New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-13
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NEW-YORK WALLED IN BY ICE
ALL CRAFT STRUGGLE FOR HOURS IN THE
BAY.

BAY
VESSELS At QUARANTINE CARRIED FROM THEIR
ANCHoRAGEs BY IMMENSE FLoEs-A FERRY.
BOAT ABANDONED OUT IN THE HARBoR
SCORES OF TUGBOArs DISABLED
OCEAN STEAMER ALMOST
HELPLESS.
New-YorS was an ice-bound city again yeo.
terday. Ferries ran at irregular intervals or not
at all Big steamships could not get TO sea, and
vessels tiozcn in the ice all over the rivers
and bays The bay comparatively free early
in the morning, but as soon as the ebo-tidc eet
in things became worse than they were the day
before The Upper and Lower Bay and the East
River became fields of ice through which only
the most powerful craft could make way. The
dwellers on Staten Island were practically cut
off from communication with the outside worlo
By boat Two ferrybOats which left ot. Georg0
soon after O'Clock succeeded with difficulty 10
reaching the city. Then they could rot get PACK.
A boat was sent out from 81. George AT e'So
o'clock but it returned about noon, having oecn
unable TO reach the city This boat, however,
reached the Solihfeld. which was stuck In the
ice with brok.n rudcer chains Oh Iedio"s
Island took her passengers o'f ana carrieo ,heu,
TO St George The adventures OF tn" Staten isiano
boats in the course Of the day would make
a volume One of the boats which leit the iSianu
about o'clock did not land her passengers unul
.s,ornoon A great sheet Of moving ice spread
between Staten and Manhattan Islands. There was
ono wav OF getting of the island, however, ana
81 +bis many took advantage. From Port Klcii-
nord there is a little ferryboat running across Sne
Kills which here are narrow. She Is stanon
rd nowerful little craft, and it is the Doast Oh heE
contain that he ran during the big blizzard
Late last night it was reported from Quaran-
Tin, that the ice was iammed tIlcKIy III INC '.'
rows and was gradually moving down 10 the lower
hay carving everything before IL. Inc s,e"'"
shin Massachusetts,, from London when nao al,
cborod NJ Ouara,tine late in the evening, draggeo
ber anchors on account OF the great heids Oh
ice which pressed upon her, and at iase ao
counts was in midstream being graduaiiy iofo0.
southward Two oil-tank steamers and TWO coaA
barres were also dragging their anchors ahd oe'
ING forced in the direction OF GraVesena Day
Tho Massachusetts, is a $500 ton steamship DE-
Longing to the Atlantic Transport Line. She runs
between this port and London, and Is used
chiefly as freighter. The names Of the two
tank steamers could not be learned. IL WIZ
thought that no one was the scows
The ice was packed in the Kills yesterday anu
several helpless tugs were imprisoned there, Uue
the strong little Port Richmond boat pounded hef
way back and forth at intervals all day. Dy
boarding this boat one could reach the supuros
of Berqen Point and take a hOrsecar TO station
on the Central Railroad Of New-Jersey' rron'
there steam cars conveyed the Staten island "sn-
dorer 70 Communipaw and a practicable ferry 10
New-York.
Tho ferryboat Erastus Wiman, which lett the
pattarv at o'clock in the morning, Yas imprn.
oned for two hours in the ice OIL BED islano
and then gave up the attempt to reach~St george
and returned TO her slip. The Westneld left et.
George for New-Yorl1 at 8 40 a. m she hao .
large number Of people aboard clerks wan otrees
men and business men generally. Among 'ne"
WAS Mr.. Cannon. superintendent OF the o'a'cn
Island Rapid Transit system. Inc "es'heio ioioe"
her way through the loose ice, running out oi 'no
Kills all right until she reached poin' OIL n'n
h;,,s Reef light Then the trouble began IL
vas mpossible 10 force her further through the
So ord % make matters worse, the ice settled
.h,ok,,. around her Finally by continual pound
ipr Of her paddles she managed TO make aoout ono
ond one-half miles further toward the clty, out
,here sha stuck. unable to 60 forward or 20 pach'
a, oho ,vos struggling there the Middleto@n, whlch
bod loft ST George twenty minutes after the "eS'
.,d came along in O lane of water whcre the ice
vas NOT packed so thickly. There was STOUT
I.,le tuoboat between the two ferryboats, ana
Nr Cannon hailed her The tug WORKED na'u
and finally got alongside the imprisoned "es'-
Gala Mr. Cannon told the captain of the tug
70 20 over 20 the Middletown and tell her
contain. A. Braisted. that the Westheid was .o-
inc back TO Staten Island, and would 'aSe
aboard any passengers or the Mldde'owh WIN
desired 10 return. The tug delivered 'he ucS
.,cn and Captain Braistcd told his passengers
hocly
viddietown forged ahead into the thick OF tho
ice. , o..
Among the passengers on the Middetown were
p.vcrlv Robinson. A. j. and +. ii. Outer
bridge. James Scott. OF the keal Es,a'e
rxcbanoe. and about 200 other business
mon The Ward Line steamer City OF AieN-
andria was forcing her way slowly up ehe ".s'
The Mddlctown got in her wake ano "S'aniS
rcochcd her slip, but it was long voyage ihe
wnstfcld by putting forth all her efforts, sue
cc,dcd in getting back TO Staten Island shortly
before noon.
Tho fcrryboat Erastus Wiman left WhitehallSt.
at 6:f5 D. m. with 5000 passengers on poaru'
She reached st. George about 7:30 O'CLOCK 1"
safety The ice in the bay seemed to be broken
nm AT that hour and another boat was dispatched
from ST. George. which came up to the city IN
lane of orcn water in thirty-fve minutes. She
returned to the island at | l o'clock.
OF the fleet of 500 tugs in New-York Harbor
$50 were said yesterday to be laid up on ac-
count of injuries received in the ice blockade
Of the preceding day. The ice prevented the
use of drydocks. and so the disabled tugs had
10 III, up to their piers and wait Early IN tho
morning the British steamer Argonaut came INTO
the harbor and forced her way up the Day
4 Staten Island ferryboat was struggling along
at the same time, and the two together man.
AGED TO break n passage in the ice until the
Arconaut reached an anchorage. The tug K. C.
Wet was carried on Robbins Reef by the moving
ice. which caught her. and at last accounts she
still Law there with heavy list TO port. The