The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-01
LA BELLE RIVIERE.
Tho donOral Brealz-up Ia Now Rx-
pootod to DO Horo To-day.
THE BACE RIVER ICE BREAKS UP
Without IuJufiuc tho Charleston or
Rpllo Prince-The leo Moved at Bel.
Ia'ro In tho Afternoon, But Later On
Gorsed Bolow-A Resumption of
navigation Early Next wcek-Notcs
( t,n Navigation.

GEEAKiNd EVERYWHERE - Auvicoa
from above received at midnight AFRO to
tho effect that tho ice Ia breaking ovcry-
whore above Wheeling. Tho break at
Steubenvillo occurred lato In tho after
noon, causing tho crash at Mollaburg
early In tho. night, aud at midnight tho
pressure from above caused tho gorge
above Martins Ferry to crumblc. Thcn
the leo commenced to pass Wheeling in
earnest and tho steamboat men were all
on tho abort. At q. IN. tho river was
full OF leo. and at Moundsvillo and Boil.
aire the leo was reported TO DO moving
freely. Up to dato there haa been no
damage here.
Yesterday was tho warmest Of 4 week
OF warm days that has been tho salva.
ton OF tho Immense interests that reat
on tho bosom OF tho Ohio from Pitts.
burgh to Louisville, and whatever OF
danger was thought to lurk in tho com.
ing breakup Of tho leo in tho river,
was, in tho minds OF those interested,
disposed Of. The leo ia now so soft and
slushy that somo river people can't
understand how it continues to hold to.
Hether on tho upper river
Yesterday afternoon tho leo moved in
three places in this vicinity without in.
aict;pS the least damage to floating
property. Early in the afternoon tho
gorge that had formed opposite the
Belmont mill. on tho South Side, gave
way and moved slowly down tho river.
opening up the channel for a considers.
bic distance and finally causing the
closed river at Bcllairc, whero q large
number OF steamboats,, mostly tow boats,
are harbored TO break. This occurred at
o'clock and for time it was thought
the ice mad started on an uninterrupted
voyage to tho Gull and dissolution.
However, in about twenty minutes 4
gorge was formed at the d. & o. bridge
at Bellaire and the ice stopped moving.
1t was thought last evening that the
rising river would cause the newly
formed gorge TO break in iew hours.
when it was hoped it would move along
without further hindrance. Tho OK.
pected break came at p. m. and up to
late hour the river was open and the
ice running out without gorging. The
river is now thought 10 be clear every
where below Wheeling.
About $3.50 in the afternoon the ice
in the Back river below the dam and
reaching to the open river at the foot OF
the Island, broke and passed down
stream without injuring either the Belle
Prince or the Islanders ferryboas
Charleston, that have been harbored
there since the river closed on tho sew.
euth Of last month. The Belle Prince
had steam up at the time, and when her
crew saw that the boat was not going 10
be injured by the moving leo they lei
the whistle indulge in few Joyful!
screeches that attracted large crowd to
the river bank at Bridgeport and on
Myers, president OF the ferry company,
when seen last evening said that he had
not decided when the boat would re.
sumo running, but thought that the d.
rectors would not do so until the ice
from above passes out. which it ia
thought will occur to-day or tomorrow.
During the afternoon considerable ice
from above passed the city, having been
broken from the yet unbroken vast
fields above, stretching from a
short distance above Martins Ferry to
Pittsburgh and the headwaters.
Captain Crockard. OF the wharfboat,
said yesterday afternoon that naviga.
ton from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati will
probably De reopened early next week,
when it is thought all the ice will have
gone out Tho Pittsburgh packets,
Iron Queen, Hudson and keystone
State. arc harbored at Cincinnati, and
Superintendent Ellison intended to
start the Hudson up for Pittsburgh
last evening, but yesterday ho decided
to hold her back day or two and tele-
graphod Pilot Anshutz, who is at his
home in this city, not to go to Cincin.
natl to join the boat. The Scotia i,
harbored at Pittsburgh, as arc tho
Li=zie Bay and Bon Hur, while tho II.
E. Bedford and Courier arc in safe
harbor in the Muskingum river at
Marietta Tho Liberty at Cllrinston
and tho Lexington at Wheeling are tho
other local boats. The local lines will
also probably resume early in tho week.