New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-20
SHIPPING HURT BY FOG.
VESSELS DELAYED IN GETTING ~
THEIR PIERS.
pAssENGERs ON THE LONG BRANCH BOAT
REPUBLIC KEPT OUT ALL NIGHT o"i>N
mo TUE THICK WEATHER.

,av was enveloped early yesterday
,oo,n, o In a thick fog which had come ~ -
around the Jersey coast over hieh' - ,ha an
vanced : o far up the harbor that ~ &C. .aro
trance TO the Narrows and stre'cneu Wy -,
The CITY in gradually diminishing oehs'' 49,
ing and outgoing vessels were uei"S'u -. Aur
.,era obliged 10 anchor. 1t thickened so muci uu
a., rr,day night that at 9 o'clock yesterday ihoi
d. M vessels moving either inward OF o"'""u
ware IN sight Within an hour. ho"eVe'' -
came riffs in the fog masses through winch -
began slowly to pick their way SeVelai u''.p
steamers were seen passing IN anu ou' " -
HOOK and by a curious coincidence thirteen '.s
81, art ont and thirteen came in before the ios
arain settled down. which II did ABOUT NOUN
In the interval the Cunarder Lucana. which had
run into the fog outside the HOOK on fiiu"s -
and had been obliged 10 anchor. went careiuiiy up
the Bay and reached her dock about l:"o ciooh
Yesterday afternoon. After this. as the log rose anu
lowered AZ intervals q vessel would here ana there
pick her way up TO her pier Among THESE was 'No
New-York and Cuba Line steamship havana ioui
DAYS overdue. She left Havana on August To- A"e
Yucatan Of the same line, which lelt haVaii" o''
August H. also poked her nose through the los u
her pier late yesterday afternoon Another overdue
vessel which made her appearance was the Spdn-
tsh Line steamship San Augustin, which IeIt nd
yana a week ago. Other late steamships tla' '
in are the Tallahassee OF the Savannah Llhe' 'no
City OF Macon. Of the same line; the German
chip IAurenburg, the Norwegian S'N"''Nr
and the Norwegian steamship Alfred Dumos.
There are several other vessels due. whch are
supposed TO be yet outside in the fog Among mem
may be the American liner New ORR W hnHr last
due yesterday morning. Up 10 late hour ias'
night she had not been sighted. ,, .ba how
Among the victims of the fog down th pua paS
Friday night 80 men women ana ana cl nbih
on the Long Branch steamboat hepe 40 a o.cIoCk
was due at Pier No. 10. East River al n fiHc7
Friday night but did not reach there uh'ii -
O'clock Yesterday morning The Republic ieIl
Pier No 10 at 4:30 o'clock on Frlday 4 atGi
noon She became fogbound of the ijisn.
lands about two hours later and was oD ie
10 anchor. and there she remained all hISnt
When the purser. Fred Allies found anrs
there was no possibility OF the passengers
Ring landed for hours he about pro
vidng for their comfort. Supper was furnished
them free of charge and the vaudeville PERFORM
ers who supply entertainment on the ooat were
REQUIRED 10 keep busy until after 10 O'CLOCK
In the mean while the women and children were
assigned to staterooms and the men were 1ur-
nished with such sleeping accommodations as were
available. Early yesterday morning there was d
sufficient temporary lifting of the FOG 10 make IL
safe for the Republic creep up 10 the CITY On
the way free breakfast furnished to the pas
sengers. who, before leaving the BOAT, passed
vote of thanks 10 the purser.