New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-20
FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.
Ter Disablcs Ferryboats and Tugs
Tba-c Frees Prisoncd Croft.

- -,,e. ar, TIE heels Of the slight thaw
-. sroVstorm OF yesterday is coming
- cold wave. the third thus fai inns
49, The forecast is for fair and colder
.,e- to-day. with the same fresh north ana
- winds that have been prevailing
Il, eli winter storm warnings have been
- displayed from Norfolk 10 Boston Tor
-, ,orth beast storm approaching froia the
rs,si5es this second storm there is The
= ave. IN which il the prediction is COL
che thermometer viii give another eNhi-
-, of its efforts 70 lose the mercury some
- below the bottom Of the tube.
% great amount OF snow fell II was O. the
:. ~l,nging variety which IS easily brushed
ovsv from the third rail- and though 13us''ie
..,,i.rt electrical displays delays elevated
rains only slightly. The streetcar service vas
,-..--,rted by trucks keeping in the car tracks
"a refusing 10 turn out and PROSTATE horses
=. near side ordinance was provocative OF
-.-,,ni.v among men, and expressions Of dis
=, from women who had 10 walk through
- inches OF slush to board cars.
49, ~ the steamers imprisoned in the ice on
e..+sn Island shore got OF Uninjured. seNsdeA
a. ing vessels are still caught IN lhe PACK - -
ebir Juteopolis. grounded near Chhloh' 50 %
-i, Al he morning. and the outward Oouhe
--e..,brnan. Brett Huel. noated with the hoou
80 and started for Shanghai
suo-sli7e5 OF any yesterday. In the morning
t.- .be Robert Garrett was midway between
60, Island and the Battery her rudder was
-s--ied away By big icefoe. and she oIiltea -oI
-, = INV before a tug could reach her. Inc
-, ,oU.ed he disabled boat back 10 81 Neoiee'
- had three hundred passengers on ooaIu VINO
-beereS the crew Of the tug, the W. r. D,iAt-,
,,.ber .be- reached shore. The MlddleioNh W a
ESQ lai6 or FOR a short time. because oi
silsI. 49,. belf the tovhoat fleet is in commits
F1r1 Of
-. .,,er ru66eYs and those that are oelnS
5j.shled now will have 10 wait Tor weeks
A. some cases before they can ne repalIsu.
V-bre smashing ice YESTERDAY alohsslue ,Ae
,r-,.t.c ctor Pier the tug PulNer was stove
!, ar,i5shius by foe ana had 10 ne
,-lsbed 10 a Hoboken drydock 10 pfeEe'
ter fro-, sinking The olympia went INTO airy
- yesterday after being stove in by the Ice
and the Independence was also clsaolea- A
,.-s,trr crow were az work All day trying 10
,siss the huge car float n the Pennsy wanna
RAILROAD which was sunk 10y the ice in "a jersey
City dock -...- s.
boats Newark and Washington We're smashed i
together ly the strong euo TIDE AT the ellll.,l',
fo the Corilandt-st. sliy. and the guard ran OF
the Newark crushed iu the wornens capin OF
The Washington amidshiTs breaking TWO o. tle
large windows and Gislo6Cng about twenty leeI
q the seats No one was injured. Inc NeNalh
escaped Damage The injury 10 the MashlhS-
ton Was quickly patched up. and she coh1ihueu
IN commission.
There are eight vessels. including the big
steam drodger Mills. and the schooner Celia T.
which Is leaking from tho h1'nmering OF the ICE.
tied up az the Long Dock in Stapleton unanle
20 leave because Of the ice. Along the Solth
T~ooklvn shore the ice is beginning 10 break ~.
and the tug r. J. Berwind forced way into
the Erie Basin yesterday with two coal borges.
20 supply the hUnllcrs q three steamers tnat
have been igebound there. Those steamers that
have r1araaed 10 get away in tho ast few days
from The South Brooklyn docks and basins have
in many eases gone out with their holds only
half fn'd. Il being Impossible 20 get The cargo
alongside
Moet OF TIE steamers plying along Long ISL
and sound got into port fair time yesterdav.
The Plymouth reported sighting tWenty-seven
schoorers nineteen harEes and four tugs caught
o. the ice OF City Island The channel there rs
50 narrow that only the Continuous passing Of
Sound steamers Keeps a clear passage.
Great fields Of foe reported of Sandy Hook
The United Fruit COmDany's steamer Beverly.
from Port Antonio got of Sandy Hook Thurs
day. and was unable 10 get On. The dav before
she had attempted to get 20 the Delaware Break
vatcr. hut because Of the ice the master Cap
tain SEWERS. proceeded TO this port. thinking 4
safer After he had tried several hours 20 en-
Ter tedney's Channel h. signalled the pilot boat
NeV-Noik. Tel my agent that Il IS easier 10
get into - than into New-York I'm going
beck 10 PHILADELPHIA"
Trains arriving ~ the Grand Central Station
from The north ard west were from three 10 five
hours behind the schedule owing 10 DELAYS
caused nv The storm iD she day. Local ia frs
ana Trains over ID. New york New Haven and
hartford lines ran fairly close 20 the schedule
The Eastern and local trains arrived Al the
Grand Coi'trsI station on time bv night has
no trains from fhe Wes- no-e eth much de-
Eyea by heavy SHOWS aest NJ Buffalo