New-York tribune., 1897-01-04
FOG THICK ENOUGH TO CUT.
THE CITY. HARBoR AND RIVERS ENvEI-
OPED IN MIST.
STEAMERS. FERRY AND SOUND BOATS DELAYED
THE PILGRIM COMPELLED TO ANCHOR
OFF RIKERs IsT.AND--NO Ac-
(TDENTS REPORTED.

CTDENTs REPORTED.
An unusually dense fog that set in about 9:5O
p. m on Saturday enshrouded the city In misty
gloom all Of yesterday and until late last even
Ing. River navigation was seriously impedeo'
and all save three OF about fifteen sea-going
steamships which were due from different ports
were prevented from entering the harbor Tnere
was a continuous and discOrdant din OF fog bells
at ferry landings and steam whistles sounded
from the ferryboats and tugs while they groped
about the North and East rivers and the upper
bay. The Staten Island ferryboats succeeded IN
making their trips with reasonable regularity
but on most OF the other ferry routes there were
long and vexatous delays and the ferry houses
were almost constantly crowded with impatient
passengers awaiting the arrival or departure OK
the unavoidably beated boats.
Late on Saturday night four tugboats. towing
eight large railroad freght-car floats tied up at
the pier Of the Liberty Island boat at the Bat
terry for safety. and remained there till noon
yesterday. Another lot Of floats were tied up
there last evening. The Liberty Island boat
made two trips and the Ellis Island boat only
one trip. The Sunday boats for the Fishing
Banks did not venture to leave their piers
The Sound steamers were unable to complete
their trips on time The Pilgrim, OF the Fall
River Line, which was due at her pier at Park
Place and West-st. at a. m, came to anchor
off Rkers Island. In the Sound at that hour.
and her 80 passengers were landed at Port
Morris pier. East One hundred and thirty
eighth-st.. by the tugboat Edna King, which
made six trips from the steamer to the pier for
that purpose. The passengers made their way
homeward by the different streetcar lines. The
Pilgrim. the Richard Peck. of the New Haven
Line: the City of Lowell. of the Norwich Line.
the Stonington Line boat all arrived safely at
their piers about 1890 p.
The Government tugboat Atlantic, which runs
between Governors Island and the Battery.
broke one Of her rudder-chains in the morning.
and was compelled to lie idly in her slip. while
General Ruger's launch used in her place.
Although the fog was so dense at Quarantine
that it was impossible at times to see a greater
distance than about fifty feet, the Wilson Line
steamship Hindoo which had anchored there
after collision with the Cromwell Line steam
ship Creole at $40 p. m. on Saturday. was Sue
cessfully towed to her pier in Brooklyn yester-
day forenoon 1t was found that some Of her
plates had been fractured under water, and that
she was leaking. Her pumps were kept going.
and she will be partly unoaded 1t Is likely that
she will have to be placed in drydock for repairs
before resuming her voyage for Hull. England.
also anchored at Quarantine. her port rail and
davits having been torn away When the tug
found the steamer. it was decided that the latter
should proceed on her voyage, the damages
to her were not serious
The Lamport & Holt steamship Sirius. from
Rio Janiero. and the Quebec Line steamship
Orinoco. from ST. Thomas arrived at Quaran-
tine early yesterday morning and remained
there. as their commanders were unwilling to
run the risk OF attempting to bring them to their
piers while the fog remained so dense Mean
while the Old Dominion Line steamship York.
town, Captain Dole from Norfolk. made her
way through the fog and reached her pier in
safety about sunset.
The fog began to disappear about p. m. and
several steamships. among them the Cunarder
Aurania, were dimly discerned lying at anchor
outside Of Sandy Hook. The was smooth
and the wind light, so that no apprehension was
felt for the safety Of the bound vessels. all
Of which are expected TO reach their piers early
| this morning The fog dense through
out the day that the launches Of the harbor
police were unable to patrol the river fronts.
The Weather Bureau predicts for to-day
cloudy weather with renewed fog warmer tenn
perature and showers.