A Thrilling Scene

1 he ico in the liudeon at Albany broke up very sudtlenly 011 Fridivy ovening, and á good daal of excitement and danger was tbo result. It was at first reported that ten ladies had perished,. but at last aeoounts no livos were lost.. " The chafing, ímpatient mass above,"' says a a long account in the Jourmil, " wcs held in oheok for about three hours, when í t last its forco could no longer be restrained and about 6 o'clock the shrill, sharp reports following in quick sueccssion warned every one th-at danger was at hand. Those on the ios, and they wero not few in number, comprising men and ■women hurrying home to either side of the river after the labor of the day, made for the shores araid shrieks and cries for help, as they measuied rith a glance the distance that lay between them and safety, and feit the treacherous trembling of the glassy surfece beneath them, which thrilled to the heart thase who stood in security on the shorrv The deepening gloom almost hid the imperiled ones from sight, and the consciousness was feit that only a miraole could save them. It is b'elieved, and it is be hoped that all reached ühe süore iii safèty. Then the irresistible body frora above came crash i:g down, the broad and solid expanse of ice between the two bridges giving way before it like au egg sholl,. huge portions of the mass being hurled high irt air,, only to fall in fragment?. The scène, as viewed from the new bridge, was a wild and tln-iUing one,.readered doubly appalling by the glomi the shrieking and moaning sounds continually issuing from the mass almost deluded one in the belief that they were the doath-sounds of soms poor unfortunato wretcfres being whirled along to destrnction."