New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-23
HELD AT ANCHOR BY FOG.
MANY VESSELS DELAYED.
Cedric One of Them-Another With
out Piece of Coal.

Rain to-day with brisk winds. veerinE to the
south
More rain and warmer weather are promised for
to-day. There will be probably repetition of the
heavy blanket of fog that enveloped the city all
day yesterday, tying up the shipping IN the bay
The storm that is slowly passing over the city was
central over Lake Erie. From there eastward to
the coast. and as far south Tennessee and Ar
kansas, rain and snow have fallen.
The heavy fog caused all the incoming steamers
to anchor in Quarantine The Cedric. with 800
cabin passengers on board reached port late Thurs
day night. She kept outside. and had to drop
anchor in Sandy Hook Bay because Of the fog
The thick weather kept her down the bay all day,
and sho will not reach her dock until this morning.
The Staten Island ferries and those crossing the
North River were bothered the most by the fog
To an accompaniment Of shrieking whistles ana
iangling bells the ferries had TO crawl haItiney
across the river. So thick was the fog that MOTH
ing could be seen half a length ahead The staten
Island service was the most seriously affected
When the haze was thickest the boats barely made
the trip within hour. In the East River con-
dtons were slightly better, but it was only by ex-
IRENE caution that kept clear of one another
So dense was the fog that not a steamer entering
or leaving port was sighted Dy the observer at
Sandy Hook.
The revenue cutter Hudson Captain Jim" Brad
ley which took the customs men down TO the
steamers in Quarantine, left before IL a. M ana
did not get back TO the Battery until O'Clock.
She had to grope her way down the harbor with
extreme caution. Not boat could be seen, but
all around her sounding whistles and bells
Captain Bradley kept her in the ship channel. with
mis- weather eye peeled for any boat that hao
anchored well up from Quarantine. When the
Hudson was off Liberty Island. she nearly ran
into the Seneca. from Havana, at anchor
After some delay the customs officers got ABOARD
and the Hudson started down the channel again.
When she was nearly Tompkinsville she heard
tho violent ringing of a dinner gong. A moment
later a deeper toned bell heard. Captain
Bradley thought that there were two vessels just
TO port OF him. and he cautiously swung the nose
OF the Hudson around toward them In few sec
onds the big hulk of the Cedric doomed through
the fog like that of the FIatiron Building.
Leaving her quota of revenue officers on board.
the Hudson started playing hide and seek all over
tho anchorage Over toward the Long Island shore
she almost ran into the Donald from Miragoave.
She did not have piece Of coal left in her bunk
ers. and her last ounce OF steam had been used
in reaching the anchorage. She had been delayed
by storms and fogs ali the way up the coast. The
greater part Of her deckload of logwood had been
washed away. and she listed TO port to a de-
gree that would make landlubber's hair stand
end
The Hudson then discovered the Ulriken from
Laguna. which in almost bad plight
She Will he able to make her dock unaided as
she still has four tons of coal left An hours
search by revenue cutter found another steamer
anchored. This the Grangense, from Para
The health officers had not been on board OF her,
the cutter had to return later 10 place the
customs officials board.