Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-13
Arctic Weather Along the
Atlantic Coast.
Severest Winter Experienced
in Many Years.
Mountains Of Ice Block Navigation
in New York Harb0r.
The Sea Frozsn at Nantucket Six nTiIes
Out-The Delaware and Ohio
Frozen Over-Extreme Cold
in the Dominion.

| By tne Associated Press.
NEW YoRK, Jan. 12.-It ia many year.
since the harbor and rivers of this city
were 30 blockaded by ice as at present
and instead of improving, the situation
is steadily growing worse. So dense and
compact is the mountain of ice wedged
in the narrows by the ebb tide that nc
boats dared to force passage there to.
day.
The ferry boats run only on the GO as
you-please plan. The Long Island and
New jersey patrons Of the ferries are de.
layed and harrassed in innumerable
ways, and scores of them will doubtless
be forced to spend the night in the city.
Hundreds of tons Of freight is block
AIDED on the wharves and lighters. 1t
will be out OF the question to retain the
extreme congestion until the advent Of
milder weather. Binding snow, driven
by high wind during the day and
night, aggravated the discomfort and
danger by making it impossible for
pilots to see far enough ahead to seek
out the best channels. Six boats are
fact 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 flow of ice in
the sound is unprecedented. A number
of tugs, schooners and barges, south and
east, are both ice and weather bound.
The British schooner Cricket, which
arrived from st. Johns, N. B., December
30th, was crushed in the ice in North
river today. The captain and crew had
only enough time to save few personal
effects before she went down.
Reports from quarantine state that
the steamship Massachusetts,, from
London, is dragging .AeF anchor chains
by the huge cakes OF ice which hem her
in on all eides. Two oil tanks and two
coal barges, torn from their anchorage
at Tompkinsville, are also being carried
down the lower bay by ice.
Division Superintendent Hampstead
of the New York Central railroad said
today that the schedules of trains are
more demoralized today than at any
time since the blizzard. All western
trains are four to six hours late.
Several tugs with heavy coal tows are
fast in the ice In the upper bay. Pilots
are unable to get their boats away from
the shore of Staten island. During the
binding snow storm today number of
vessels were driven ashore along the
Jersey coast.
1t is estimated that $4,000, 900 worth
of freight, much of it perishable, ie lying
on the piers, unable to be moved on ac-
count OF the ice blockade.
CAMDEN, N. j., Jan. 1.-THE Della
ware river is frozen over solid from
Cooper's Point to this city. A number
of freight boats are fast in the ice.
There are $50 loads of freight cars for
Philadelphia stalled at this place, being
unable to get across the river.
New BEDFORD, Mass, Jan. 12.-Ice in
the harbor is now five inches thick and
crews from several imprisoned vessels
walked on the ice to the Fairhaveni
shore. III
NANTUCKET, Mass, Jan. 12.- Nan!
tucket has been shut off from the out
side world by the ice blockade the past
two days. The cold snap has closed up
both the harbor and bay. The ice ex-
tends out six miles beyond the break
water. With present indications it is
impossible to state when communication
will be opened.
OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. IL. The cold
weather in this section 10 unabated in
intensity. At OttawA this morning the
thermometer registered 80 below; ut
Pembroke. 40 below; at Ironside, 80 be-
low; at Maniwaki, "a below; at Kazu-
bsgua, So below; and at North Wake
field, "a below.
Niagara Falls presents a beautiful
sight. A complete. ice bridge covers
what is known as the Big Kettle, extend
ing from about 100 feet below the sus-
pension bridge to within 30 feet of the
foot of the falls. This is the first time
lin 100 years that this has happened.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 12-The river
is frozen solidly from Jeffersonville
bridge to Twelve Mile island, and men
and boys wefe walking across all day.
Below heavy gorges have formed at Al
ton, Wolf Creek, Leavenw orth, Bran
donburg and Salt river. Smaller gorges
have also formed at atintermediate points.
The rapid falling of the river in the
harbor last night caused the boats to be
left aground.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 12.-The ice gorge in
the river is causing serious apprehen-
sions of coal famine. The supply is
the shortest the city has known in 20
years. Coal is SO to $3.50 a ton, while
directly across the river, nt Covington
and Newport. il ie only $4