The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-02-10


ne rss-Oorrs q ~ Leula 0elng Out sn1
Cnrrvisg HDevnstat hon "a ateambost and
De,,er n1ver Interests In ~ Irnct--A
Grave Charge - % the kesponsihaissv
for ms 0orEe-
-. LOUIS. Jan. sl.-"Thrss steamers
have gone down already, and goodness
knows what other damage q likely 70 b.
done. . said the harbor commissioner this
morning. ssThe ice gorge Il breaking up
and there n likely 20 b serious results"
The river has rinen i've feet since Sum
dav. and = foot and half since yesterday.
Il ross three inches this morning between
nine ana ten o'clock. The rise detached
the ice from the shore. The black line
across the gorge caused by the coal
dust from the trains crossing the bridge l.
about three hundred yards below the
bridge.
The river men arc all q work rearang-
ing tho gangways and dock posts 80 that
boa q can move further up the Ievce
when high water comes At tho foot Of
| Anne street three boats were sunk last
night BY the Ice forcing them under. They
are the Tamm, the Matte Belle and the
Hayes.
| Several bnrges were also sunk. The loss
! can not yet be estimated, but il up In the
hundred thousands Many valuable steam
srs are In dangerous positions.
| Al eleven o'clock there were Thousands
| along the lcvee. No gorge In thirty years
has done so great damage or created sncn
excl tement- The full extent il not yet
known.
The VIII 6. Hayes IL total wreck.
She Il probably broken IN two ana =
stove In. Her upper deck Is above water
she was valued at $50, 900, was . side.
wheeler and beauty.
The wharfboat OF the Alton & Grafton
Packet Company broke away at eleven
O'clock and noated down 70 Anna street.
where she struck the sunken Hayes and
came to q stop
The Clarksville wharfboat was the first
to 20. It crashed into the Hayes, STAY
ing her in
The steamer City Of Monroe, Mt the foo
OF Monroe street. snapped her heavy
hawsers. Captain Mason and mar
! uamed Seebcrger were badly injured.
Between Plum and Dorcas streets ther'
are eight steamers OF the Anchor line
There Is more than g. 00O, 900 worth Of yes
sci property in danger
: The City Of Delta, formerly the Will
! HAYES, was built mt Pittsburgh In 1888 by
. Cincinnati firm, and named In honor Of th
: river poet OF Louisville She was an cie
. cant passenger and frei ght boat and he
first cost was $4,000. shortly after he
inc launched she was sold TO the Men
phis 4 Arkansas Packet Company, m
has since been principally engages
: In the lower river trade, betwee
: Memphis and New Orleans. Lat
last fall she was sold 10 the Ancho
/. line. and has not since made trip. .
+. the first OF January authority was n
: ceived from Washington to change hs
Z name to the City Of Delta
Z The tug boats Alice Parker, Kate y. IN
: Alma belonging to the Consolidated Co
= Company. were tied up at the foot
}. Lynch street and were carried away
!. the Ice and sunk. The loss OF the con
Y pany Is estimated at $so,o0
A 81. Lours, Feb. Lit has been asserte
Il that the great losses which have been !
% fiicte a bv the gorging of the river mig
% All have been prevented BY proper ma
aeement. and 10 10 also said THAT II proml
ht measures we're used the Miss issppi riv
ne might always he kept open and gorl
n prevented. The gorge which has ~
r. moved out forms where thu gorge aiwa
., forms, between the Pacific elevat
be and the dixie Of the Coniog
m railroad at the foot o. hoos
er Avenue, opposite Carondeet Above y
d point the river IL mile and hai VIZ
he nut Il narrows down to LOO feet ieavi
a. : omrarativelv small outlet for the !
m mense body OF water above the thro
N. There Is q curve Just abovethe throat, q
th the current sweeps down the Misso
sr side under Chouteau's hill, and ~
re diaronaily across the river .
In ~xr.ight arainst the Coniog
Axe. The ice filis the broad er part.
Ith xxhen Il reaches the throat it, inclinat'
al. 4. ~ gorge there. II floats with the 9
er. rant under the Hill and drives against
he AVA on the opposite side. When there
he . GOOD deal or ice In the river u piles
no .cainst the dixie and on q sandbar IN
ny eastern part Of the stream, and Mario
The considerably the aiready small out
Ing Then IL begins to clog near the eieva'
md when a cold snap continues for 20
the ave or six days there remains ope
law channel not more than fifty yards WIG
ing the center a the stream. The Ice
fow through that channel, howes
Ind without gmging, and, though the =
10, may nearly close, il will remain q
enough 20 let tho greater part q the
ont. But there II o ferryboat WI
crosses the river half nile below,
the IW0 uHm<tEi h-ft&<' - ~--~
- Pacific Railroad Company operate
'na about the same point. just by the ~ "
Iron Works. II the channel y permit
~ to remain open, however. the ice
~ the part OF the river In which q
I've boats operate and compels them TO
- up
,sct For several days the river men q
nm the city front have been openly Gu
49, ine that the Missouri Pacific'stw tr
fer boats, the Missouri and the Fac
had gorged the ice ut Carondelet in o.
~ that they might have an open riv'
49,. which to con tinue their operations
orcs steam boatman, in speaking 81 the
sssv ter, said: "They have gone deiibe'
49, " to work and stopped tho ics
- the throat. That caused . s.
~ ana the heavy ice flowing down has
Ths under the gorge until there j. an leo
49, from the bottom Of the river 70 the
80 The dam was 90 solid that it held q
!. y the ice above Il, and the results y.
= 49, from Carondelet on tho south 70 the
r. stock yards on the north, the riv
az. solidly packed with ice. Inc
'.ssl, that il entaiIed II enormous -
' 49,. tIme our boa q have 20 lie idie. 80