The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-21
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Walking Across the East River-Brsalx-
Ing UP Of the lee Exciting sccnes-Perii-
GUS Condition of the Peopie--A Thrilling
Incident and Probably some Lives Lost
-.Tntensc Cold-.TeIcgraphIc Accounts.


TIE cold extremely severe Monday night that
the ferry bcete between New York and Brooklyn could
not make their trips except with great difficulty, and at
lorg Intervals. Finally, there only boat
ring the South Frrythe o.hers being disabled by
injuries from the ice. The slips on the Brooklyn side
solid Of ice, ard the passengers had to
climb up at the end Of the docks in the best way they
ccGld. at iepgh the only boat the South Ferry
difabed. between and two o'clock in the morning,
by something going wrorg with her machinery. The
re,fepeers brought back to the New York eide.
After waiting for one hour and half for her, they
were compelled ts 70 r2und BY Fulton Ferry, when
still open. but crossed with extreme difficulty SO
intente was the during the night that the boats
all frozen H. and the bay presented sheet Of
ice in the morning like plsn covered With SNOW.
It was impossible to cross. This being the case,
hundreds and Thousands Of people who lived in Brook
lyp and did business in New York. waited fer hour
tive for the boat, but in vain At lerg.n person,
courseeous than the rest deter med to asterptto
lesch New York 81 walking the ice, from Fulton
FelrT His progress war watched with great n;.res.
by many hundreds persons both shores At length
he Was to reach the opposite shore 10 SAFETY.
Others then followed; and BY nine O'clock there
beaten track from New York 10 Brooklyn aud t5yer4
thousand persons, male aua female had effected :
or ssfipg. The South and Hamilton fegrie, we're
also crossed in the vsy BY persons residing in
thcse localities Even a sleigh passed 1t was
amuGrg 70 zee the people sip down the dock on tbs
Brooklyn side, and take to the Ice but tie behsvor
az s LunoGed or two l5aftrs and blsckgparis on tie
pier in the bighett degree censugable No sooner
would forty hy persoSs aescena tne ice GDl pro-
coed twenty Thirty yards On Their way, thsn they
would raise alarm that the ice breathing up AMI
thus the riehten ti0d people who besSsdiv them This
xanton arrogance continued Tor couple Ct houys;
10 Irrt.t
prtteuce OF mind ard gave Themselves mp lost With
ius exception all wcnt merry roGffiare beu uutl
about ten O'Clock, when The ice gave ssos OF breaking
Up 1T this time there probably hVe bu 1dred per-
roue c all agct and sexes the ice. AZ they approach
Cd tie New York tide, the people on the vhsrves
ard Piers besoueht them, by gestsre and b. loui
shoGts, lot TO attempt to eject a landing, a, the
ice lad given wsy. At FIRST, this wss not BE-
Isytd--thoFe On the ice very naturally suppusn;
that tme biackguerds amusing Themselves,
az others did the Brooklyn eide On ths peorle
ruhod regardless Of TIRE warnings Of these tie docks
On approaching tie shore, iowtyer they found that
there good ground "a lie warming fttssu or
twenty itetthe Ice bad broken ana tbs rapidtyvh
which ito breaking prcsre.eed was enough % alarm
those Pc tus found lmse fg!ug Gown vie bay On
au tycursen tIpy iCe lfe.mt a.
There was pCBUet poole. NI4 men turned pale, TIRE
weEu tetai4.o. 0na ntt'e bsy' ran s1an IN
vta Hasysr amer c.r.1atrst.e dolby, much Itisat
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