The evening world., 1904-02-19
North and East Rivers damned
and Navigators Find 1t A.
most Impossible to Force
Their Way Through.
TWO CITY FIREBoATs
PUT OUT OF COMMISSION.
Several Coal Barges Sunk in
.Harhor-Ferry-Boat Service
5 Is o.
Is Crippled and No Attempt Is
Made to Run on Schedule.

The n~avigators OF the East and North
Rivers are having the experience OF
their lives to-day lodging the Ice foes
or cutting a way through a pack OF Ice
cakes that are delaying all sea and
river traffic. The northeast wind which
has. been blowing across the bay has
damned the Narrows with ice and filled
up the a River. On the Jersey Side
of the North River the ice covering Is
almost impenetrnble.
The schedules Of the ferry-boat com
panies have beer so d!sarranged that
1t, can hardly be said that there are any
running plnns al all. Tugboats that
nave been going to the rescue or the
nelly OF steamers lined up against the
COCKS have been badly damaged. Every
kind OF craft that has been doing bust
ness in the rivers these frozen days
has suffered extensively.
1svstsnmshIp Line. s6ner.
The greatest sufferers are the men
along Tho docks at South Brooklyn.
The steamship suffolk, OF Norton &
Co.'S Australian line. held for two days
at the Atlantic Dock. was finally pulled
through the Ice by the concerted action
of " tugs. The volunteer. Phoenix,
olympia, Barrett n independence got
lines TO her and after the hardest sort
OF a pull brought her ont. Most OF the
tugs were injured In the work and re-
lief Was sent TO the crews.
The Lovskakken. a Norwegian
steamer, at the Independence Stores,
managed TO get an opening through
the Ice blockade and got away with a
partial cargo shipped. Most OF the
steamers of the tram variety THAI
were lucky enough to get clear OF the
ice were forced TO leave partly loaded.
Many, of them coaled directly on the
ice from portable bunkors mounted on
sieds. The Manita. a Porto Rican
steamer. was another OF these to leave
the harbor with n fractional cargo.
The dynamiting Of tho ice above
Yonkers has sent vast cakes down the
hudson and been II great source OF in
reference with the traffic in the lower
river.
Two FirebOnts Disabled.
1t has been estimated that " per rent.
or the tugs have been disabled. Some
have had holes stove in them, but the
damage, as u rule. consists in broken
propellers. The drydocks of the Erie
Basin. at tho foot of East Third. Sew
enth, Stanton street and at Weohaw vixen
are filled With disabled tugs. Two OF
the city's %treboats. .he Seth Low and
the Hewitt. are disabled leaving only
.icrr IN commission.
Seven coal barges have sunk In tho
harbor. These. nave great holes sunk
in themtand down they 40. In some
elapa the coal IA rPfpVRi.n hla Dnn 4. n -
tioat belonging TO the Penns slvnnlu
Railroad had Il hole torn IN her side to-
,;sy while crossing the North River and
side. No sooner had the cars been re-
moved tirlr the feat sank.
Ferrs-BOnt service Crippled.
The service Of the Staten Island Ferry
Company is badly crippled to-day In
S,,onseque of two of ihc boats IN that
line being temporary disabled and
forced to discontinue their trips Tor
ln- day.
I'll Robert Garrett was disabled in
the npper hay; 4 large Piece, Of ice
was taken in Tow by q couple VI tugs
to her Staten Island slip.
The other disabled ferry-bnat lie the
Iiddletown. one OF the smaller boats.
She was also badly damaged by the Ice
and was taken to TIC repair shops al
Clifton.
IN consequence OF these two boats
being taken on tECr" are only tnree
boats to make the Trips to and from
New York. Owing TO the ice f!ocs IN
the hay the boats have been making
hourly trips to New York.
The ice in Flushing Bav looscned tho
foundations of II two-storv boathouRc
at North Beach last night, and this
morning when tho village woke M the
house was missing. II Ind foated
across the haY to College Point md
anchored itself at a convenient spot,
The hose belongs to the stprth Beach
Improvement Association aad viii be
towed back to It's old site ~ sc1n us
the buy clears of Ice.