The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-14
THE ICE BLOCKADE @ X
EERnFBoATs AGAIN CROSS TIE BAY
ON TIlfR

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The Clipper Glocscsp and the Tee Teiis-sn
Have n Hard strusxie with the Icc-The
Coal Barge Andrew Jackson sinks, and
the Pilot Boat Bennett Goes 20 Pieces.
There was happiness in the ferry of1ces and
relief for suburbanites yesterday. for the Ice
blockade had been broken in the rivers and
the upper bay.
Only one ferry was unabls to run. the Bay
Ridge. about whose Long Island landing the
Ice has made fits lrmest clasp. The patrons
OF the Bay Ridge line suffered but little moon
venience. however. as the Thirty-ninth Street
Ferry was running on schedule time. md the
Bay Ridgors had but to lenye their trains at
Third avenue and the city line. and transfer
to the Second avenue electric cars. which car
ried them to the Twenty-ninth Street Ferry.
All four OF the Staten Island Rapid Transit
Company's boats were again making tho reg
ular winter trips. Their hard experience on
Thursday had not caused any damage that
could not be readily repaired In the slips. The
Southfleld's paddles and the Middletown's
rudder chains had given way under the
strain against the ice. but both boats were 1t
for their early morning trips. The story was
told yesterday OF the transfer Of passengers
from the Southteld to the Westneld in mid
channol. abreast OF Liberty Island. when
the Westneld backed out OF the Toe
II IctuIueu W pI oeoEkos cuO mhu0 Ru-
other attempt at / o'clock again. with
General superintendent. Cannon on board.
For, three hours and a half she charged the
Ice IN vain. Those passengers who knew that
When the Westneid was the only W one Of the
fleet OF four which failed to make the passnge.
waiting had become tiresome the men organ
lied a dance, in their, cabin. assisted by two
little boys with mouth organs sprang into az
X xtf Eali sP pss Sn ! BIZ IL. ep W.st lNsd At id laq eho . Ss,sSsai
time that day. beat q retreat. and returned to
Yesterdays wind helped to clear the upper bay
;sna II the lower FAY, 1fhs tssmsr Ii Menss.
successive Of the Arctic; One. doe was struck
in extent. It had things its own way and the
steamer made a detour to pass It.
an ahS %n' Thurssav ni wRteh thI Gt { days AZ Y from
London. worked her way up of Liberty Island
ssiss wsts n!to 'sEs 1o oHs fn ike i to s Sn s On loash In
hewn quartz that son faneifnI BONANZA kine
crusted with Ice that reflected the sun In
daHEESling lsmat rays:
Brookiyn. after q hard tussle with the Ice in
to Clifton on Thursday afternoon. The ships
strain and parted close aboard the tug Tho
end. OF the hawser became entangled In the
t ns'l sRaie IHG iS? Taiisn Sns d Tns Ts So%n a SH sRs
T6s Ice was jammcd SO close and the tenn:
walk from the tug to the ship ten minutes
after T sn the ebay haws Sh. l snap = {I,r Engineer r.. Ardsr.
man walked over to the ship. Capt. Winnett
,SSii through a vb hole e,,l He was rescued BY
HS %ss y Fl, # s s ! S!sfssss ia f e NJ: FIX y:
aionsslds s' tso sS hip Witch sR sh seld ies Steady sS t so sey
s stsam nnSh4 Mssss mhs sas 1 AhsIsat sneh sfaas wsrs
not big enough to hold her. driited down
1 5cment tn Cat ssH the an Ta fsns: M wo%id be oeSs ios F.
But the ponderous Massachusetts Just cleared
The wind shifted to northwest and the
this j9b In the uspa! way; with her oapstan. Is
aSseIS iisSsi the e aSsfSss1; of 4 the tss sa VIII GA a
fSi@ ssis ssod iaste me r ts 6 spnE; s sSa,t cut T &:
man steamed: aided BY wind and tide. to Mer-
so ThSFf ;ro WAS ci 10 ff! Island. we ASs T Iss Va. in tt tho
!!% @' Ths tSfs !; ] Weed sna Res Sssoisss: VIE
count OF the Ice. The tugs Z A. Burnside and
Nandercook were imprisoned near Ham:
mond's fats. Tho tugs. U. s. Grant and
Abraham I. Skidmore, each with two barges
t9 1S%l Hsfit te as sssls lat ito s7f Srisish . sSho y y
Somer. with a cargo OF lumber from st. John.
was stuck In the Ice of Sands Point with an
unknown lime-laden schooner.
The coal barge. Andrew Jackson. which was
once a stout California clipper ship OF 1.O05
tons. was pinched in the ice at the foot OF. West
Eighteenth street yesterday and sank In
thirty feet OF water. She was laden with coal.
She will DO raised. and may carry many more
ports. She went out Of commission as a clip
per in 1881. after having ploughed the waters
OF pretty nearly all the foreign ports Of tho
world for twontycthrse years.
The barge Annie w. Weston was forced by
Ice and tide on the embankment Of the trestle
work Of the Rapid Transit railroad between
Stapleton and Clifton. She was hemmed in
by ice. and may not get out until q thaw
comes.
The pilol boat james Gordon Bennett. which
went ashore. on Thursday morning at Sea-
bright. was dlsmasted by the breakers yester-
day. Sho will be o total loss. i
The. steamer. Huntington. from gton.
]. l.. for New York. which had the four blades
Of her propeller broken by the ice on Thurs
day. passed City Island late In the afternoon
in tow Of the tug Golden Rule.
Thirty-four OF Commissioner ,Brennan's
scows are icebonnd at the dumping boards
disposition OF refuse. About all the work his
force can do is to proceed with tho removal OF :
the snow from broadway and the ferry streets.
SOMETHING NEW IN GAMBLING.
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