Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1912 — GORGE THREATENS BRIDGE [ARTICLE]

GORGE THREATENS BRIDGE

Dynamite Falls to Dislodge Ice That Encroaches on Abutments. Princeton, Ind., Jan. 26—An ice gorge at the junction of the Patoka and Wabash rivers at East Mt. Carmel, nine miles west of here, threatens tho Southern railroad bridge. Dynamite, is being used to dislodge the goige, but efforts so far have been fruituess. Watchmen are on the scene lest the bridge approach should give way. Considerable damage baa been don* by tbelc*. and the Mt. Carmel Elevator cenaeanv suffering a 12,000 loss In the

destruction of one of its buildings. The Wabash has risen twelve inches in twenty-four hours. White river is also rising rapidly, and an overflow is feared near Hazleton,