Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-04
ENVELOPED In A FOG.
TRAFFIC. on LAND AND WATER
NEAR NEW YORK SUSPENDED.
FERRIES COMPELLED TO QUIT.
FEW SHIPS LEFT PORT AND NONE
DARED TRY TO ENTER.
Remained Anchored Outside sandy
Hook Waiting for the Fog to
Lift-EIeyated Railroad and
Cable Car Traffic In
terfered With.
FERRIES COMPELLED TO QUIT.

New York, Jan. Sat o'clock tonight.
a dense fog which hung over this city.
the harbor and North and East rivers
lifted and traffic which had been impedcd
on water and land was resumed. With
few exceptions the ferries shut down ubso-
lEtely for the greater part of the day and
travellers leaving for the West and other
points by way OF the Jersey railroad ter
miEaIs suffered a great deal of inconven-
i,ncc and annoyance. on the East river,
only one ferry was in operation during the
morning and early afternoon. That WAS
the Gbf ind street line. running to BroddS
way in Williamsburg. and passengers 1orl
points West on the Jersey Central railrodd\
We're 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 street and Cath
crime street lines. were tied up almost all
day As result, travel over the bridge
in both directions was greatly increased.
Staten Island was virtually cut of from
the metropolis until evening, when the
boats ran intermittently.
Few ships left port to-day and none en-
lower bay and sound. where the Fall River
boat Pilgrim was caught and had to dis
charge her passengers, because her COM
mander dared not tread the dangerous ed
dies of Hell Gate.
Not only on the water but OF land as
well was travel impeded by the fog, and
the elevated railroads and cable cars We're
obliged TO pick their ways along carefully
At 9:1O tonight. the Cunard line steam
ship Aurania. from Liverpool. dropped an
gl,n- or hn nnIN- Hg~hf Ihe.
Aurania is the first vessel sighted since
T:l0 last night. when the Orinoco, from
Bermuda, arrived at the bar.
The fog hung over the vicinity for more
than twenty-four hours and not a vessel
passed through The Narrows To-Day. Sew
| eral steamers were due to arrive in port.
| but they waited outside Sandy Hook ana
| Scotland lightship rather than attempt 80
| hazardous thing finding their way
| into port in such weather. At quarantine.
| the weather has been dark and gloomy and
| the fog so dense that objects could not lie
seen fifty feet away from the shore.
| Navigation has been almost entirely sus-
| pended, being confined to Il few tugs that
| with much difficulty. picked their way
| dowr the bay and managed to reach quar-
| aLtine safely, where they were satisfied to
| tie UP at the wharf and not take the risk
| of proceeding further down the bay as
| had been the original intention. The
i steamers OrlnOCO ana SIRIUS. WnlCn ar
| rived and anchored off quarantine last
evening. still remain fogbound Off that
place. their commanders deeming IL more
| prudent TO wait till the fog clears.
The Wilson line steamer Hindoo. which
| vas in collision with the Cromwell liner
| Creole in the lower bay last evening. re-
| turred in the fog and anchored Off Cliff
| ton, S. /. Captain Douglass landed at
quarantine at noon. He reports the Hin
| doc is leaking in the fore peak. Some of
| her bow plates are cracked and as the
de mage is under water its exact nature
| cannot be ascertained until she reaches her
| dock a portion of the cargo in the fore
| hold will have to be discharged before the
| necessary repairs can he made. The steam
| ers pumps have to he kept constantly go
| ing to have the fore peak free of water.
/ Nothing further has been heard from
| the Creole since the collision occurred last
| evening. She is probably at anchor In
| the lower bay. Among the fogbouud
| steamships now due at this port the
| French liner La Normandie from Havre
| Dec mber %: the Anchor liner Olympia
| from Naples December u; the Cunarder
| Aurania from Liverpool December 26: the
| White Star freighter Georgia from Liv
| erTool December "a Buffalo from Hull.
| Mohican from Swansea, Silica from Ham
| burg St. Irene from Liverpool December
| 10: Megantio from London December II;
| Habana and Yumuri from Havana De-
| Cember 30.