The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
HARBORS FILLED
WITH ICE FL0ES
NAVIGATION IN THE EAST SAD
LIZ INTERPRETED WITH.
MANY SHIPS FAST IN THE ICE
Heavy Fall of Snow in the Northern
States-The South Suffers from
al Unprecedented Sleet
Storm.

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New York, Feb. 6.-Ice foes com
pletely fill New York harbor, rendering
the passage of vessels into and out of
the port slow and difficult. In the
Narrows the ice pack was SO dense
that even the powerful transatlantic
liners had trouble in forcing a passage.
One of the serious results of the pres
ence of vast foes in the lower bay
during the past four days has been the
breaking and carrying away OF great
numbers of spar and can buoys in the
various ship channels. Capt. Shepard,
Of the lighthouse board, said that the
displacement of buoys by ice during
the week was unprecedented in the
history of the department and that the
conditions of navigation into and out
of the port are the most dangerous
Nthat have ever existed.
Men Have Marrow Escape.
Lewes, Del, Feb. 6.-Thirty men
narrowly escaped drowning Sunday in
the icy waters Of the Harbor of Refuge
at the Delaware breakwater, and, after
being rescued with the greatest diff
Guilty by the crews of two tugs, they
were forced to make their way to
shore afoot over the heavy ice foes
with which the Delaware river and
bay is blocked. The men whose lives
were imperilled were Capt. Jacobs and
his'crew of 20 men, of the Philadelphia
city ice boat No. 3, which made its
way down the river from Philadelphia
in an effort to make a channel for YES
sells icebound at the b~reakwater.
Navigation is almost at a standstill
on the Delaware because of the ice
which is iamming the stream from
Trenton, N. j., to the breakwater, and
extends nearly ten miles u TO sea.
There is a large feet of vessels of all
kinds at the breakwater unable to
make any Roadway against the jam.
Vessels Fast in the Ice.
Philadelphia, Feb. Gan almost
complete suspension of the coastwise
trade out of this port has followed the
general freeze up of the harbor. There
are a number of vessels here, but none
will charter until there is some prob
ability of their being able to get out
of the Delaware river, which is impos-
sible at this ti16e. More than so YES
sells arr Nfast in the ice in the
lower ID a number of ocean
steamship mich attempted to force
their Y Y through the obstruction at
the Delaware capes were compelled
to return o sea and anchor for the
night.
Heavy Snow Fall.
st. Louis, Feb. 6.-Snow fell
steadily all day and the government
weather bureau reported g total
precipitation of four inches, marking
the heaviest fall thus far this winter.
The temperature averaged II degrees
above. The snow fall was general
throughout this section of the country
In st. Louis traffic was greatly inter,
fered with and nov plows were kept
in operation all day on the street car
lines. r.
Milwaukee, Feb. GA snow storm
which began here Saturday night con-
tinued throughout southwestern Wis
consin all day. The ground is covered
by about eight inches In Milwaukee.
The street railway company IS keeping
its snow plows going to keep the lines
open. The steam roads report trains
from n to three hours behind time.
sleet Ties UP the South.
Louisville, KY, Feb. 6.-Telephone
and telegraph service over a wide area
of tn south "a almost completely
crippled by heavy sleet Sunday Rail-
road service also suffered and in some
towns the lighting and street car ia
cilities were suspended. The tSe-up
was the most complete in many years
and although the telegraph companies
and railroads have large forces of men
at work it may be w or three days
before normal conditions resume The
storm which covered with a thick icy
coat Kentucky. Tennessee, Arkansas,
Oklahoma. Indian Territory. Missis-
sippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Georgia
had prevailed Internationally for three
days and the wires broke under the
accumulated ice. For several hours At
lanta and New Orleans were cut of
from the rest OF the country. All
wires werel down from Memphis TO
Natchez and New Orleans and the tele-
graph companies sent messages for
those points to New York and down
the ceast. but even this service was
interrupted for a time, Two hundred
poles went down in Mississippi. In
Chattanooga the streets were filled
with broken wires and a Western
Union lineman was killed by a live
wire. The lighting and street car
currents were turned off to avoid fur
Their danger to pedestrians and line.
men.