New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-19
HITS
STEAMER In FOG
,.,,sn Island Passengers
'Tnoeked Down in Crash
Of Bedloe'S.
>, ,NKET or MIST
HAMPERS SHIPPING
-, Vessels and fiaTbOr Craft
o.l,ved-Sound Liners Anchor
OFF College Point.

q, &C. thick rs any thar ever se:-
-, Picadi'Iy or :he Strand biotted
..s,.,sn Island and aer szyserapers
.-,,,;sly OF the map yesterday as far
.,,o,i,Q 90 the h-rboi "as cor
The dense blanket ina; lifted
!. intervals until a sniff, +" the
cleared :. away 30 tac afternoon
Ia only one serious collision. bat
or, Of incoming ships were delayed
!. hours. ierry5oat service was en-
..,l, disrupted, and hundreds Of com
-. lost their last chances OF sal
Ion (! the Recording Angel jotted
all their remarks on the weather.
"a. most serious accident occurred
-. morning. when the municipal fer.
.,o,t Manhattan crashed into the
90, steamship Athanasios, which was
.,..o,,d of Dedloe's Island. ?arti-
,,,, windows and ratings were ripped
:. A the liners stern sidewiped the
a,,-zbost and raked her from amid
i.ir TO stern.
Passengers and horses were knocked
,,vu BY the force of the collision, but
,Aough the air was full Of Lying
sHr,srs and broken glass, only one
a, was seriously injured. George
C.r.r, Of 1920 Seventh Avenue, Brook
In va, cut by broken glass. An am
sul,nes surgeon from Smiths Infrm-
ar, Staten Island, treated him when
.. f.rryboat reached ST. George.
The Manhattan, in charge Of Captain
OBrisn, left South Ferry at o',lock.
Extra lOokouts we're stationed at the
boE and the boat crept along al re-
sus.d speed Passengers said that 1t
1s impossible to see more than tell
l.si ahead The Greek ship, lying
partly across the channel as she swung
With the tide, doomed out Of the TO-
yhsn It was too late to avoid a col
lEon. Captain O'Brien ordered the
engines full speed astern at the look
outs first shout and the Athanasios
vas struck only a glancing blow.
The passengers were easily quoted
,ii as soon as the captain asceriained
that the liner was not badly damaged
he vent on 70 Staten Island.
The Noordam. Of the HOlland-Amer-
ia lac, was forced 20 stop several
tines o. her way from Quarantine to
asr Hoboken pier. Il was more than
81 sos: after she passed the Battery
.'',c she was finally locked. Several
collisions with ferryboats were averted
he aaI.Owe5t margins, and the ship
val; Just poking her nose into one Of
/ l. & ". ferry slips at Hoboken
sea & momentary rift in the fog
.sgsd the pilot his mistake.
.he schedules OF all ferry lines were
badly interrupted that boats were
inning from fifteen minutes 20 half
hour late.
Several coast steamers were obliged
> anchor on their way into port, and
.ezrly all were about three hours late.
The Providence, Of the Fall River line;
ts Georgia, Of the Bay State line, and
he Concord, of the Colonial line, an
.hored of College Point for some time.
The silver lining Of the dense cloud
u fog was turned toward Commits
,ionsr Fetherston. Rains that fell
nosi Of the day did more for the
'lesis than the Street Cleaning De-
iar.nent's snow shovel army had been
DE to accomplish. BY night most Of
ne biggest snow piles in the streets
I'd been washed away altogether or
sd 50 dwindled that the average taxi
nysr could circumnsvigate them with
~ difficulty.