The evening world., 1911-11-11
Fourteen Ocean Steamships
Held Up Until Sun Pene.
trates the Mist.
COMMUTERS
No One Injured by the Coils
ions, but Thousands Are Tut
to inconvenience.

A good imitation OF q London fog
paralysed water traffic In the harbor
Of New York to-day and grisvously de-
iayed the immense army Of commuters
that descends upon Manhattan every
morning. Fourteen ocean liners were
fog bound in The lower bay and out
around Ambrose Light. all the ferry
boat lines with long routes suspended
operations except the municipal ferries
between the Battery and staten Island,
and heavy towing vas abandoned on
both rivers and In the bay.
There were several ~fsrryboat col
lisions-two Of them narrowly escaping
ssrious results to passengers. Two Long
Island Railro-d suburban rains coll
lided and half \ score persons were
hurt In . collision on the Fifth Avenue
In Brooklyn.
Not Q suburban train got In on time.
Jersey trains we're from fifteen minutes
to an hour late. The fog was purely
local to New York City. the Hudson
Valley and the Hackensack Meadows.
The weather wss clear ten miles back
In New Jersey.
SERIOUS DELAYS FOR COMMIT.
EHs FROM NEW JERSEY.
The most serious delays were exper-
fenced by commuters on the Central
Railroad OF New Jersey. The fog was
so thick in Nwark Bay. over which the
Jersey Central right OF way proceeds
on . long bridge. that engineers could
not zee the signals until their cab were
seven passenger trains were apparently
hopelessly stalled In the yards outside
Communipaw. One of these trains land
ed its passengers In New York an hour
and twenty-five minutes late.
The South Brooklyn ferry line was
abandoned during the thickest of the
fog and the service was cut down on
ell other lines. Commuters OF the
Lackawanna and Erie who usually take
the ferryboats fiocksd to the McAdoo
Abes and caused great congestion In
that system OF transportation.
L express trains made the speed
Of locals because motor engineers had
to slow down to observe signals. Even
the subway was affected because of de-
lays on the open lines In the Bronx
where the fog rolled OF the Sound In
thick waves. It was 1880 o'clock be.
fore the sun penetrated the mist.
During the thickest period of the fog
at $50 o'clock the Pennsylvania Railroad
f~erryboats Washington and Chicago col
l!dsd at the entrance to the Cortlandt
street slip. The Chicago wal so badly
damaged that she proceeded to Hoboken
for repairs after landing passengers and
teams at Jersey City. but no one was
injured on either boat.
Because Of repairs under way only one
slip Is in use at the Cortlandt street ter.
minal. Two Of the big doubls.deck fer
ryboats are suficient TO handle the rush
hour trafhc on q foggy morning since
the tubes were completed and the ter
minai was shifted to Manhattan.
The Chicago was moving slowly out
Of the slip. She had few passengers but
was heavily laden with trucks and was
low In the water forward. The WASH
ington was lying outside. to enter the
slip as soon as the Chicago should va
cate II.
reg MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO
SEE OTHER BOAT.
Neither Of the ferry boat pilots could
sec beyond the forward end OF his boat.
The Washing pilot. hearing the
whistle Of the Chicago. figured tina the
latter boat was we'll out OF the slip and
headed in.
The Washington was light. Her for
ward bow slid right over the lower for
ward deck Of the Chicago. tearing of
tho forward port rail and about fifteen
feet Of the mems cabin. Fortunately no
one was on the forward lower deck of
either boat. The Chicago dipped alarm
insly forward until the Washington
backed of. when she resumed an even
keel.
After a lot OF m~anoeuvring In the
fog tho Chicago got by the Washing.