New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-12
IN THE ICE JAM

harbor. Some Of tho tugs which are accustomed
10 fight passages for vessels up the Hudson IN vi"
lev season have adjustable iron rams, which they
can iX on their bows and cut, IN ordinary tin'S
Of winter, a pathway 1hcso tugs were out IN
force ycstcrlay forenoon, and went arouhh
charging $40 10 cut way for fcrryboats 10 sc'
70 their slps, or 10 release imprisoned VeSs"lS III
tho borbor These tugs soon found thor Work
so orduous that The price of n waterway "I'
doubcd. and eco was tho least amount WHICH
would tempt on iron-prowed tug 70 nt'emP' '"e
clearance OF way for icebound vessels
All the morning traffic on the rivers ano on inc
unner and lower bays was ut stanhs'i. VII
,hn p,,,orv vcsscl, OF all kinds were Imprisoned
in the great foes, and the putting little tugs
wore working hurd to get them out The Dis
Mallory Limo steamer Conal. from the region oil
nernc,nal summer az Key West, came pounding
nm the bay while tho imprisoned heet lay t'c'e
After leaving the Gulf Stream two days OH ''e
coast Abe had struck such heavy seas anu SUI"
cold weather that masts and shronds "c'e ""
crnsted with gttoring ice. ana there "e'e ''"'
inches OF Ice on her decks. She iorceu ~"
Nm the bay until she reached "o'er"oi
Thcre il where tho currents ol 'hc -'o,"'
Fast rivers meet, and where the ifnp'l,o"'u
wcrc and the great mass OF ice l'' .',
he'd of Ice against "hiNh W.
,,nro nounding and in which the helpless VeS''i'
"''' C.,,,al ,orcod her way Then she, too
-. hc,nless and for while it looked aS IL
49, ,,oro 90 no swept on the shore OF Governor n
,aIond S,rugclinr with all her great po"r'
however she finally saved hcrscii' """
long time rcachcd her pier
The North River furnished the greatest a"'o"a'
y, icc hut il had there a broader surIacc ~
I'D hc fcrrXDOatS OH u0
,,ve- ran not OH their schedule times. o"' "'
.;,.,as .nnroyi,,ate thereto Tie South brooRNh
,n~n,. IA ro, rim at all, and the South fer'S
...,, ,o, ,rns All the ferries on the East RIVER
-, -, disio,nt,d intervals throughout inc "aN
WIZ, about noon the tide changed anu 'cSa'
,o rur aood things were different ana o'e''
,,o,orw,v WIS made for the Staten lslahu "i'S-
,o,,s and for the ocean craft about the h"'"o''
All through tho day, however, trip acros, Wv
la.. p;vor was n sort Of Arctic voyage au'iu '''
fields Of floating ice.
rho scrcyy vessels had n better time OF IL 'nai
thc sidowhcel boats, for the great pi"u'c' "o
,et cbol;cd and cloggad with ce ana the '"nn'p-
inc and pounding which ensued was icar-inSp'''"S
to people on board
of an thc ferries that running to Staten lSia'i'
had the worst time, aad the most 'fia,s ""', '
I,tiors Only one boat left S'n'eh i'ia''
a o,cIoch That WIS the boat WHO" 'o' "
George at 10 90 After tha' coh''n'',, '..'I
with the island was over until the ,iue '"ine
T,.n S,aton Island ferry yboat Westlield got past
Covcrnors Island about 10 oclocN III ~. sI;s
roop and tried 10 force her way ih'o NV P
Sho failed in this attempt, ana aitci ''"' 80
,,o managed 10 make lancihs ~ ,''o 5
Go,co nier. The Southicld was Cohseo - man
. landing at the Battery Goat USUALLY usc' " WV
pcdlow's leland boat nc ", U,,,o,y,s
ah, in tLc ice before she passed be"iow
,'"S' ,, nd tho nearest she could come to hcr
'S.'' ,ho sim Of the N,w-jerSey 'entral
-. ';,,ood fcrrv nj Libcrty-st., North hiNcr' Al"
,,"ae,rs Wiman landed her passengers at .''
~, r;cr in the East River, near 'he nan
49,. ra,rv Four Steten Island i"rryooa'S "erc
A., 10, ,t one time vainly Struggling 10 ,c0
O., =, George and bring up TO the Guy '"'
...,s waiting there. About II 20 p H. '"'e.
of tl,e,o appeared off their Sfat'h '7'a"' sup ~ ~"
q, halfway Of clear water row hi' me "' ,'..,.
a -" 49, aoodtiae resumed the business oil Jerry
ing people to Ncw-ior" ,,.,..5o
A. 10 o'clock yesterday morning ,''e ''o'"" ~.
y, rho Ncw-York waterways was a"o"'
h;cbt The scene from the battcr! "' '"'
,;,,o was one such ~ lew NcW-ioih'i' '
,,itnessed About fifteen vessels oil al sor's anu
1oscrntions were off the seawall hcipieSoiS ''"
h.d6ed in the ice and saucy lttlc tugs WIZ
...,,,,. IL voi, 70 extricatc them Up the East
River the sccpe was the same. on the Battery
ON. ,rc .M Palmer, with several floats in
tow tho fcrryboats Bay Ridge and Southfeld,
the steamboat Albcrtina, two three masted school,
ers. the tug r. Woodruff, the Ellis Island ferry
boat Schaclamlxon, the steam barge General
Grant. the Waterfront Caledonia, the tug VIZ
cinia Jackson, with several coal barges IN tow,
the tug Charles Soper, with bargcs In tow, and
a lot of other craft, were frozen in, helpless and
at the mercy OF the ice and tide.
Il was at the time Of this great crush that the