Evening star., 1918-01-30
ICE GORGE BREAKS, /
SINKS OHIO PACKET
Raging Blocks on Rivers
Sweep Boats and Barges
From Moorings.
OTHERS REPORTED SUNK
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press. -
CINCINNATI, Ohio. January 30.-THey
ice gorge at this point broke at 10,le
o'clock this morning and began slowly
moving down stream. The first boat
to he taken with it was the large packet. :
City of Louisville 1t swung loose from
its moorings and crashed into the gov
ernment boat Ottawa
The Ottawa. however, did not break
loose. The City of Louisville soon sank.
More than fifty coal barges, several
OF them containing the precious black
Jumps. swept by here shortly after the
break came. A half hour after the first
movement the river was a raging sea
o. tossing ice, and soon picked up the
tug Hattie Brown from her moorings
on the kentucky side and swept her
away
Word reached here that the big ex-
cursion steamer Princess had gone
down at her moorings at Carrollton
| KY. at the mouth of the Kentucky
| river. and that little hope was held out
for the safety of her sister steamer, the
Island Queen. moored at the same place.
Expect Fresh Disaster.
PADUCAH, Ky, January 30.-Fresh
forming above Paducah last night still
We're holding early today with river
men hourly expecting they would break
ana br1ng fresh disaster OH the heels
Of that experienced yesterday, when
river craft valued a more than $1,000
eco were torn from the harbor, and sent
scu-rying practically helpless downstream.
The shipping remaining in the har
| hor includes such widely known packets
| and towboats as the Joe Fowler, John
| w. Lowery, Dorothy, Paducah, Ala
bama. ]. C. Finley, Slack Barrett, John
/ Barrett. H. NJ Wallace, Cleaner and
iseaper. conservatively estimated to
be worth in the neighborhood of
| $500. 900
Revised estimates of probably losses suf-
fered Yesterday placed them at $1,000, 900.
In addition to the Alton. Peoria, Grey
Eagle and Spread Eagle. reported sunk
last night. it was established today
that the Black Hawk, Rapids. Stem
winder. Josh Cook. Pavonia, Margaret
and City of Clarksville have gone down.
! 1t is believed there was no loss OF
| life. Members of the crew OF the Aver.
/ Lord fleet. who abandoned their boats
at Lacenter and escaped to shore over
| the ice, assert that crews of other boats
| had ample opportunity to leave their
| craft and believe they are safe.
Adyices from Cairo today said that
some of the boats from Paducah passed
| that place last night. 1t was believed
! none of them could be saved.
Cities on the Ohio Anxious.
LOUISVILLE, KY. January 30
Cities and towns along the tributaries
of the Ohio having their origin In the
mountains of southeastern ken
| lucky and eastern Tennessee were to-,
day anxiously watching the progress
of foods, which carried on their crests
great quantities of ice. =
Flood conditions were reported in
practically every important stream in
the state and extensive damage had
been done by the grinding ice the water
carried with it.
Big Sandy was gorged at it's mouth at
ECatlettsburg and the water was backed
up for many miles. The Kentucky river
was rising along its lower reaches and
ice was gorged just above the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad bridge at that
place. Some subsistence of the water
was reported on fhe upper stretches of
this stream as well as in the Cunlber-
land river, down which floods were car
ryins great quantities of ice toward
Nashville and cities further down
stream.
The Green river also was reported on
a rampage and as rising along its en-
tire lower length.
/. Ten Steamers Sunk.
CAIRO. ILL., January 30.-The river
fell ten feet here last night, indicating
that the gorge at Columbus. Ky. has
broken. Ten steamers have been sunk
between Cairo and Paducah.
At Cairo the cabin torn from the
tug Thesaus and the ferryboat William,
Hail broke in two. A barge caught in
the wheel OF the towboat Sprague and
carried it down stream.
When the gorge at Columbus broke
the water on the banks at Cairo re-
ceded leaving boats high on the shore.
Eighty large pieces of wreckage passed
under the railroad bridge here last
night. So far as known. there has been
no loss Of life.
Cold Checks Flood.
PITTSBURGH. January 30.--A sudden
cold snap in the mountains of West
Virginia checked the flood in the head
waters of the Monongahela river early
today. and ice gorges at Brownsville.
Pa. and Morgantown. w. Va, instead
of moving out, as the local bureau an
ticipated. held fast, with the result that
mills in the Pittsburgh district were
still short of coal Water. the weather
bureau expected, would seep through
the piled up ice, but not in sufficient
quantity to force the masses out.