New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-26
YELLED IN THICK FOG.
COMMERCE. OF THE PORT SUSPENDED.
STEAMSHIPS AND SMALLER CRAFT ANCHORED

STEAMSHIPS AND SMALLER CRAFT ANOhoKED
orTsrDE THE BAR-A COLD WAVE COMING.
Tho dense for which Yesterday wrapped the city and
rho hay in an lnpeuetrabe veil and extended far ouU
10 sea stoppcd the commerce Of the port No' sup
left the han Dor all day. Three incoming steamship
the CITY Of Columbia from Havana the Besid" Ste"
Herman and the Ethcrly from the Medlteriaheal-S"'
ceodcd in reaching Quarantine but did not dare come
up to the city The fog was 50 dense tlat thc iooN'
outs at Fire Island and sandy Hook could not sec III
coming steamers Ia fact, they reported from thclr
misty towers that land and and all that IN them -
were cut of from view. and only "a thlch "llo N'P
met their gaze on every hand. Fog bells Changed All
day long and far INTO the night along the river Ho
to guide the feryboats to their slips ana tle sueo''
of the city ooked like the steam-rOom OF Russian
bath.
Late in the afternoon the tug Assistance, captain
Parker came into port, making her way cdreiulS
through the 9og. and brought news OF the meet "a
steamships waiting outside the bar for the loe 10 ''
La Champagne. the great French steamer from haVre'
the Morgan Line steamer Fl PaSO, from New-Oreans
and the tnk steamers Lux and PhOsphor were all re-
ported anchored near the entrance to Gedneys Chal
neil waxing for an opportunity to come into port
The steamer Algers of the Morgan Line. from Gal
vcston made an attempt TO come up Gedneys Chal'
mel Tat grounded the Romcr Shoal Iherc WAS
little wind and sea- and she lay easily with a gocd
CHARGE Of coming OIL at the next Tue "iicn O'0 80
slstance left her.
Early in the day the French Transatlantic
Cbmpanv sent out a tug to look for La Clam
taguc. but the fog was 50 dense u"'
The tug came back without finding her.
The Assistance aftcrward found the great steamer
: riding quietly at her anchor outside the bar ~
! 10 O'Clock the wind what there of it, chopped
around to the westward and the fog lifted HttIe
! in the upper bay and the rivers rolling back
! in dense masse, toward the sea from whence II
! came For TWO days fog has prevailed on inc
coast and sailing vessels bound for TINS port Have
kept off shore. For the next few days PROVIDED 'he
foc doe, not settle down again, the Nam snip anu
! Gcdney's channels will constant stream u
vessels pouring into port. There may pe expected
too long list of collisions and accidents Que l" inc
! fos.
Tho thou,ands OF persons who cross the North ana
| East river, daily suffered delays Of from twenty
| minutcs TO half an hour. The staten IsId'u
! ferryboats ran when they couh "hlo
! all the Sound steamboats, arrived from three
/ and a half to four hours overdue
The Providence Of the Fall River Line. and other OUT
going sound boats detained at theT piers u''
late last night waiting for the fog to lift Ihere
were several trihng collisions IN the TNcIS' Ou' Nv
! serious accident reported.
| The ferryboat jersey City, Of the PennsyVaha
! Railroad while on her 8 80 a II. trip from 'el'c'
| CITY, ran into a mud.,co and lost three OF loD'
blade, from her paddle wheels. Trains were runnll7
considerably behind time on the Central ana fGnui
| ,i,,'i, r.,ilro,d, Ali tdin, on the Long Island
! Railroad had be lighted and the locomotives 'd'''u
slight accident due to the fog, happened on m.
road \ manure train left the freight Sdiu' dD y
! i'.rort and wa, blocked near the kast-aVe biIute
| the caboOSe projecting lew HCHeo oN, ,.tnc
North shore TRACKS. train Tor flusMlT wa, ne no
the station and it, locomotive crashed mo oS
i@cting caboose teaiul tile platform ana euaru i
| srd 5smsgng the pilot II the engine. Fortunately
the locomotive hcp ~ r.i d' tIav al rot a GOOD