The New York herald., 1873-11-25
THE STORM.

Rain and Running Rivulets on the
Strcets-Fog on the Kivcrs-NarroW
Escape OF n Ferryboat.
The sombre gray clouds that overhung the city
during the Sabbath opened about five O'Clock in
the evening. and the rain streamed down without
much intermission during the night. Yesterday
morning heavy fog rested upon the rivers about
Manhattan and the streets that intersect the
metropolis. fresh breeze drove the rain almost
horizontally along, but cleansing the roadways
better by far than the army Of workmen under
control OF the street contractors ever could do.
yet forming deep puddles IN every irregular
ity In the sidewalks and rendering pedes.
TRANS generally miserable. II was the murky,
uncharitable kind OF weather which is supposed
to belong exclusively to the metropolis OF Eng
land. Along the river fronts business was consid-
erably at standstin, for shippers would not risk
pershable goods to the violence of the storm. Yet
where the piers are sheltered with waterproof
sheds, business, to some extent, went on as usual
On the rivers it was the fog, the terrible fog
which gave rise to much complaint and turned
many q mild-mannered nan for the moment into
fault t-fnding, cross grained individual AT day
break IL hung over the city Of BROOKLYN
in dense masses, and on the East River
the boats made their trips with great di-
Guilty, in some instances thirty minutes being
expended in reaching New York. The usual num-
Der OF boats were running on the Fulton, wall,
Hamilton, South and Catharine ferries, but did not
maintain any regular time The Harlem and Hun
ter's Point boats for while in the morning sus-
pended their trips, which caused dissatisfaction
among those who could not reach their destina-
tons readily usual: but on the east side there
were accidents reported and, save the delays,
nothing occurred worthy OF note.
on the North River there was also much incon-
venience experienced in terryboat travel. and the
hundreds from different sections OF New Jersey
whose business calls them TO New York at
an early hour in the morning were greatly de-
layed, and IN some instances were compelled to tel
egraph the cause OF their detention At one time
thousand more merchants, artzans and clerks
were in and around the Jersey City lerryhouse,
awaiting chance TO cross the river but were kept
back until their excellent store OF patience was
quite exhausted The Communipaw line suffere
in like manner, and one OF its ferryboats the
Plainhed, was saved from what might have been
fatal collision by the presence OF mind OF Its pilot.
The boat left the slip, at Communipaw about nine
O'clock with large number OF passengers irom the
Newark, Elizabeth Plainheld and Boundbrook
trains, and when IN the middle OF the
river, cautiously moving along, the whistles
OF steamboats, on either side were heard and the
pilot slgnaled the engineer 90 SLOW" This order
had hardly been complied with when the ferry
boat was discovered to be rapidly approaching a
| large schooner, which was anchored directly
/ ahead. BY prompt action the Plainheld went
| escape from collision created much confusion
among the passengers, and 1t was sometime before
| quiet was restored. The Staten Island boats were
not delayed. During the afternoon the log lifted
and travel on the rivers suffered no further
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