The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-01
FOG CLOGS THE WATERWAYS
RETENTE CTTTEr GROPES ron
SHIPS ~ THE va Rk.

Hits an island ~ 30 Liners Anchored on
TIVE HsSk Heard Prem NJ wireless
Sound Keats Delayr,i Fe-T, C"n.
HecsIsas Wake Outbound Trains tate.
Zephyrs from all points ~ the compass
I blew On the cool surface ~ land and ssa
and river and hay "a this neighborhOod
Yesterday ard created a fog about as
thick a. any seen in February. Harbor
navigation wns ciogged the larger part
~ the morning and afternoon. Several
steamships announced Ivy wireless their
arrival outside the Hook. including the
Anchor liner Columbia. from GlasgoS.
and IN" White star liner Laurtsitic from
Liverpool and QdeenstoWn. The Quebec
steamship Bermudisn from Bermuda With
~ passengers dropped her hover m the
mud on the liar az 5 4. " Isn't Was unable
To f'nd an opening until IN" evening whom
she SLIPPED into the loser bay. Tn"
Orotava. 81 the ROYAL Mail linz also
anchored outside the Hoos until she got
chance 20 dodge IN
Ferryboats on all lines were delayed
ThequaFantin~b boat Governor Hover, with
forty convaleScing immi grants from HoC-
man Island Hospital. while making AN
etIort 10 find Ellis Island. ran aground
IN the gloom within ahc,it FIFTY feet Of the
per Small boats took 81 Tire patients
and landed them on the island The
Flower hoated ut high water
All sound steamboats, were delayed.
The Richard Peek. bound for Bridge
port. wh,ch sailed from her East River
slip at = r NJ found the murk TOO heavy
for her when abe got n Seventy second
street and anchored Later she dropped
down ~ Thir,ie;h street and lay there
waiting for clear weather A. II O'Clock
she started again.
The revenue cutter Calumet went out
yesterday ar,errocn 20 put customs
inspectors al,ng ri Ste niShips anchoreh
IN tho hay ard lid rot return until late
last right She was unable 20 pick out
It the mist and darkness more then a
few vessels Size found that the Colon.
fror, ~ nama. which had pcssed Our ran
tine had gwen mp risking reschins dock.
and that the Berrudssn e lso bed 1nchored
IN tie hay for The night In seeking
Nanh-tLsn ~. Calumet buttad into TIE
Ql. rterma sieTs per Of Governors
lslsnd and stuck " the muc Tie cIrs-
toms men l~f' her Cnd got "a H." Battery
nv the = rttlN tefrN nfN'' Nfereral ~ n'oCk
The Calumet worked herself free and
made another grope for the Battery
Shs ives bumped nv Ststen Island ferry
bnAt hound Tor ~ George end lost a
few feet of hsr 'sErdll -" reached her
slip without further acciden'
The railroads vhlCh have terminals
across the North River felt the effects
81 the fog IN trIhilR hut CONTINUOUS do
lays Trans over the Psnnsy iVanLa Wer~
N many CdseS ten to twenty minutes
late m starting The lackawannl rad
the same persistent delays IN starting ~
fas' trainS connecting ferryboa = had
10 h. waited for. Incoming trains sIf-
Tered no delays foI the fog was bother
some only m jersey Iity and HobOksn
not out IN the country
Ia the thickesJ OF the fog the f"rryi,o.,'
Baltimore OF the Dssbro-sss s'r~ei hne
bumped the Newark ~ the tori landt
street hnr The Newark WAS ~ her siIi
~ Jersey city. The Baltimore was trying
TO find her own shp. but missed ~ and ran
into the Newark Tho boats were
crowded Ihe passengers were badly
frightened but nobody was hurt
The day was ono ~ the warmNs; n the
! sbrusry records ~ the Ne1ther ~
reJu The mercury touched % degrees
at I'm clock in ~" afternoon. ~h,ch
- only two degrees below jae record
There was NOR" than an inch % rain.