New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-19
CAST ASHORE BY ICE
! DOZEN CRAFT HELPLESS.
Ebb Tide and Huge Floes Jeopardi@s
Hab0r Shipping.

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For days harbor traffic has been hindered
more and more by ice. and yesterday the climax
was reached. Nearly dozen vessels of all
descriptions were caught in the Ice and pushed
ashore their anchors being as murh use in the
pack ice as a stone on the end Of cord. Four
Staten Island ferryboa were caught in the ice
early in the morning, but managed to free them
selves after two hours hard work On Staten
Island. from Fort wadsworth to stapleton.
dozen vessels Of all descriptions are on the beach
The trouble began when the strong ebb tide Of
the early afternoon swept almost irresistfbly
out to sea everything before it. The first to feel
its effects were three Staten Island ferryboats
which were caught at the same time in a huge
ice foe from the Kill Won KulI and imprisoned
fast near Robbins Reef. The boats could not free
themselves and two of the powerful tugs-of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were called. After
hard work the Castleton. the last boat caught.
was released. and half an hour later the others
were hauled into clear water.
A little Letter another OF the boats was caught.
but cleared herself with little difficulty.
The four masted ship Juteopolis ten months
out from Ilioilo. came In early in the morning
Two tugs started 10 take her to Brooklyn. but
Sne was gflpped py the Ice ana thrown on the
Staten Island beach. near Clifton before the
tugs could force way for her through the ice.
In the time the pack ice between the
JuteopoIIs and the narrow bit Of clear water
flowing through the Narrows closed up, and the
tugs could not get away. They arc frozen IN
alongside the ship.
The four masted schooner Percy Setter was
anchored 10 the southwark of Governors Island.
She caught in the drift and dragged her
anchors. bringing up ashore near Tompkins
vile.
The three masted schooner Celia F. Captain
shute. got into port early IN the morning load
ID down with tons of ice. which had accumulat-
ed on her decks in the blow on Tuesday night
while she was of the Delaware Capes. When
he was Of the Scotland Lightship the captain
went aloft. but he could not see clear water
lie siguaIled tug and the schooner
toyyed about half a mile inside Quarantine. The
port anchor was frozen to the cathead and
covered by tons OF ice. and the ice forward had
to be chopped away before the starboard anchor
could be dropped. When the ebb tide began to
rush down the channel the schooner was caught
like the others and dragged anchor. until she
fetched up against the bis dredger Mills laying
az the pier at StapIeton. by o'clock there We're
four feet Of water in the schooner's hold. Two
Of her crew were badly frozen and were taken
ashore Co the Marine Hospital
At ? 70. m. a coal barge seen drifting Our
10 sea with n Tag. union DOWN NJ the forepeaA
The wrecking steamer I. J. Merritt and the
pilot boat New-Jersey put out to her assistance
bur were caught in the ice and failed 10 reach
the barge Whether or not her crew was picked
ur after she got out TO is unknown
Between where the JuteOpOlis and the Perry
Setter are ashore the French steamer Breiz MueI
Is grounded She was towed from the Tidewater
dock at Constable Hook to an anchorage off
TonpkinsviIe in the morning. and. Ike the
others. was beached by the ice the ebb tide.
She was outward bound with case oil for Shang-
hal and had not got under steam.
\ three masted tramp oil steamer. with a
black smolestacE having brown band around
it. reached Quarantine at ] o'clock. and
forced by the ice from her anchorage onto the
reef off Clifton Another vessel four masted
schooner whose name could not be made out
from shore is lying the same reef At 6
O'Clock last night at least four other sailing ves-
sells. all schooners, and two tugs. were stuck in
the ice along the Staten Island shore. but it was
TOO dark at that time to make out their names
from shore
Along the Brooklyn shore conditions were as
bad as on Wednesday, although the open water
along ButternHk Channel promised that many
of the icebouud steamers were 10 he freed At
last. The Scandina vian-American steamer Os-
I,sr II which has been held by the ice for
several days. was released. and put out 10 sea
at once. Several tramps which have been
frozen in the Atlantic Basin. with the help OF
tugs. smashed their way out. The BuclSnah
liner Suffolk is still a prisoner. with several
Others. and is so solidy inbedded in the ice that
tov-boat owners will not risk thei- boats trying
20 release her.
The steamship MauiCa, alongside her. has ten
thousand tons Of general cargo on board. She
was able 70 get coal for the first time since
being frozen in yesterday. The Suffolk has
eleven thousand tons Of cargo board. mostly
manufactured goods. The time Of OF these
big vessels is considered worth about 5000 a
day. and the wharfage fee is about SEQ day
more.
The Wilson liner Colorado. which sunk the
Boston City in the harbor fortnight ago. re-
turned to port yesterday leaking badly. She
sailed on Wednesday fer Hull with general
cargo ard ore hundred head Of cattle When
about one hundred and fifty miles outside OF
Sandy Hook a serious leak was discovered in
the fore peak and Captain Cox returned FOR re-
pairs. Repairs were made after her collision
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