The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-26
EaaAFr1D lii FOG.
Densest Mist Seen in This
City for Years I'm
pedes Traffic.
DAMAGES BY LAST NIGHTS GALE
Ships Foundered and Driven Ashore
-Perilous Position OF Ten
Barge Men.

Jersey City folk putting their heads
out of doors could scarcely seeAa yard in
front of them this morning because of the
thick fog which enveloped the city. 1t
had not the color of the London variety,
but it certainly possess ed its consistency.
To make it still more disagreeable a
drizzling rain fell and the streets were
one vast lagoon of slush and mud.
1t fell over the city about half-past
eight o'clock and was SO dense at nine
that the outline of the buildings oppo-
site could not be determined. The troll
ley cars went along at a snail pace, while
the motorman kept his funereal gong
changing every few seconds. Traffic in
the lower part of the city was for some
time completely stopped, and the dim and
shadowy forms of foot passengers could
be detected standing ON the street cor
ners fearful of attempting to cross the
street.
On the river it wrapped the craft In its
damp embrace and compelled ferryboat
captains to keep particularly sharp
look out for signals and the fog horn.
The ferryboats for about an hour ran
on single schedule time, and as a result
Exchange place was blocked with the
teams. The Cathcart street boats crept
across cautiously, and the fog whistles
were continuously blown Fortunately
no accidents occurred, although this was
pronounced by ferry captains to be the
densest fog ever seen in these waters
for years.
The receiving basin at the corner of
Willow avenue and Newark street Ho-
boken, got cnoked up early this morning
and the consequence was that the streets
for a block away were flooded over side
ark, pedestrians were compelled to either
wade through a foot of water or else
go around the block. Cellars were flooded
and damage amounting to over $1,000
A PERILoUs POSITION.
Preceding the fog there was a violen t
midnight and continued for several hours.
About 1870 this morning, during a heavy
abon seuen fD es o Shore he
coal barges Esopus and Fisher parted the
hawser connecting them TO the tug Ice
phia with cargoes of coal. Both barges
were shortly afterward lost sight of by
the Ice King Each foa barge has crew Of %
search of them this morning, but up to
noon no news was received of the safety
THE SUN BREAKS THE VEIL.
About ten o'clock the rays of the sun
began to stream through the mist, and in
a few minutes glorious sunshine drove
ryboat men, motormen and in fact ev-
erybody on the streets. While there
were no accidents in Jersey City, many
were the hairbreadth escapes of passen-
gers being run down by motor cars and
vehicles. The drivers, however, exercised
more than ordinary caution and pre-
ing some unwary individual fright by
shouting, Look out. theren'
DISASTERS REPORTED.
While there was little damage in this
hJ a iiflo cfrr hn foi1
end of Western blizzard. which ragged
over the Eastern States last night. else
where it was indeed serious. From Sandy
Hook this morning it was reported that
the British bark Beatrice. which went
ashore near Sandy Hook, last night, is
full of water, and is breaking up. She
will probably be total loss She has
on board stores valued at $1,000.
A. Quarantine, S. l., the storm of last
night caused two of the garbage scows
"a to- the dzSf stae beat in
up at an early hour this morning by tugs
M@GCaldin @ Bros. and E. NJ. Timmins.
deck ,scow off South Beach: The scow
had been employed at Hoffman Island
and 5 broke adrift during the night.
Beach reports a barge, apparently loaded,
hove-to about six miies off shore. She
has three leg-.o'mutton sales. She may
be one of the barges which were lost by
the tug Ice King early this morning.
From the Massachusetts coast comes
the report that at Gloucester, fishing
schooner, So tons, built at, Gloucester in
1891, and owned by John Pew & Sons,
went ashore last night during a snow
storm on Norman's Woe Reef, and is a
that the crew wer saved, agale from the
east kicking up heavy sea. The vessel
was insured in the Gloucester Mutual
From Nantucket coTaes a report that
the Weather Bureau hr- made arrange
ments to have the hurricane signals
displayed from the Gross Rip Lightship
in Nantucket Sound. The signals are
conveyed to the lightship by the Nam.
tucket steamer, which passe close by
the former twice a day during the winter
This is the first time these signals have
been displayed on the water and car
ries the display direct into the track of