The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
SHIPS IN COLLISION
Gotham Has Worst Fog EX-
perience in Years.
TUG SENT TO THE BOTTOM
Steamer Rams Ferry, Imperiling
Lives of PnNNenEeFs-Statcn Island
Trains CoIIide-Wuter TrafEic Al
most at a StandstiII-Ocean Liners
Are Delayed at Quarantine.

New York, March 1.-THE dense fog
which to-day blanketed the city's water
front, the harbor, and many miles Of
Atlantic coast, not only came near TO
p~ecipitating an absolute tie-up of ferries
and all water traffic for hours, but re-
suited in "a number of accidents and many
narrow escapes from accident. Traffic on
shore as well was seriously impeded. sur
face cars and elevated trains being oper-
ated with unusual caution 90 avert col
lision. River navigators declared the fog
to be the most demoralizing in years.
A large fleet of ocean steamships was
due. and those which reached port We're
forced to anchor outside and await clear
ing weather. The Anchor liner Furnes-
sia, which reached quarantine yesterday
with 200 cabin passengers Oh board, re-
manned there to-day.
Outgoing transatlantic vessels also
We're held up The French liner la Sa-
vote. scheduled TO sail at 10 a. m, did
net set away until about noon.
Fear for Coal supply.
River men say that there Is fear the
city's coal supply may run short by rea-
son Of the foss. 70 is an impossibility 10
tow coal barges in a fog. There is a limit
to the capacity Of the coal storage in New
York. which requires a steady procession
Of barges in tow 70 the various docks
along the water front. and river men say
that another twenty-four hours of fog
will endanger the supply.
A serious accident was the sinking at
$3.50 o'clock of the ocean-going tug Cres-
cent. owned by jerks, Fox, Schloder *
Chapman, of Il Battery place, at Pier J.,
North River. by the ocean-going tug Mar
garet. owned by Dougherty & Co, Of Bal
timore. The Crescent lies on the bottom
with only her smokestack above water
With capt. Schloder and a crew Of
seven aboard, she was tied UP at the pier
when the Margaret loomed up Though the
fog with her nose pointed toward the port
bow Of the Crescent. Capt Harbeson Fl.
Hickman. of the Baltimore craft, seeing the
danger. reversed the engine. but this pre-
caution did not prevent the Margaret
ramming the other boat forward on the
port side. The force Of the collision
knocked every man on both tugs off his
feet.
bO4AA EtaEN -sAAEDN AsNtalEs
The Staten Island ferryboat the Bronx
had "a narrow escape from crashing into
the Ellis Island boat lying in her slip.
The slips of the two lines are adjoining,
and the pilot of the Bronx apparently
mistook the slip entrance of the Ellis
Island ferry for his own. and was only
fifty feet away from the Ellis Island when
L. Z
blew n warning blast This caused the
pilot of the Bronx to signal full speed
astern, and thus a collision was averted,
though when stopped they were but ff-
teen feet apart.
During the rush hours on the Williams
burg Bridge this morning Grand street
car and an Eighth street car going east
on the north roadway of the bridge came
in collision, smashing one end OF elch
car. The collision was said to be due
to the fog. The traffic of the New York
ears on the bridge was held up for thirty
minutes, while a crowd of several thou
sand gathered in the Brooklyn plaza,
awaiting means of reaching this side of
the river. Many walked across, and 9TH
ers took the 3. r T. cars. which We're
not affected by the blockade.
$50 Passengers in Danger.
The Danish fruiter Ask, Capt Hanson.
outward bound for Baracoa. coHided with
the Wall street ferryboat Columbia about
$50 feet from the Wall street slip at 9.30,
and for a few moments it appeared as il
the Columbia would go to the bottom.
She Tighted. however, and was able to
proceed to her slip. She carried about
$50 passengers.
In a head-on collision. due TO the fog.
between two trains on the AmbOy divi-
sion Of the Staten Island Rapid Transit
Railroad at HUguenOt, 4 trainman was
severely injured, ana two train loads OF
passengers We're thrown into a panic.
Sf.25 10 Baltimore and Return.
Via PENNSYLVANIA Railroad every Satur-
day and Sunday All regular trains ex-