Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-23
PERSISTENT FOG.

PERSISTENT FOG.
Shipping Badly Delayed and Interfeared
With. n" Accidents Reported.
The people living down in this Sec
ton have seen q, good many fogs. but
hit is doubtful if they ever SAW one more
persistent than that which has hung
like Il grey blanket over the city and
harbor for the past several days.
Those who go down to the sea in ships
have. of course. suffered most. for all
shipping has been delayed or hinucrcd,
and in some cases, it has been stopped
altogether. Navigation has been rem
tlcreu difficult and dangerous, and only
The employment of the most cNtr1or-
binary vigilance and caution has pre-
vented very serious results.
on land no accidents have been re-
ported. and none have been expected.
though the motormen on the street ears
have had to exercise unlimited patience
and watchfulness. The fog has been
chiefly disagrccable on land to those
who have had Christmas shopping to
do for it has been almost equal to a
rain. so dense has it been. 1t has been
Npical weather for inducing grip and
pad colds.
The British steamship Salfordia, Uni
led states Shipping Co, which was ex-
Iectcd here yesterday was forced to lay
over at Norfolk. She will arrive in port
early this morning. and load with gen
oral merchandise for Manchester.
OTHER SHIPPING; DELAYED.
The Merchants and Miners steamer
Berkshire which left Baltimore at G
O'Clock Tuesday evening for Newport
News. arrived yesterday morning at 8
O'Clock. The vessel was obliged to
anchor in the bay over night and pro-
ceeded on her course the next morn
ing.
The Old Dominion steamers have not
been troubled much by the fog. They
have in each instance punched through
it and are arriving and departing all
most on schedule time.
The steamer Princess Anne arrived
from Norfolk yesterday morning and
lay at the pier all day waiting for the
fog to clear up. She left in the after
neon. however, and will make the trip
to New York on schedule time
The officers OF the steamer reported
that their vessel passed through a dense
fog which hung over the coast from
Sandy Hook to the Capes.
There was no arrival at Old Point
Wednesday morning Of the Washington
steamer as Il fog on the Potomac river
was the cause Of her turning back to
her dock in Washington after reaching
Alexandria Tuesday night. Consequent
~ there was no boat leaving Old Point
for Washington "Wednesday evening
and the regular schedule was resumed
yesterday.
AT o'clock Wednesday morning. the
steamer Atlanta, of the Chesapeake
Line. put in an appearance, the first
of the bay steamers to arrive.
The freight steamer CASTOR, OF the
Bay Line. reached the wharf, having
left Baltimore at p. NJ. Tuesday,
while the Georgia passenger and mail
steamer), of the same line. which left
Baltimore ten minutes before her, ar
rived nearly ten hours late. having
anchored at the mouth of the Annapo-
lis river until O'Clock yesterday morn
ing.
About 1920 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing the steamer of the Chesapeake Line
from Baltimore arrived With the Uni
ted states mail. and left on return at
her usual time that night.
Wednesday evening at $50 another fog
settled dawn over the harbor here and
at Old Point and continued to increase
in density as night came on.
The Old Dominion steamship Prin-
cess Anne, which arrived here at her
usual hour. reported that she passed
through a dense fog. which hung over
the coast from Sandy Hook to Cape
Charles.
Steamer Pocahontas did not reach
Richmond Tuesday night. On account
of the dense fog it tied UP at City Point
and stayed there till early Wednesday
afternoon, reaching that place at 4 80
O'clock.
1t was intended to have her leave for
Newport News at 6 o'clock, but the
fog was SO dense the vessel did not get
off until yesterday
The G. & O. steamer Louise ar
rived from Norfolk Wednesday mnrn-
ing an hour late. She returned on
schedule at II o'clock. The other river
steamers also have been delayed by the
fog