The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-11
ICE PACK AND
SNOW DRIFT.
Travel Still Seriously I'M
peded Everywhere by the
Blizzard Blockade.
MONSTER FLoE IN THE RIVER
Brooklyn Ferryboats Shut Up
In Their ps-Shipping
Dragged Hither and
Thither.
nIo Nr1zJeS OF TUE cr0TME
No NEWS OF THE GASCOGNE
Stories of Incoming Vessels-The
cienfuegos Rescue-schosner
In the Ice.
TRAINS TIED Up IN IRELAND
The Servia Waiting for Mails at
Queeustown-PeopJ Frozen so
Death-More SNOW Failing.


NEW YORK. Feb. Il, 1S95.-A cake of
ice, of considerable thickness, about
three quarters OF q mile long and over
half mile wide, drifted down the North
River at about nine O'Clock this morn
ing It swung around the Battery and
was carried with the tide, settling over
into the East River towards Brooklyn.
1t struck the Liberty Statue boat. which
was lying at the Battery dock, and stove
a hole into her port side, forward of the
engine room. She was able to keep clear
OF water while she made for dry dock.
The ice cake then caught and loose ned
the spring piles at the Barge Office dock,
and next caught one of its edges on the
end of the Staten Island ferry rack,
which stopped that end of the caike while
the other wheeled around reaching over
to Governors Island and blocking up
the river Two Brooklyn ferry boats
were entangled with it for a while, as
was the steamer Ardancorrach bound
out and the tug Brinton. having two
canal boats in tow. Two Pennsylvania
Railroed tugs went to the assistance of
the Br1nton.
The British steamer Greetlands which
has been ice-bound in the Atlantic Basin
got out this morning, four days late in
sailing. The British ship Franl1enstein,
laden with oil for Shanghai, which came
to anchor in the upper bay the first day
of the blizzard, and has since beeen drag
ged aesng with both anchors by the ice,
yesterday e>St her hausers and was taken
to Constable Hook to avoid further dam
age. from ice.
FERRY TRANSIT.
The East River is still badly blocked
with,ice and the ferryboats are running
across from Brooklyn to New York very
irregularly. The Long Island Railroad
ferry managed to get one boat across the
river up to nine O'Clock this morning.
: The Roosevelt street ferryboat Nevada
got caught in the ice and was held In
midstrean nearly an hour before she
other boats of this line made fairly good
time, although all of them were more or
less, delayed. The Fulton ferry boats
M inc frequent trips across the river
The South ferry boats are making
very good time. the ice only causing
The North River has a lot of ice IN
it, but the boats get along. very well.
The trips early today took from two, to
there were no serious delays.
At seven o'clock this morning the
zero. At this hour. eleven o'clock. It
has risen to 26 degrees shove zero with
the sun shining brjghtly The The wind .l,,a at
an hour c1RNFGGG6s II ShlS fSty RESCUE.
the hs South 's side ie Of cuba ana Nassau, an an
Ffa Of the 'n5s Steamer if cfenfuegos Of # the the same
a small island near Harbor Island, Ba-
hanas. The men return under charge
wood. The other officers and a few of
the crew are standing by the, vessel, car
ing for the cargo one OF the mem3srs
of February 4, about 4;30 O'clock. during
strong northwest gale, with enormous
are reef. or 'i small T coral islet s-'5 about L I'VE
being about IS miles, distant; The sharp
that the vessel filled within five min
utes, extinguishing the fires. There was
tain .Hoyt ordered the boats to be pre-
pared for, launching. This was quickly
Done and the des beats Sesgg Mere IS dra1 fo ron
schooner Goodwill bore down to The
the captain of the schooner boarding
the stranded steamer, and after some
te the e bB ana sgsSgs ERE
The Steamers boats. Al 10 4 NJ the
Santiago hove in sight and stood in
and laid by for several hours, but could
DO nothing TO aid the unfortunate vessel.
ferred fer BY BY tie GoodwiiI 10 Har5or 5i Island,
whence they proceeded to Nassau. The
ceFIaoefR9fsp FIoRfpA Mi sTEaMRR hs dfsRl lais niss1Ne
The steamer City of St. Augustine.
Captain Gsaslsill, which plies regularly
this Port ena frade sssd from in
since il been heard from. she i CONSIGNED
to Warren Ray, New York. The steam
er Is now seven days overdue, and at
the office of her agent much anxiety is
felt for her safety. The st. Augustine,
generally makes the trip in from four
The stesmer Algonquin, Captain Plat.
from Jacksonville and Charleston. which
arrived here this morning, reports that
she had heavy northwest gales and high
o Eiye S Faa5m Shs bgga 91 Igb sSp she
sunk, with sails set; same date off Fen
barge Alabama in tow, bound from Pens
New New york. k. -'' iS710'' : eD' va ~
A visit this morning to sw.nburne Is
land the first since, the recent storm,
reveals the fact that the. four missing
men cf the little fishing schooner Emsea,
Ice hoes during, the gale Of Thursday
night, failed to land on the HoAp.tal Is
land Nothing whatever has been seen
0'ssnsasu ss BRINe Il SS's i NO. T1DINas
TIE North German Lloyd steamer
Wftte Kind, from Bremen and tie Nether-
lands and the American n steamer Maas-
dam. from Rotterdam, arrived IN Qlaran-
tine early this morning. Neither OF these
cogne. Both had fair weather to the
Eanlzs and from there rough seas with
srew squalls.
from Hamburg, January, 2Is aiid Hayre. re-
29th, has been outside Sandy HOOK for
several hours She is 2 proe}ahely }he ,an mating
5eyons steamer Oilers. from Rio jane