The Portland daily press., 1875-02-13
ICE.
Brooklyn Cut off from New York
SEVERE EXPERIENCES AT SEA.
MANY DISASTERS REPORTED.

NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-Travel between this
city and Brooklyn, and also TO and from jersey
City, has been completely suspended for over
two hours. The weather, which suddenly
changed last evening to intense cold, has con-
tlnued so to-day, with heavy northwest gale.
Immense foes of ice have gathered in both riv-
ers. The whole bay from the Battery to Sandy
Hook has been covered with thick ice since
sunrise, and no water can be seen from an ele'
waited position in the new telegraph building
Crowds who left Hoboken on the ferry boats
between and o'clock this morning, did not
reach this city till past ~, and at this hour
there are three ferry boats in the ice on the
North River within 200 yards of their docks,
unable to move. Three ferry boats are also
helpless in the ice in the East River. No yes
sells can enter or leave the harbor.
Only the Sound boats are reported as having
cut their way through yesterday.
At City Island, above He'll Gate, there are
quite number of sailing craft, mostly schoon-
ers fast in the ice. There are also some twelve
or fourteen sloops and schooners belonging to
neighboring ports frozen in Hammond's Flats,
among which are the schOoners Mary Brewer,
Saunders, of and from Rockland for New York,
with a cargo of lme and the William ii.
Brown of Providence, from New York for
Providence. The hospital ship Illinois was
carried from her moorings to Bedlow's Island
by the ice, but was subsequently towed to
place of safety.
The steamer George Cromwell of the Port
land line sailed yesterday on the outside pas
Long Island Sound. Captains of coasting
steamers report ice from the capes of Delaware
to Sandy Hook.
The revenue steamer Grant arrived off Sandy
Hook Wednesday night from two weeks
cruise along the coast in search of disabled ves
sells. Finding heavy sea off the bar she was
obliged to haul off shore for the night AT
daylight yesterday morning, twenty five miles
southeast from the Highlands, during strong
gale, the rudder post was carried away, COM
pletely disabling the rudder. She worked in
off the lightship, steering as well as possible
by means of hawser over the stern, brdled
from each quarter, and by using head sails
She signalled the pilot boat James w. Elwell
and endeavored to get hawser to her, but ow-
ing to the force of the gale and heavy sea run
ming found it impossible. The Grant fell in
with the steamer Cyclops off the bar and was
towed to the city,
The ship Nevada, Kerger, from Boston for
New York, was fallen in with by the Grant on
the 10th inst, off Montauk. Many of the Ne
vada's crew were badly frost bitten. An Off
Ger and six seaman were sent on board from
the Grant to assist in working the ship into
port.
Boston, Feb 1.-THE intense cold last night
where a number Of fisherman attempted to
make harbor during the furious northwest
gale. Four vessels went ashore at Woodend
and fifteen others were badly frozen in the ice
and are drifting about the bay. Collector Sim
mons, on learning their exposed position, Or
dered revenue cutter to go to their assistance.
She left here this forenoon with an ample sup
ply of provisions.
The fishing schooner Abby j. of Boston,
bound into Boston, got in the ice and drifted
ashore on Spectacle Island, where she remains
full of water. The crew were saved.
The schooner John Rommell of New Haven,
from Mosquito Inlet, Florida for Boston, went
ashore last night on the outside of Cape Cod.
One man was lost. All the crew were frost
bitten.
BOSTON, Feb. 12-Brig Carrie Purington OF
of Topsham, Me-, ashore on Cape Cod, still re-
mains grounded on the bar surrounded by ice,
in six feet of water at low tide but she floats at
high water. Ice is piled up around the vessel
six or seven feet high, AID the nearest open
water is half mile away. She could easily
get off at high tide if steam tug could reach
her. Her hull remains tight.
Schooner John Rommell, Jr., ashore on Cape
Cod, lies about one mile east from Race Point.
Cutter GallatiD succeeded in extricating two
fishermen out of the ice in the bay to-day, and
at last accounts was at work upon the others.