Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-13
Ice Embargo Slowly Lift
ing Along the Coast.
Boston Welcomes Delinquent
Coal Laden Vessels.
Vessels Buried in Ice at Norfolk
Conditions on the Coast.

Vessels nad been ht!d i3St iUr mort
than Two week, came ut O'Clock Iii.
morning. when a portion Of the field
l'rokt away ana carried the British
Srhnoi"r Grr;l ashore and demolished
all lie WharvvS on the west side of tn.
haib"r With the exception 81 the stta.a-
Ioat wharf
vt , o'clock high sortheriy gal,
prevailed with considerable warn
weather ana 1t was nontaltarily cX-
prctrd that tn" balance Of the field
NTH the other SchGOntrs would start.
The tircta grounded on Sandy Bottom
and was not leaking ali hour after sh.
went ashore.
The Gret.l is owned in rnrchcstcr. n
r.. ana is bound from New London :c
81. John. y. +.
The loss Of the Whar"cs on the west
side ni tn" h;rbor viii Dt severely l-lr
10y the owners.
At o'clock, this morning, eighi
schoontrS Warr Still held in the ice
Boston. Feb. 12.-The coal-laden YES
sells which have been stalled at differ
ent points between the Chesapeake ANA
Cape Cod by heavy ice have begun to
move md there was apparently no fur
tner danger of Il coal famine.
II is estimated that 100000 tons Of
coal is aiioat destined for Boston and
other cities along ti.t. north shore.
Some of the receivers have only a
few tons ON hand ;ind a delay of Il few
days longer i'll receiving their conSign-
mcnts would rlace them in Il position
" here they would have mad TO refuse
orders.
The embargo is raised. however, anG
the vanguard of the fleet of coal-carry-
ing barSes came across the bay. ycster-
day. The tugs IackaNanna with the
barge Honatcong. from Hoboken. ana
the Scranton with The bargeS Chtn&n-
go and Shickshinny from the same
port With cargOcS Of anthricite, reached
port. Yesterday. ana thc steamers Hec-
tor. from Baltimore. ANA kennebec
from Norfolk, with about 1O0G tons Of
bituninous arrived last evening.
The tugs Nottingham. towing bargns
c. II. i. of y. j.. Nos. |. i ;llid L. Hon
ey BrCok. towing burgcS G. K. II. Of \.
J.. Nos. :. s and 10. from Port J.ifer-
Sci,; Concord. towing barges Pembor-
ton. s;traiford and Woodbury. from
South Arlboy: SattawiSs;t. towing
barges Hammond. FInickcrhncker ana
burnside; Tamauua. towing barge no
hc@oniI. and the ConeStoga. towing
bargcs I'exinds. MinGo ana Aplino
from Philadelphia. rounded the cape.
last night. ana will reach the hlrbcr,
this morning. The combined cargo"s
of these vessels Will aggregate more
than 10000 tons.
The heavy northwesterly gale. yes
lerday. was unfdvorable lor thr feet Of
coal SchoonerS which are held at the
Vineyard ana other points along the
coust. but with 4 change To southwest
they will get underway and their car
goes will materially swell the receipts.
The ice is no hirdr@nce to shipping
in the harbor at present. but in the
rivers ;tnd creeks il is necessary to en-
,loy tugs to break up The ic,. III order
To dock vessels.
All yesterday the tugs Leader,
rlanche ana Nellie We're 1T work ore'l-
ing III. Il channel through the heavy
ice IN Dorchester bay so that the Oh
tank barge no. 5G could be placed
alongside Of her dischargng berth at
In" Ray state Gas works.
The schooner Lewis II. Coward,
which has finished dscharging her car
60 Of coal 1T the Fore River Ship ana
Engine cos. wharf al Weymouth. is
frozen i'm and Il channel will have to
br cilt Ia release her. The ice in some
places is two feet in thickness.
NJ 30. last evening. the Joy Line
steamer ArLnsdS, Capt. Rood reached
her berth at the Atlas stores after an
ail-day struggle against the bay. The
steamer left New York at =. NJ, last
" Wednnsday. ana two hours out from
port she got stuck in the ice of White?
stone. where she was held fast until ~
O'Clock. Thursday morning. TWO OF her
propeller blades We're carried away Dy
the ice ana for the remainder OF the
passage her speed was greatly reduced
on this account. She passed ~ by
Highland light At 8. yesterday morfihE'
and was nearly 10 hours in reaching
her berth.