The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-09
CRASHES IN The FOG
Ferryboats and Other Craft
Bump and Smash All
Along the River.
NOTHING VERY SERIOUS In 1T
Young Lady's Ankle and Mans
Finger Hurt-Trolleys Have a
Bad Time, too.

One of the densest fogs that ever paI-
fled the efforts of North River pilots hung
over the river this morning. The pilots
had to depend almost entirely upon the
sound of the fog bells. The early boats
on all the ferries had considerable Gill;
Guilty in making their slips, and only eX-
treme caution on the part OF the pllol
prevented serious accidents.
Up to eight o'clock this morning tEe
only accident of any consequence repoItSu
was somewhat OF a crash peIWeen ~
the Courtlandt street line of the Pen1Syi-
vania ferry. The former, crowded WIN
passengers, left her Jersey City snip al .
O'Clock, and in poking about in the dense
fog to make her slip on the New 10TH
side. she ran under the guard rail- OF the
Cincinnati, which was still tled IN tme
slim. The forward deck of the New Jef-
sey was crowded, which lowered ner
guard beneath that of the empty Cinclnal-
Ii. The frightened passengers; seeing q
collision inevitable, retreated. The guard
sIanchions supporting the upper bridge
decks of the.New Jersey, smashed nef
frame work. One of the stanchions OF
the Cincinnati was also broken. and the
boat was otherwise slightly damaged.
Only one person was hurt. and ne put
slightly. He was William Cooper, of NO.
10 West Ninety-second street. New YORK,
who had one of his fingers injured by d
large living splinter. ne Stuiit -
side aboard the New Jersey and had his
finger dressed by DR.. McGill.
on the Erie road and ferries the fog
caused considerable delay ana annoyahce.
Nearly all the morning, trains came IN
late, and commuters We're batIled IN
efforts to reach their places OF business
on time. The ferryboats ran on fos time,
and there were several collisions. Inc
first occurred between the Susquehanna
and Delaware The former was Just moV-
ing out from her Twenty-thlrd street snip
at 7:30. when the Delaware in trying TO
make her slip crashed into her on the
starboard SIDE, smashing her rail and
tearing away the stanchions that sup
ported her hood. The Susquehanna was
crowded with passengers. me loGcs oi
down. Miss Anita Wilson, of Hoboksn,
was among those who fell. Her ankle
was severely injured. At the Ferrymas-
damage to the Susquehanna was only 500,
and that to the Delaware, $50.
The John King, of the Erie's Twenty
third street line and the New Brunswick
of the Pennsylvania line collided in mid
stream, off Hoboken at -S:3a-- The John
Kings starboard rail was torn away and
the New Brunswick was likewise GAM
aged. but no persons was seriously m
jured.
The Mccullough and the Delaware also
bumped into each other. The McCul-
lough's guard rail was slightly damaged.
The fog also interfered with the trolley
traffic and collisions with trucks We're mar
rowly averted in many instances. In one,
however, a truck on Pavonia avenue was
struck by trolleys from the front and rear
Utmost at the same time. No; car Of the
Erie street line of the Consolidated Trac-
ton Company was running east when it
struck a truck owned by Randolph Paige
& Co., of Pavonia avenue. at Pavonia
avenue and Kelso streets. The motorman
had slowed up, however. in an effort to
avoid the collision. Before the driver
could clear the track a Summit avenue
car of the North Hudson County Rail
way Company bound west, doomed up in
the near distance and before the motor
man could stop his car it struck the pole
of the truck and broke it off. The truck
was partially demolished, and both cars
were injured. One of the horses, too, at
tached to the truck was injured.
Traffic on the Hoboken ferries was
greatly delayed this morning owing to the
fog. The ferryboats were unable to run
on the usual schedule and from seven
until 9 o'clock the ferry houses were
crowded with passengers waiting to be
convened to New York. Boats were run
at Intervals of a half hour and the fog
bells we're rung continually. No collisions
however, were reported.