Evening journal., 1895-11-07
FOG AND ITS TERR0RS.
Tug Marie Louise Crashed
Into a New Castle Pier.
BADLY DAMAGED BY THE ACCIDENT

other AnAirs About the City-PrisOner
in the Chain Gang FAints on the
street-oared for = Dead Prisoners
Remains-vssssls Driven Into Harbor.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE. Nov 2 -For forty hours
before 10 o'clock this morning, shipping
in the Delaware bay and river was prac
ticslly at a standstill owing to the dense
fog. II has bsen some time since such
thick fog has ovsrhung the river and
hay. The fog began to gather on Tues
day evening and gradually grew thicker
until IL WAS impossible to see ships
length ahead The tugboats moved
slowly and had to creep their way" mp
and down the river There we're few Ar
rivals in consequences Of the foR, and
these were small craft. A number OF
larger vessels, some bound up. others
bound down, were obliged TO remain at
anchor nearly all day.
The Red Star Line steamer Nederland,
from Antwerp, entered the Delaware
Breskwater at 8 05 oclock Tuesday
afternoon and at 90 o'clock yesterday
afternoon had only Iesched Reedy
Island. short distance above this
point 1t was decided to anchor the vessel
to await the rising OF the fog. She has
200 passengers on board.
From the mouth OF the bay all the way
up the river the shrisklng OF whistles
and the tolling OF fogbells could be heard
all day long.
Can Read Name Two Miles Away.
George W. Duncan, formerly Of this
city but now keeper Of the Port Penn
light, is said to have one Of the most
remarkable telescopes in ths East, =
6ve-lens glass, TO which time has added
It's own peculiar improvement. IL is
said to be twice as strong rs the power
full "spyer" used to read the names and
signals Of passing vessels from the
Maritime Exchange reporting station,
which has been In use here for a quarter
OF century
Mr.. Duncan obtained glass by a
streak OF good fortune aud because Of
this, cannot be induced TO part with Il
He found It watsr-soaked IN \ flooded
cabin below Port Penn and made The
owner an offer Of small sum. which the
latter readily accepted. IL took three
months course Of treatment to dry the
glass, bat when At last the dampness WAS
expelled the lighthouse keeper had a
glass that he could level on q name Of
gilt letters on any vessel coming up the
bay, at sunset. and easily read the name
on her quarter over two miles away. II
the sunset is especially bright and the
name Is large, the letters can be dis
o-rned about two and a half miles dis
tant
nr.th ~ a wall. .lrno.., oontractorts pvtf.
After about ten days illness, Mrs Susan
McCallin, wife OF Contractor John MeCAllin
died yesterday Ia her fifty-third year
Mrs MoCallin was native OF Philaoel
phia but had lived here for mRny years
lnterment will be made at 81 Peters,
where she has long been a member. The
funersl will be held from her late resi-
denoe No 33 Front street. on Saturday
morning. High Mars will be celebrated
Vt 81. Peters at 9 o'clock
Tho a Convict, He Had Friends.
Last month, Levi Gibson the colored
convict who assaulted a Newport school
tsacher died In prison and, after the
physician and other officials had exer-
cised reasonable diligencs In hunting
bis people, he was buried In Potter's
field. This week his brother, en- Elkton
colored man. who had meanwhile written
to Funeral Director Clewoll, hurried over
to this city and showed some bank notes
that demonstrated that he Is able to pay
as he goes.
u want my brothers body exhumed,
dressed, placed in a nice cssket and
buried In our family lot nssr EktOn, 4"
said be to the undertaken.
Yesterday his instructions were
fulfilled to the letter and the late Levi no
lenger occupies a psuper's grave but
that Of respectable American citizen.
To pfaw An nld Rival