The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-04
THE HARBOR FOG-BOUND
NO VESSEL THROUGH THE NARROWs
IN TwENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Long List of Passenger Steamers Due
at New York. hut None Dare
Venture Up the Bay.

NEW YORK Jan. AT Q o'clock to-
night a dense fog which hung over this city,
the harbor and North and East rivers,
lifted, and traffic which had been impeded
on water and land, was resumed. With
few exceptions the ferries shut down the
greater part of the day, and travellers leav-
ing for the West and other points by way
of the Jersey 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. Williamsburg, and
thousands of passengers who on ordinary
occasions cross Twenty-third street were
obliged to ride or walk to the lower east
side The boats of the Union Ferry Com
pany which include the Hamilton. South,
Wall-street, Fulton-street and Catherine
street lines, were tied up almost all day As
a result travel over the bridge in both di-
rections was greatly increased. Staten
island was virtually cut off from the me-
tropols until evening, when the boats ran
intermittently. Few ships left port to-day,
and none entered because Of the dense va
pors in the lower bay or sound. where
the Fall River boat was caught and had to
discharge her passengers. because her COM
dies of He'll Gate.
Not only water. but on land as well
was travel impeded by fog. and the ele-
waited railroads and cable cars were Obliged
to pick their way along carefully. At 9:1O
o'clock tonight the Cunard line steamship
Aurania from Liverpool. dropped anchor
off Sandy Hook lightship. The Aurania is
the first vessel sighted since 7:10 O'Clock last
night, when the Orinoco, from Bermuda
arrived at the bar.
Several steamers are due and no doubt
they are waiting outside Sandy Hook and
Scotland light ship fer the fog to lift rath-
er than attempt SO hazardous a thing as
finding the way into mort in such weather.
At quarantine the 'her has been dark
and gloomy and tn, so dense that OBJ
jects could not be n fifty feet away
from the shore.
Navigation has been almost entirely sus-
pended being confined to- few tugs that.
with much difficulty. picked their way down
the bay and managed to reach quarantine
safely. where they were satisfied to tie up
at the wharf and not take the risk of pro-
ceeding farther down the bay, as had been
the original intention. The steamers Orin-
and Syrus which arrived and anchored
off quarantine last evening, still remain fog
bound off that place, their commanders
deeming it more prudent to wait till the fog
clears.
The Wilson line steamer Hindoo, which
was in collision with the Cromwell liner
Creole in the lower Day last evening re-
turned i'm the fog and anchored off Clifton.
S. i. Captain Douglass landed at quaran-
tine at noon. He reports that the Hindoo
is leaking i'm the forepeak Some Of her
bow plates are cracked and the damage
is under water its exact nature cannot be
ascertained until she reaches her dock a
portion of the cargo i'm the fore hold will
repairs can be made. The steamers pumps
have 10 be Kept constantly going TO have
the forepeak free OF water. Several STAN
chions and beams are also cracked. and Will
have TO be repaired before the steamer re-
Sumes her voyage.
Nothing further has been heard from the
Creole since the collision occurred last even
ing. She is probably at anchor I'm the lower
bay. Among the fog-bound steamers now
due at this port are the French liner La
chor line Olympia. from Naples,
Dec. Il; the Cunarder Aurania, from
Liverpool. Dec. 20; the White
Star freghter Georgeic from Liver
pool. Dec. "a; Buffalo from Hull:
Mohican, from Swansea; Sicilia from
Hamburg. and St. Irene, from Liverpool.
Dec. 19; Megantio. from London. Dec II:
Habana ard Yumuri, from Havana, Dec
80
Not steam or sailing vessel had arrived
at City island up to o'clock. AT that hour
the fog remained impenetrable, with calm
winds. The American ship Rouce, lS2S
tons. is supposed to have anchored in the
lower bay on account of the fog. The
marine observer at Sandy Hook SAYS he
learned tonight that she was spoken yes
terday morning off Barnegat. The Rouce
Captain Adams sailed from San Francisco
on Aug. 20 bound for New York and Yoko-