New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
STORM GRIPS LINERS
M4NY VESSELS DELAYED.
Citg's Bad Weather Mere Echo OF
Trouble at Sea.

According to wireless reports received last night
from inbound transatlantic liners. the weather con-
ditions which blocked traffic in this city yesterday
are feeble in comparison with the storms at sea.
Terrific westerly gales and high head seas are re-
ported in mid Atlantic and ell westbound steamers
unusually late.
Shipping interests astounded yesterday when
wireless report came in from the fast French
liner La Provence. which even in fairly rough
weather has frequently come into port on FRIDAY
night Her captain reported that she was 725 miles
east of Sandy Hook at 7:40 a. m. and that IN the
heavy weather he would not be likely to land his
messengers before tomorrow morning. La Pro-
yence which is equipped with recprocating en-
eines has made unusually fast runs to this port
from Havre and has several times crept in ahead
Of the turbine flyers Lusitania and Mauretania, Of
the Cunard Line.
La Provence however. is not the only vessel of
the stbound feet that is far behind her sched-
ule The Cunarder Campania, which In ordinary
weather should arrive early this morning, was LIS
miles east Of Sandy Hook at 10 a. N. on Thurs
day and cannot possibly come abeam the hEhtshp
much before tomorrow morning. The White star
liner Teutonic which left Southampton on Decem-
ber ?. and was due on Thursday at the latest will
not get in before to-day, making her time OF
passage ten days.
The big Baltic not a fast steamer, but one which
should have arrived here yesterday on consistent
run of eight days from Li-erpool, will not dock
before Monday. She was $50 miles east Of Sandy
Hook at 1880 a m. yesterday. The st. Paul, or
the American Line was 031 miles east of the HOOK
at 1920 a m. yesterday. and will not dock before
80 o. m tomorrow, or early Monday morning
The MINNEAPOLIS of the Atlantic Transport Line,
which left London December 10 and was due
here to-day. 1.1oo miles east OF SANDY HOOK
at noon. She may get in on Monday evening out
if the heavy westerly gales reported In the At
lantc continue the Mnnea polls will most probably
be held back until Tuesday.
Bad weather on the Atlantic mas prevailed for
the last four weeks. and with few exceptions all
the wesbound liners from Europe have been from
one TO three days late. No report has come from
the Red Star liner kroonland due here on Mon
day 1t is thought she has been held by the gale
outside the wireless transmitting range Of cape
Race. The Hamburg American liner Aner1ka, from
Hamburg and the Hamburg, from Naples, have
not reported, but wireless messages from both
these steamers are expected to-day.
an inch of snow which fell on Thursday night
and melted sufficiently through a subsequent rise
in temperature froze into CLASSY covering the
pavements and car rails yesterday .ust the rush
hour began and caused considerable delay IN traffic
in the subway we'll as on the elevated service
The slippery rails brought two trolley cars to-
gether al Grand and Centre streets, causing pain
full injuries to the motormen and several passen-
gers When the rush hour practically uver the
accommodating temperature started upward and
converted the slippery covering Of the city INTO
annoying slush
ON top Of all this mist arose, and traffic vas
again retarded through the agency of fog, which
was directly responsible for The death of three
switch cleaners on the Central Railroad Of New
Crawford. n J. The death of the three trackmen
was the only fatality caused by the medley of
weather conditions served up by the elements yes
tcrday
The first tie-up in the Subway began at 40 a. m.
with A short circuit the Grand Central Sta
ton This caused all the trains between 42d street
and Borough Hall, in Brooklyn, TO come to a
halt and a led confusion to the crowds that had
assembled in the various stations along the route.
Realizing that the blockade likely to last for
soue time the crowds i'll the stations sought the
street but they forced back by bigger
crowds who did not know of the blockade. Many
women were roughly handled in the crush
Another short circuit occurred In the subway at
Times Square about four hours after the one at
the Grand central Station, but the delay lasted
only ten minutes. The traffic from Brooklyn was
also congested, the seet the third rail causing
mos, Of the trouble. The Brighton Beach line suf-
ferad the greatest dficulty in handling its pas
sengers.
fog prevailed throughout the forenoon of
SANDY Hook and in the Lower Bay and held up a
small fleet of coast vessels. The Advance from
,ristobal and the Swedish Prince, from Brazil and
Barbados were the only mail boats detained When
the mist thinned the afternoon the fosbound
a., came I'm to Quarantine