The herald., 1897-01-04

| traffic which had been impeded on water
and lanl, was resumed.
| With few exceptions the ferries shut
| down absolutely for the greater part of
the day and travellers leaving for the
| west and other points by way of the Jer-
| sey railroad terminals, suffered a great
| deal of Inconvenience and annoyance.
| On the East river only one ferry was in
operation during the morning and early
| afternoon That was the Grand street
line running to Broadway in Williams
burg, and passengers for points west
on the Jersey Central railroad were
| obliged to ride or walk to the lower east
| side.
The boats of the Union ferry company,
which include the Hamilton, South wall
| street, Fulton and Catharine street
! lines, were tied up all almost all day.
| As a result travel over the bridge in both
| directions was greatly increased STA
| ten island was virtually cut of from the
metropolis until this evening when boats
ran intermittently. Few ships left port
today and none entered because OF the
dense vapors III the lower bay and sound
here the Fall river boat Pilgrim was
ca ught and had to discharge her passen-
se4 s. because her commander dared not
risl. the dangerous eddiesof He'll Gate.
Not only on the water but on the land
as w ell. was travel impeded by the fog
ands the elevated railroads and cable
cars were obliged to travel very care
fully.
At fn o'clock tonight the Cunarder Au-
rania from Liverpool dropped anchor off
Sand,v Hook lighthouse. The Aurania
is the first vessel sighted since $40 last
night. when the Orinoco, from Bermuda,
arrived at the bar.
During the tWenty-four hours the wa
ter on the upper and lower bay was en-
veloped in dense fog, without any sign
of clearing Not a vessel passed in
through the narrows since sunrise this
morning. Several steamers to arrive
today are no doubt waiting outside
Sandy Hook and Scotland lightship for
the fog to lift rather than attempt so
hazardous a thing as finding the way
into port in. such weather. At quaran-
tine the weather has been dark and
gloomy and the fog so dense that objects
could not be seen fifty feet away from
the shore.
Navigation has been almost entirely
suspended baing confined to few tugs
that with much difficulty picked their
way down the bay and managed to reach
quarantine safely. where they tied up at
the wharf and did not take the risk of
proceeding farther down the bay. The
rived and anchored off quarantine last
evening, still remain. fog-bound, off
that place their commanders daeming
it more prudent to wait until the fog
clears.
The Wilson line steamer Hindoo.
which was in collision with the Crom-
we'll liner Creole III the lower bay last
evening, returned in the fog and an
chored off Clifton. Captain Douglass
landed at quarantine au noon. He re-
ports the Hindoo leaking in the fore
hold Some of her bow is cracked and
as the damage is under water its exact
nature cannot be ascertAined until she
is locked A portion of the cargo will
have to be discharged before the neces
sary repairs can be made. The steam
er's pumps are kept constantly going
to have the fore peak free of water.
Nothing further has been heardlfrom the
Creole since the collision occurred last
evening She is probably at anchor
in the lower bay. Among the fog-bound
ships now due at this port are the
French liner La Normandie from Havre,
December 26; the Anchor liner Olympia
from Naples December ~: and the Ha-
bana and Yrrnuri, from Havana, De-
cember so.
Not a steamer or sailing vessel arrived
at City island up to o'clock tonight.
The American ship Reuce is supposed
TO have anchored in the lower bay on
account of the fog. The marine OBJ
server at Sandy Hook says he learned
tonight she was spoken yesterday morn
ing off Barnegat. The Reuce, Captain
Adams, sailed from San Francisco on
August %, bound for New York and Yo-