The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-12

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:, tho RAISING nf the Ice from Cross
rrooi, ryo miles north OF Wcilsoufs'
Yesterday afternoon. The wreck oC-
Cured in the Ohio river at the i'lou'' =
IF the creek al the GIlchrlSl mine U.
rho Nest Virginia and Pittsburgh Coa'
company. owners of the steamer. NJ
STEAMBOAT vas turned over oS the icc
lam from tho creek and completely DC
stroy.d. The loss is s5N'nOg.
Losses Reach $4,000.
Tho moving Of tho ice yostcroa?
caused L great loss here, estimated 10
H., nearly $4,000. Several large boats
wrr" destroyed and many smaller house
boats wrrn completely lost. There were
mrny shifts. yachts and small crti'
caught. and rrushd 10 spintcrs i'll the
l,".
Probably the heaviest loser in the
movement 81 the gorge WAS the Ran "
River Coal company, ot near Bcllalre
tn, river .trpplc Of this company. csti-
mated Ia b. worth s50.Ooo. was de-
stroycd. Although parts "f the frame
work were lift standing. the wh"l"
building VIII practically be recon
StruCtrd.
The owners nC the Ruth. which was
~ the McAicch"n dam. w"rr also heavy
losers. The boat Is complete loss. II
wa= valued al about $4,000 The sand
hnat Catherine WAS lost in the ice. She
was owned hy The Armstrong Sand conn
lanv and WAS valued II about s20.00n.
The gasoline boat ~. w" and Il fleet
e.: small harC"s was swept away. from
the club landing short distance below
Tic wharf and was soon crushed IN the
ice
There were n number Of small house
boats upset and finally crushed Many
~kiffS were lost and tho exact loss will
not l." known for many days. An un-
known gasoline boat passed her" carly
~ tn" morning. All that WAS IN sight
wnS the Upper works and that was only
enough L. distinguish it. No name
could d" +Crn.
Fate Of Barges.
Three harE"s of Tnc Crucihic Steel
company -. PitjshurEh which passed
here have been accounted Tor. One
passed IN" dam At MrM"Chrn AMI pass
"d N"w MartinS"iii". another was l"tt
hia:h an IN" icr III West Wheeling. Tho
inird. " h,r!r was 'iiU"d 50 highly and
Ter which u" mon from the company
iank such Il rySk. /" say" on the upper
md ui i4",I Island Sundry. is now packed
~ thu. IT, tighter than "V"r. Tho crush
ir:- If II" zee ag?lnsi the steel side
walls pushed ~" boat hard on Tho SAN
DIV beach and IL Is; surrounded by huge
r'rk's uf i,,'. Tho cable. which Wis
Fastened under such great difficulties
h,,I
the wa,.r fails enough 4 wiz" limo Will
Ia. fastened. Tho barge j. SAID 10 con-
laln railroad track rails II is vaulcd
n $l".0n" wiih"ui tho rarC". \ wooden
rarr" went hy IN" wharf yesterday
Morning 4, . "r"rE. hui nothing had
n"rn s,..u If i, ~ M,Mrrn"n ii noon.
II l. though Il has gone down.
TIL" wharf boat WAS St:ll riding safe
~ mIdmt Hht and ln"rr was II" trouble
in sight. Captain Frame and the crew
kept til hat from s'randing OIL the
shore and She was IN III" best Of rondt-
;l,n Til" Indian WAS riding SAFE and
had suffered it'll. from tho ice.
Liberty In Bad Shape.
Word was received last night from
Darlington saying the liberty is in Il pr"-
carluus position. Tn" crew ran the
boat into Suuiish creek. aud passing a
and .ma%h-d thu wheel Fart Of the
lrIllth"nd ia ihr stern mad h."u crushed
a,d II wns feared IN" boat would not
l." ahl" /" got away aS tn" creek Ind
g"rr"l h"Inw The Liberty was thus
'hs;il..l M" With the settling Of the
water rhc boat might be put in i worse
position.
\ "nll fer assistanc" was srnt to SOW
oral ncnrhy towns and all said tho boats
IN that vicinity would not hr able 10
run AS nearly all had suffered some
damage. The lttlo gasoline boat Mil
,!r"d. which WAS ut %iStersvillc. was
found t" h" the only on" ready 10 run.
she will probably proceed to Darlington
today aud help free tn" Liberty.
The Old Reliable. which has hc"a car
rying gas"lin" in tn" Pittsburgh trade"
IS tied up at tn" radcn CIiy wharf with
smashed wheel Thr Betsy Ann.
owned by Joseph trcsar If M"updsville.
is also in bad condition ut Fadcn City.
having suffered a broken wheel.
Officials aI Sistcrsvil" and ST.
Marys last night stated IN" river was
falling at both pia"". with "a moderate
stag. Although Ii" accidents were RE-
ported IN crushed boats except few
%fnrll ones. these cities had escaped
with a tiIht squeeze. Tn" situation At
first WAS not very promising. hui Dow
III. r., has boon Il great change. tn"
cities below were given a sudden rise
after the McUnisvill" gorge broke but
it soon subsidized :,mi III" river WAS run
uiuS normal. S"vrn harC"s wcr" seen
going past New MartinsvIll" about
noon yesterday.
Aid From Steubenvtne.
Tn" United States engineers h"ai I.
n. Roberts WAS called from StcuhHnvIIlc
late yesterday afternoon 10" pull INC
Iunnr,Ivcr boat Of dam - from tn" '""-
banked shore The dam boa! had h""n
l,fl high and dry hy tn" falling water
after IT," M"undsviil" r"rE" had bro
ken anil WAS in. danger Of falllnC over
nn her side Word was S"ut 10 the
United States engineers "fti"" nj 'Sf"u-
trnyillc t. Srnh thu other boat down
She arrived about noon and had com.
ulc;rd TIL" work and was anchored he
sidr' tho whnrfh0af st the whnrf' nj
n'rInck Shc WAS still there al Z o'clock
tins morning and Will probably stay Tor
several days The =. II. ENhcrrs Is
modern river trouble boat and ta spc-
riallv built to cope with heavy ice
scrgca. Sho Is used by tho government
engineers exclusively. The Roberts
made the trip from Steubcnrtlle down
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