New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-19
FOG on LAND AND WATER.

TRAFFIC. DELAYED BY THE THICK BLAN-
KET OF MIsT-ONI.Y TWO COLLISIONS.
New-York woke up yesterday morning under as
thick a blanket OF fog as has visited the CITY IN
many q day II was misty and drizzling almost oil
dav on Sunday but when evening came the fos
rolled in from the in a bank that was Well
nigh solid. This was the state OF affairs yesterday
morning. At times could hardly see opJec's zen
feet away The gray seemed TO enyelop
everything On the water the effect was starting
Although nothing could be seen from the boats
save n gray wall OF fog the air was vibrating win
the sounds Of whistles and fog bells from far ana
near 1t was impossible to 90 ahead with conn
dence and all navigation was necessarily ATTENDED
with risks. AS pilot SAID Trust In Goo ana
keep your whistle blowing-thats all you can DO.
There were only two collisions worth recording
however The first took place in the East River at
: o'clock between the Wal-st ferryboat Columbia
and the tug Robert Haddon. The Columbia was
I'm midstream on her way 10 Manhattan with A
heavy load Of passengers when her pilot saw a tug
close by on the port side. Before the speed OF
either craft could be controlled they smashed into
each other The ferryboat shook from stem 10
stern while her passengers became excited and
did the usual foolish things which are considered
appropriate for such occasions. The tug had
hole stove in her careened over 10 port and began
filing Two OF the hands on the tug clambered up
on the ferryboat and were congratulated on their
escape from a watery grave. Then the tug righted
herself ceased filing and steamed nonchalantly
away toward Brooklyn. The ferryboat sustained
damage.
The other collision took place at o'clock. of
the Battery and was caused by the ramming OF A
car float by the Staten Island ferryboat South
| field No damage was sustained by either boat.
The delay to traffic the most Objectionable
feature Of the fog. Not a ferryboat on the river
was running schedule time in the morning
The delay was always twenty minutes or more.
and commuters were uniformly late 10 business
They were made still later by the universal delay
of the suburban trains. The streets leading to
the different ferry slips filed for hundreds OF
yards with teams waiting for transportation across
the river. and the blocks were not raised until
The delay in the ferry service the East River
sent large numbers or Brookynltes 10 TINS Guy Dy
way OF the Bridge. and II was not long Def0Ie
every car crossing the bridge was damned 10 the
steps and people were forced TO walk OF put up
with a long wait As a result the promenade on
ness In Manhattan the elevated rhlr9dd trains
and surface cars were slightly delayed curing the
rush hours. -, -. - .A
steamers OF any size had come up the Bay.
dozen or more were due and IT Is probable that
several Of these are az anThor uOWn me nay
Ter boats went down the Bay. but little business
was done at the Barge Office Communication
by water with Ellis Island was stopped f9r several
hours The Manhattan. OF the Maine steamship
Company's line. plying between here and Portland
was whole day late account OF the fog. and
all Sound steamers were delayed for several hours
The local weather bureau reports for yesterday
| the exceptionally high humidity figures or 50 de-
grees at a. m and 50 at p m. 1t predicts for
noon and evening, and for tomorrow colder and
generally fair weather.
afternoon and traffic tried to resume its normal
proportions.