The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-13
CRUSHED BY ICE.
Adrift i'm the Harb0r of
New York.
COOLEST DAY ON RECORD.
Travel i'm the East Is Blocked and All
Shipping on the Atlantic
i'm Danger.
Special to THE MORNING CALI

NEW YORK, Jan. FIT has been many
years since the harbor and rivers OF this
city were so thoroughly blockaded by Ice,
and instead of improving the situation
steadily grows worse. So dense and COM
pact is the mountain OF ice wedged in the
Narrows by the ebb tide that no boats dared
force passage through to-day. The ferry
boats run only on a go-as-you-plea plan.
Long Island and jersey patrons OF the
various ferries were delayed and harassed
In innumerable ways, and scores OF them
will undoubtedly be forced to spend the
night in the city.
Hundreds of tons of freightare blockaded
on the wharves and lighters. a binding
snowstorm. driven by high wind. during
the day and night aggravated the discom-
fort and danger by making it impossible
for pilots to see far enough ahead to seek
ont the best channels. Six boats are ast
in the ice in the upper harbor.
The steamship Hudson. which arrived
from New Orleans this morning. reports
having had hard time getting up the bay
through the ice.
The foe ice in the sound is unprecedented
a number of tug schoOners and bsrges from
the South and East are both ice and weather
sound.
The British schooner Cricket, which ar
rived from ST. Johns. New Brunswick, on
December 50, was crushed in the ice In
North River to-day. Her captain and crew
had only enough time 10 save a few per-
sonal effects before she went down.
REPORTS from quarantine state that the
steamship Massachusetts,. from London. is
dragging her anchor chains and is being
forced slowly down the bay by the huge
cakes which hem her in on all sides. Two
oil-tauk steamers and two coal bargeS, torn
from their anchorage at Tompkiusvile. are
also being carried down the lower bay by
the ice
Division Superintendent Hampstead Of
the New York Central Railroad, said to-day
that the schedules of trains are more de-
moralized than at any time since the blizzard.
All Western trains are four to six hours late.
The weather all over the country is very
cold. Yesterday was the coolest day known
for years. In the New England States,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania rivers we're
frozen over and the thermometer was below
zero. In North Carolina such weather mas
not been known in fifteen years. Snow
storms are in progress in the mountains Of
Pennsylvania. Pittsburg reports all the
rivers frozen over and schools forced TO
close. Binding snOwst0rms are reported
in South Dakota and traffic is interrupted.
The Chesapeake Bay and tributaries are
covered with twelve to eighteen inches of
ice and the oyster-p packing houses are
closed. The ice embargo is the heaviest
known in seventeen years. In New York
nothing has approached the condition in
the way of fee accumulation for years, bay
travel being greatly impeded
Pilots are unable to get their boats away
from the shore at Staten Island. During
the binding snOwstorm to-day number Of
vessels were driven ashore along the Jer-
sey coast.
is estimated that $4,000 600 worth Of
freight much Of il perishable, is lying on
the piers. unable to be moved on account of
the ice blockade.
OTTAWA, Ontario. Jan. 12.-The Niagara
Falls presents a beautiful sight A COM
plete ice gorge covers what is known as the
Big Kettle" extending from about 100
feet below the suspension bridge to within
fifty feet of the foot of the falls This is
the FIRST time in 100 years that this has hap
pened.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 12.-The lee gorge in
the Ohio River is causing serious apprehen-
sion of coal famine. The supply is the
shortest the city has known in twenty
years. Coal is So and Sc 80 ton, while
directly across the river, at CoYiBgton and
Newport. it Is only 81 ton.
LOUISVILLE. KY, Jan. 12.-The river is
frozen seiid from Jacksonville bridge to
TweIve-mile Island. and men and boys
were walking across all day. Below heavy
gorges formed at Alton. Wolf Greek, Leay-
enwerih. Brandenburg and Salt River
Smaller gorges also formed at intermediate
points. The rapid falling OF the river in
the harbor last night caused many boats to
be lief, aground.
CAMDEN. \. J., Jan. 12.-The Delaware
River is frozen over solid from Coopers
Point to this city. number of freight
boats are fast in the ice. There are $50
loaded freightcars for Philadelphia stalled
at this place, being unable to get across the
river.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Jan. 12.-The ice
In the harbur is now i've inches thick, and
the crews from several imprisoned vessels
walk on the ice to Fairhaven shore.
NANTUCKET, Mass, Jan. 12-Nantucket
is shut eff from the outside world by an ice
blockade. During the past two days the
cold snap closed no both the harbor and the
bay. The ice extends out six miles beyond
the breskwater. With present indications
it is impossible to state when eommunica-
ton will be open.
OTTAWA, Ontario. Jan. 12-The cold
weather in this section is undated in in
tensitv. AT Ottawa this morning the Their
mOmeter registered 80 below zero; OF Pen
broke. 40 below; at Ironside, 80 below; at
Maniwaki, "a below; at KaZu bagua, 30 be-
low, and at North Wakefield. 81 below.