The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-16
Yitl,,nond nispatfl.
rspAY FEBRUARY 10, 1891.
THO Tre~met over.

.,sp DANGER OR DAMAGES APrRh'
20 uyxpEp At WASHINGTON.
fwashing,on Post, i5'h.l
Ia, when the tide went down N
,be ice which was piled up along
3the w., ront sank, aud the ontline OF the
4 the ~ CO., once more appeared. The
fINd r,csented peculiar sight. Inc
svbsN 80 lad bcen piled ~ was lett
B Ice VIZ" ,he rccccing tide. la the ma
.ihcre o, case, the platforms had bten
etched from The top OF Tue p1es.
VII ~ some cases the piles were De"t
sps ,on away. There was quue
500 mnycmenl OF the ice In the chsnne' as
~ w '.So a. Ilarke& Givens's "hafi' where
~ ~ an the surface became STATIONARY,
lo' NO water passed under, resppearing NJ
ah' ' ,v~ again near the Norfolk landing'
,a' GEORGETOWN channel was. however,
TIC W." va Two tugs at Giesboro' Point were
optu' . 80" 10 force their way up the
fno's' when the ice Tell away The Leary
~ .'...",,ous.miih. which lay up on ire wharf,
anu ~, :. an the WAYS which had been placed
sHU lem. and rested once more IN the
unu,I me boat. have been considerably
"a'''', .,d strained. The Arrowsmith bad
biU'''%, ..o,led In her bow, which was re-
p nos" ts,r, the inside. The Moseiey rested
par I'D. on the wharf Of the Norfolk
on "'' Am, was finally gotten Gil and es-
lshu'tn 's,';,b slight damage. The Gibson and
C1It,"l .f,u lay grounded the other side OF
lu' r'rf The Norfolk landing and freight
lu' ,as b.en damaged considerably. The
h'u !. estimated at $1,000. At the
u,n-.''c. above wOrkmen were engaged IN
Nu' ',.,r.. ,hc coal and wood. The ice will
.l.,o on ton until it is melted of. and re-
- The whaTyes cannot be commenced
;or some tine.
'' a, ,he Long bridge there was great acily-
Co,.tiuciion gangs from along the
~ the R,liimOrc and Potomac and
,..,te,f, central railroads, under the direc-
- 80 cncinter, Mr.. Walter, were en-
'.,d in prculiine the timber for replacing
-t.re,t IN The bridge. The engineer pro-
-. ~ Dive piles down by the piers and
PV,.'.,,ncr =, temporary bridge on these. He
-. IN be able o run trains over the bridge
-. ,,o COM, If a week. Owing to the i'm
~. ~ ,,,,l,,,o u any one reaching The O'hef end
- The bridge It il not known wha' the extent
~ en-, damage j. But they NAV be able TO
49,, oy,rio.day. II l. not thought mat the
i.,,.oo AZ the other end Will require very
uucn tiUc 20 repair. lt>t'iN"S thV'N WIZ
al..pi 100 men al work, and TO-DAY there
yin hr an additional force employed, ana
,r. vo7k pushed on rapidly. Alter The
,,,,.,,or,ry structure i. completed the work
-, tnild nc toe bridge will begin at once.
n j. thought that the old piers can be used.
WORK $50, continued last night, powerful
c,,.um h.h,, beng furnished 10y Mr.. l..
Monkey. Ghe scene, aS the men hewed tim
ber> aud drove piles amid the ruins OF tue
bridge, va novel one.
me western Union Telegraph Company
blIa force Of men u work connecting TIE
lines. and they succeeded in replacing mosl
~ The wires.
The tug that started from GiesDoro
eally IN The day 20 make way through tht
icr 10 this city reached the Seyenth-Stree'
wharf elrly last evening. The fcrry-boa
viii start for Alexandra at 1870 this morn