The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
LOCKED UP IN A FOG.
NAVIGATION ON THE RIVER Sc
RIOUSLY INTERPRETED WITH.


TIE New York and Boston Steamers
Anchored Over Night, But Get to Sea
During a Rift in the Blackness- The
Baltimore Steamer Remains at Her
Wharf-Vessels Waiting TO Get Cp
the River and to Get Outside-The
Weather Outlook.
There was rift in the fog yesterday. 1t
lifted about 10 o'clock and enabled a few
steamers to put u sea. For twenty-four
hours before that navigation was at a
standstill, owing to the density Of the fog
which extended from the neighbOrhood Of
Augusta to the mouth of the river and out
to sea.
Three Norwegian barks, which were wait
ing for the fog to lift and which were bound
out, weighed anchor from the roads and
put to sea-
The Chattahoochee, for New York ,andthe
Gate City, :for Boston. attempted to pick
their way down the river Saturday night,
but failed, owing to thickness of the fog,
which, apparently. was more dense on the
water than ashore. and objects could not be
discovered five feet
STEAMERS TIED UP.
The Gate City managed to get as far as
the hight, where she was anchored for the
night The Chattahoochee did not get any
further than the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway Company's wharf,
where she tied up for the balance of the
night. The Vim. Lawrence, which was
also bound out, did not leave her wharf
until yesterday morning. When the fog
cleared up all three steamers went
down in a bunch and made for the
har Eafo fnc pOtllH
The steamer City Of Americas, which was
due early yesterday morning, did not arrive
at her wharf until O'Clock IN the afternoon,
bavingibeen detained by the fog up the river
The schooner Austin d. Knight, with
railroad iron, and which was due up to the
city from Tybee Saturday night, did not
get up until yesterday.
AT ANCHOR OFF TYBEE.
An unknown British steamship was
passed at anchor If Martins industry
lightship on Saturday, where it is believed |
she was compelled to stop on account of the |
density of the weather.
The British steamship Branel, Capt. Hen |
derson, arrived yesterday afternoon and is |
believed TO be the unknown passed off Mar |
TINS Industry, as the captain reported de- |
tentiOn by the fog.
The schooner Tena A. Cotton also got up |
yesterday from sea. There are two schoon- |
L
terday. 1t is not known, however, how many |
vessels came into the roads during |
the past two days, and cannot be found |
until the weather clears up, but it is be- |
lieved that there are several
Quite feet Of sailing vessels is loaded |
and ready to put to sea the moment the fog |
lifts. The Norwegian banks Ellida |
and Inheritance and the brig Mary
T. Kimball and the schooners Norman,
Emma Heather and Adele Thackera are
all waiting for favorable weather to get
out. The fog again spread its canopy over
the river end city last night, and naviga-
tion was paralyzed.
AN UNUSUAL SPELL OF WEATHER
The weather shows no signs of cooling off
yet. Just when everybody had made I'D
their minds chat there was going to be
some cold weather, and had prepared them
selves for it, it turned warm again ana left
the people sweltering in their heavy winter
clothes. The worst of it is that the warm
spell continues, with no indication of grow
ing cooler, but rather growing warmer all
the time.
The first week of November was rather
cool; then the weather suddenly turned |
warm again, and has continued so since. |
This is most unusual spell of weather for
November. A glance at the weather reports |
shows that during the last nine DAYS there |
average temperature for sixteen years, the
excess for the year being 1867 on Nov. 8,
and 800 on Nov 10.
WILL CATCH IT LATER
This means that Savannah will "catch itn
when the cold weather does come The
heavy fogs and the muggy condition of the
weather have added to its disagreeableness.
The signal observer said the prevalence
OF a continued low area pressure In the
gulf prevents the movement of slight |
high area pressures, which have formed |
further north, in this direction, causing a
general barometric depression throughout
the southern states There is no telling
how much longer this spell Of weather may
last
Yesterdays maximum temperature was
70 and the minimum Csc, giving a mean of |
TO-, which was 49, above the normal.
There was considerable rain reported
In the south yesterday, especially
in the western cotton districts |
The Little RocS district reported % inches. |
Memphis .5S, Mobile .59 and Vicxsburg so.
Light showers were reported from the Sa- |
vannah district. The observers prediction |
for to-day is rain, with stationary tenn |
perature." There is no probability of cooler |
weather. |