New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
FOG SHROUDS HARBOR.
,SEVERAL COLLISIONS.
Ferryboats Greatly Hampered-OS-
nal Sunday Tozcing abandoned.

dense fog caused several collisions ana
practically tied up all tho harbor traf11c' save
for the running of ferryboats, during most VI
Yesterday The ferryboats, however, were
greatly impeded and made no attempt to run
on regular schedules.
About a. m. the fog settled down Win SUI"
density that pier lights could not be distih-
guished by pilots half a boats length away. "A
large fleet of coasters were forced to anchor on
reaching Quarantine.
The New-York New-Haven and Hartford car
Yerrvboat Express was in collision twice, SINK
ing the canal boat Lyman Willie at nulKheiu
at East Forty -second-st., and then running IIl''
the Stonington line steamer Rhode 1sland. l"e
Rhode Island anchored. and did not reach hel
pier at ClarksOn st, North River, urtl y p. III
Her captain, z. H. Mcdonald, said that as inc
Rhode Island was running slowly in the thlch
fog. and when about off Fiftieth-st., the Ex-
press backed out her stern knocking the Rhooe
Islands stem completely away about two feet
ahove the waterline TIE woodwork below the
wsteriine under the copper sheathing, was
splintered causing the Rhode Island to leak
consdera bly,, but not so as TO endahseF hel
There was no panic among the passengers anu
even the engineer did not know that the VesSel
was struck until the captain told him through
the speaking tube. There were about one nun
drad Messengers on the Rhode Island. Robert
hail the captain and say. There is something
ahead of us" Almost Immediately followed the
crash. He saws the Rhode Island struck the Ex-
press lust abaft the bridge the port side.
CAPTAIN Van GeIder, marine superintendent or
the Nen-York New-Hayen and Hartford Rall-
way said that his son. Captain Edward van
GeIder. who commands the Express. In reporting
the accident said that he was trying to get 10
the pier at East Fortysecond-st when the
= np f1a m
and struck his boat the starhoard quarter
we'll aft Captain Van Gelder says that the
force of the blow drove him ahead, and caused
him to slew into the canalboat.
The captain of the Express reported that there
were q man and two women on the canalooat
who climbed aboard the Express after the col
lision The police report says that Mrs. Artlep'
the captatn's wife was alone the Canalboat
The Express was not damaged by the COLLISION.
The Philadelphia. from Southampton, anchored
outside of Sandy Hook at 7:30 a. m. being un-
able to go over the bar because of the thick
weather. She did not reach her pier until
8 p. m.
The harbor towboats made pretenston of
doing the usual Sunday work of shifting vessels
from one berth to another. and the railroad
floats and lighters were all tied up.
From o'clock the Thirty-ninth-st. Hrookly)
ferry boats were tied UP, and all other lines ran
on slow time and at long intervals. Inc E-IllS
Island ferryboat John G. Carlisle did not make
any trips between S:15 a and o'clock.
The revenue cutter Calumet, which was doing
boarding duty while trying to find the steamer
Nile anchored near Bedlows Island, fouled the
anchor chain of barge anchored in tn" stream
and crashed into the vessels bow. The rail Of
the cutter was broken for six feet on the port
side amidshps and her iron bulWarks were bent
inboard.
When the cutter ran alongside the steamship
Shrewsbury, from Madeira. at Redlow'S Island
the women immigrant inspectors seeing the
stewards OF the ship hurrying from the galley 10
the cabin with dishes of steamlnG V1anos. an
nounced that they were ready for dinner them
selves The ShrewSbury's steward lowered over
the side a big basket of ships bread and a can
of svrup which the women were enjoying Wheh
A woman passenger sent aboard the cutter Tor
the ladies' as she announced in broken Eng
iish a roast chicken
Most of the delayed vessels reached their piers
late in the afternoon.