Evening journal., 1892-12-24
FLOATING ICE APPEARS.
Cutting Winds on the River and
Bay Create Fields Of 1t.
TOUGH EXPERIENCE WITH STORMS

The Shore Ice Getting Thicker Every
Hour and Spreading Out Into the
Channel-A Steamship Terribly hat
tered-Fire In shoe shop-Proposed
Disinfecting stations Too Near for
Comfort.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NRw CASTLE, Dec. "a The fierce and
penetrating winds of last night brought
the mercury down to 10 degrees with a
rush and made floating ice appear, for
the first time this winter. in huge fields
in the Delaware The thermometer reg
istered 10 degrees at 9 o'clock and the
shore ice continued to grow thicker
every hour and spread out toward the
channels of the river Steamboat naviga-
tion has been stopped and what steam.
boats can be moved viii be towed into
winter quarters at once.
The steamship Amur Captain Rouse,
bound from the Cardenas TO New York,
came up the Delaware yesterday. She
put into the bay for shelter on Thursday
having been terribly battered about in
the recent hurricanes The Amur left
Cardenas December and put into
Cabarien. After leaving that port the
weather gradually grew worse, and
huge seas swept over the decks. IL was
almost impossible to 60 fore and aft and
life lines had to be rugged to enable the
crew TO work. Everything movable was
carried away and things began TO look
SO serious that Captain Rouse was glad
to seek the shelter Of the Delaware
capes On learning of his whereabouts
the agents ordered the steamer to Phil
Rdelphia.
It is reported that the British steam.
ship Kaffir Prince, while bound from
Boston to Philadelphia, in ballast, struck
on Barnegat shoals and remained seven
hours, very narrowly escaping total
wreck. She loaded an outward cargo AT
Philadelphia for Havana without exami-
nation.
Disaster in a Shoe Shop.
The other night a young sport en-.
tered Hushebecks shoeshop on Union
street and there being a scarcity OF
chairs, he placed three or four sticks
across a slack tub and sat down there
while his shoes were being hammered
Pretty soon there was crash and tn,
shoemakers all looked up to see the mar
taking a cold bath in the black water
kicking over the oil lamp, and struggling
like one dying The proprietor rushed
out and yelled. "fire, FIRE, while tn,
man struggled out of the draining oil
and the black water and fell upon tn,
floor in a swOon The fire department
did not respond to the alarm as sufficient
water poured from the young mans sat
urated clothing to extinguish flames il
they had enveloped the whole building
Would Bring Foreign Diseases Too Near
Reedy Island or Fort Delaware hav,
been suggested by Collector Cooper Of
Philadelphia to the Maritime Exchan6o
as the site for establishing a disinfectinl
stations for vessels coming up the Della
ware river. This would be to near tn,
third largest city on the Delaware foi
the comfort of its Inhabitants. lt Is for
tunate that the above is only a sugges
tion.
Arguing ON the Proposed Ordinance.
An able and polished argument in thu
form of a letter to the EVENING JOURNAL
ON the New Castle market ordinance
from prominent citizen, appears to-da,
IN another column. The EVENING JOUR
NAL will gladly receive and publish any
brief letter Of argument for or against
the proposed market ordinance. Now Il
the time for argument on the prohibition
Of peddlers and the establishment Of I
curb market
Christmas at ST.: Peters Church.
Preparations have been made for elabor