New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
FOG DELAYS TRAFFIC.
TIco RiUer ColHsions-Steamer Bay
Ridge Sunk.
AND SURFACE CARS HELD UP

ELEVATED AND SURFACE CARS HELD UP
Again Yesterday morning the city and bay were
enshrouded in a we'll nigh impenetrabe fog Whlie
at times ii was not so heavy as on the previous
two mornings. 1t delayed traffic more. for IL wouo
become denser from time to time. Whenever thls
hapuened traffic to standst. On the water
II was particularly demoralizng, as boats would
not venture out for fear of becoming lost In
hank of fog AS the previous days, the fog was
swept AWAY between II and II o'clock
Ferry and railroad schedules were upset, ana
there were two collisions the Bay. One of these
rat NJ tbs ferryboat Texas on the East River,
was of little consequence, so far as damage Went
,The other resulted in the sinking of the wen KNOWN
Liberty Island boat the Bay Ridge NO hVes were
lost. and huge wrecking derrick was piaoed
alongside the wreck yesterday afternoon 10 remove
it. The accident occurred at 9l5 a. M WINE tlle
boat was lying alongside her pier at the bdt'elS'
waiting for the fog to lift.
lighter owned by the New-York Central ran
road sank the boat 1t had been lying at Pier NO
/ waiting for the fog to lift The fog became thih-
ner and the lighter started out Then the log set
tied again. and Captain Arthur Hillary. the COM
mander of the lighter, tried to make the bat'eiS
landing unaware that the Bay Ridge was lSiiis
there He was proceeding slowly, and old not see
the Bay Ridge until within ten or twelve feet Oh
her The nose of the lighter crashed into the nun
of the Bay Ridge on the port side uhdeI '''e pm
house with force that would have cut oeeply ih'o
the wharf had the boat not been there III was e'-
sistng of Captain William Connors' the engineer
fireman and two deckhands. and a passenger
Chnaman went ashore.
The Bay Ridge sank In twelve minutes. The ere"
were able to save all their property. Many people
visited the scene In the course of the day Ine
upper works the boat were above the water
They swayed back and forth in the seaWay' oeho-
ing like "pompey' ice under the weight OF vent
uresome skater She had every appearance Oh oei'iS
a total loss. The Bay Ridge was owned by zap
I'D Top1 L.. "
Long She was chartered by the American com
mfttee in charge of the fund for completing 'he
pedestal and surroundings of the Statue Oh I-io-
erty of which Cornelius n. Bliss is the secretary
1t is understood that the boat was 10 De "i'hoi WI
on Saturday until warmer weather. She was puli'
i, 1857 at Wilmington Del. and was familiar 10
many thousands from all over the country VINO
have visited the statue. She was 8" rect loIs. anu
her estimated value was between s4V' anu s','OV'
The Texas, plying between Broadway broohl!n'
and Grand-st Manhattan. at 7:25 a. m struck tue
barge L. A Buzby lying at Rivington-st Man
haitian. There about five hundred passengers
on the ferryboat, one-thrd of whom were women.
The collision caused some excitement and ABOUT
one hundred of the clambered over the odrses
tied at the pier and got ashore
Tho elevated trains delayed by the 1os-
At many of the stations the platforms were
thronged with people waiting for trains a mum
Der of school girls who desired to leave trali dt
Forty-second-st. were obliged to climb through
tho windows the cars were crowded. Track
walkers were sent out on the tracks OF the oeC-
ond and Third ave. lines. At the draWbrldge over
the Harlem River. the fog was so dense thdt the
SIGNAL indicating whether the bridge was open OF
shut could not be seen by the motormen- 1t was
necessary to station men with hags at elther emu
of the bridge.
The Sound steamers which usually dock at about
6 a. m. did not reach their slips until aIter Il
o'clock.
There WAS confusion at the various transporta-
tion lines in Brooklyn in the rush hours SeVerdl
slight accidents occurred but no one was lhJureu'
Some trouble with motor train bound lot Man
haitian caused block on the Myrtle-ave- elevated
structure at o'clock. A Long lslana haiiiodu
suburban train. crawling slowly into Myrtle-ave
from Hudson-ave. bumped into one OF the staileo
trains The block lasted for about twenty min-
About the same time there was a rear end col, col
lison on the Kings County Elevated me at sr, .nt
Tompkins-aye. station. The rear car OF the HISt
train badly aged and had 10 De seIt oao an
to the yards There We're few passengers III Ine car car
AT the time and according to reports, no one vas
hurt There was delay on the hhe OIL '"eh''
The ferries from Broadway did not run for r,ia an
hour and the police reserves had ode 10 ee 'a''eu
out to keen orQer IN me Wai'rf {tb trafic on the
New-York Central Signals were pracucatsy an ~,
visible, and the tunnel was 6iino sGrhS er As a
result travel became congested and the tuiri Iinr
choked. All day long the schedule was o'Sar-
TRe fog delayed traffic on the many rsiiroaas air 1as
running into Jersey City At one Iiiie me- 'e he Seen a
hundred yards away, and the railroad CoIipa afns
exercised unusual precautlo I'm IN @ fo tSo hours
late in reaching their places OF business III 'He
city -, - ,,or,. .. q standstiII
for half an hour. 1t was noticed that many & pas
sengers who were reading accounts m tnS !td he
ca me uneasy and nervous, got out OF Ile cdis d,o
waited on the station platforms until the TRAINS