The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-22
COLD WEATHER NORTH.
MANHATTAN ISLAND ONCE MORE
ALMOST ICE-B0UND.
Several Vessels In Distress During Storms
at Scs-Deep Snow I'm Penn
sy1vania.

NEW YORK. Feb. 2l.-The waters sur
rounding Manhattan Island are once more
ice-bound. The ferry service is irregular
and several mishaps have already occur
red.
The North and East rivers are filed
with ice. and the upper bay resembles an
arctic sea this morning In an unbroken
field tho crystal mass. capped with hard
ened snow. extends from shore to shore.
During the night the ice came down the
North river in giant foes, and was swept
down the bay by a strong ebb tide till
IL reached the nerrows. There IL met a
check on its course 10 the sound. Huge
cakes formed a field. The pressure ex-
erted by the mass behind packed It still
finer, TIL II reached from side TO side,
an almost impossible barrier.
This morning the situati IN at this point
was slightly relieved. but when an in
coming steamer succeeded in passing the
icy portals TO the ice-locked waters be-
yond. it was generally unable TO pro-
coed further. over toward the Staten
Island shore the Ice has been carried
by the wind and tide till layer mas been
forced upon layer and the surface re-
sembies a snow clad prairie. il Is fine
sight with the strong light dancing from
hummock TO miniature valley. flashing out
scintiilating rays and Transforming the
scene to one of arctic splendor. Only
The Esquimaux, with their dogs and sleds,
ere needed 10 make the likeness COM
plete.
Storms Mt Sea.
Several vessels are reported as dragging
their anchors and tugs have gone TO
their assistance. The stear.cr Santuit
reported outside the bar last night with
a barge. passed in at the look this morn
ing with her bow well down in the water
and having the appearance OF being iui
OF water She was accompanied by three
tugs The steamers arriving last hlSht
and this morning report the most Vlolehl
weather ever experienced, the seas peils
mountain high and the weather intensely
cold. . 49,
,,etalv enoased i'm ice bore evidence OF the
truth of the statements. Ihe steamer
Alnancia. which arrived this morning
from South American ports. brings nine
distressed seamen belonging TO the snip
Yorktown. which went asore peceillpei
oath twelve miles north OF Jurugua'
Rrazu. and was abandoned in sinking
condition and became a total loss. Also
two seamen of the bark a. G. Bcanlch put
into St Thomas on January loth III
leaking condition and three others from
the schooner Victor
The Alliancia has on board an Indian
war canoe from Para, destined for the
Worlds Fair.
Ferry Boats Run with Difficuity.
From the battery TO Governors Island
the ice is very solid. and II Is with eX~
treme difficulty that the South FERRY poatS
can force their way through It,
The Barclay street ferry 10 Hoboken Is
experiencing much trouble with its SIDE
wheel boats. The Orange and Secaucus
on early trips this morning were both
caught In an ice foe which was moving
RAPIDLY down the river with The tide. The
floats OF the paddle wheels we're partially
clogged with ice. Suddenly the foe
parted owing TO some freak OF the slide,
and the boats ploughed up the river again.
The ferry boat New Brunswick met
with similar mishap on her 1880 trip
from Jersey City. The boat was crowded
with several train-loads of passengers,
who watched with alarm the boat drift
ing down stream almost 10 Governors
Island. She was nearly an hour making
the trip. The screw ferry boats were
able TO make better time. but had to
fight their way almost inch by inch.
Along the river fronts lighters and rail-
road floats are frozen In. Tugs are vainly
trying to extricate them.
Although this city is enjoying breath
ing spell from the storm to-day it is still
blowing great guns all along the coast.
A Schooner Blown Out To Sea.
BOSTON, Feb. H.-Tug Right Arm.
Captain Davis, arrived this morning from
Vineyard Haven. Captain Davis reports
that he sailed from Vineyard Haven on
the 18th with schooner Lizzie Dewey
from New York. Captain Raynard, coal
laden, for Boston. in tow.
Yesterday morning when off Minots,
during the heavy westerly gale, the haw-
ser parted and the schooner let so both
anchors. The gale increased and the
schooner commenced to drag TO sea. She
was leaking badly and could not be kept
free with the pumps. which had become
disabled, so the captain and crew were
taken off by the tug, which then went
into Nantucket roads and anchored.
Early this morning she returned and
searched for the abandoned vessel, but
could not find her, and IL is supposed she
dragged TO sea and sunk.
The crew saved nothing bat the clothes
they stood in. The Lizzie Dewey was a
three-masted schooner of 1856 tons. built al
Lubec, Me, and was twenty-one years |
old. She was uninsured.
Deep snow i'm Southwestern Pennsylvania |
YORK, PA, Feb. 21.-The temperature |
in this city reached two degrees below |
zero this morning. Reports from the rural |
districts are to the effect that the snow |
drifts are the deepest in many years |
The roads in many places are impossible |
and the fences are buried out of sight. |
Communication is completely shut off |
with many neighboring towns.