded hence
| by the steamer st, Johns
| DAMAGE N ILLINOIS.
| A telegram from Ia Sale. III, February IL,
| says: One portion OF the Rock Island bridge
has been swept away by The Ice and the high
water, and the trains are unable 10 cross.
| Iassa8RetS ana baggage are Sespg transferred
4 The Illinois river has risen twelve feet There
| Is gorge at the mouth or the termlli0n river,
| but the fee Is not yet broken below Peru. Near
Ottawa people living on the hats have removed
fn the high ground: their houses and barns BE-
4 telegram from Ottawa, Ill, February Il.
| says A flood like the present one has not been
seen here since 1856, when the bridge over the
| Illinois river was swept away. al the bridges
on both the Illinois and Fox rivers are now In
danger. The channels are choked with ice and
the water Is spread over tie bottom lands aud
! pfairies for miles
THE OHIO FOODS
| The Little Miami. is washtag out OF It's banks.
| About % families were compelled TO move from
| their houses during Thursday night for fear OF
being swept away. as their homes we're COM
! nletely surrounded Dy water and heavy gorge 1;
| Of lie. The destruction to the fences, etc. is
/ great. The double span iron bri1ge at Port
! Jefferson. ah1 tWo short distance Above, we're
all carried away. The loss is heavy. The
/ About 10 O'Clock Thursday night, the bridge
! over View river two miles from Hamilton. hld
| It's south abu1ment undermined, and fifteen
| feet of gravel fell upon the track The Atlantic
| s Great Western train. arriving at Io3a mn,
| was compelled 10 feturn TO Cincinnati and pro-
| ctd TO Dayton over the Shore Line track H. is
| feared that The north span OF the New river
| pfidge cannot long resist the current.
Nkw YORK STATE.
telegram from Elmlra y. y, FEB. 1ith
| Says:-The Chemung river and other streams
10 this vicinity are still much swollen. Several
hundred acres OF land In the eastern part OF the
city are submerged by the overflow from New
town creek. and many families can only leave
snelf houses ey means OF boats OF RATS. and
reported The ice passed out OF the Chemung
river here last night, the bulk OF iu moving be-
fore one o'clock this morning. The ice broke
al 1880. and In half an hour the water rose
several feet, and the hood or ice was terrific
The long wooden bridge three miles from thIs
CITY was lifted from It's abutments and carried
down the stream. Ii broke into four sections
and passed down the stream. doing no q lnagls
uDtll Ii reached a point In the lower part OF tie
ity. When 1t crashed against and demolished
snail house. The water IN all the streams has
subsidized somewhat 10 day.
LIGBIsHIr CARRIED AWAY BY rCs.
telegram from Providence, February Il,
SAYS; The captain or the steamer ThetiS. al
, StQnington reports thai the Cornfield lightshtp
nsa gone from her station. She was seen In
large ice toe pear Plum island
DESTRUCTION In fspfaSi
! Telegram from Delphi, Ind, Feb II. says.
This nothing the eastern part OF the indian
apoliS Dayton and Cincinnati railroad bridge
across the Wabash went down, being carried
away by a general breaking up OF the Ice.
Tue guardlocks of the Wabash and Erie canal
| also gave way, and Hooded the western portion
OF Delphi. In many houses the water made
its way TO the ceiling ot the first story. IL
came very suddenly With large cakes OF ice.
town turned out 10 the rescue. Tho SUBJ
merged were by this time screaming In chorus
for help, as It was dark and the water rising
very fast. 1t is believed that all were rescued.
OF their houses, but as yet no houses have
gone down. The iron bridge over the wabash
OF the stone piers The bridge was 5Os feet
long and cost So 600. The iron bridge Just east
OF Marion was carried away by the hgh water.
The loss fs $4,000. The Mississennewa is higher
than 1t has been for thirty years The turn
pike bridge over the Cliits river was carried
away by large sycamore tree that came down
the stream. The loss Is about $500. Samuel
Hege lost about 81 500 worth OF saw logs az his
saw mill below this city On the White river.
The Wabash river Is on a boom. Ii is out OF
its banks IN many places. Fences and bridges
have been carried away, and considerable
damage done TO the wheat
SNOW STORM, THUNDER STORM AND FLOODS
heavy Show storm prevailed ia Wisconsin
last night and trains were bl0ckaded again. II
was also showing In Iowa and Northern ILL.,
nofS. There was a thunder storm at Cincln-
na't last night. A hydraulic reservoir at TROY
o., burst yesterday and Inundated the town.
Thousands OF acres OF land in ohio are Hooded
by the various streams and many railway
trains are discontinued.
DEFArLTKRS IN CUBA.-A telegram from Ha-
yana, February ), says: Imprisonnents for
supposed frauds In all branches of the public
administration continue to be the order OF the
day, and the government proceeds with
unWonted energy with the inVestiga-
ton, How the defaulters OF the naval
station and those OF The public treasury Will be
dealt With is still an open question. II IS
doubtful whether the CoInmander.G General OF
Marine has right TO try the defaulters by a
court martial, as they are civilians and doubts
are expressed as TO whether he had right TO
prosecute or fmprlSon those OF the contractors
who merely acted upon orders they received
from the beads OF departments. SO il is likely
that all the accused persons Will be delivered
a q L.