The New York herald., 1921-02-06
COLLISIONS IN FOG
COST THREE LIVES
Ferries and Liners Crash in
Harbor-Trolleys Wrecked
Near Hackensack.

The Morgan liner Momus. which
steamed down the bay yesterday after
noon with passengers, bound for New
Orleans, was in collision near the Mar
rows last evening with the steamer
Moorish Prince. Although reports of
the accident were vague and incomplete
last night. it is Tot believed the accident
was serious.
At the time OF the accident a heavy
fog, which had scorned the day long ef-
forts of the sun to dissipate It. still
hung thickly over the bay. The Monus,
which had passed Quarantine at 3 :35 in
the afternoon. was feeling her way
slowly toward the Narrows and the open
sea when the two vessels met The
Moorish Prince according to reports,
was swinging at anchor off Clifton, S. L.,
at the time.
Although the fog was thickest on the
water and interfered more with river
traffic than with land travel, the most
serious accidents of the day were on
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. David b. Carlson Of
East Northport. L. l., were killed at
a Long Island grade crossing between
Syosset and Hicksville. Their automobile
skidded near the crossing and stopped
on the track, ii is said. The thick fog
screened the oncomlng train from their
view and 1t crashed into the car before
they could escape. Mrs. Carlson was
killed instantly and her husband died
later in Nassau Hospital.
Another serious accident occurred in
Woodbridge, four miles south of Hack
ensack. Two trolley cars on n single
track line between Newark and Hacken-
sack collided head on. The legs Of
Henry Jackson, motorman, were liter
ally pinched off below the knee in the
wreck. He was taken to Haokensack
Hospital, but died soon after his arrival
there. Joseph Miller. the other motor
man. jumped back into his car in time
to escape injury. 1t Is said that Jack
sons car passed a signal. but whether
this was because the light was not
working or could not be seen In the fog
is not known.
The ferryboat Gowanus bound for
Thirty-ninth street, Brooklyn, from Man
haitian, collided with the barge Wee
hawken while churning her way through
Buttermilk Channel near Governors
Island. The boats rail was torn from
one side and the PROV of the barge was
smashed, but no one was injured. Pas
the panic stage.
The next mishap was to the Manhat-
tan. one of the municipal boats plying
between the Battery and St. George
Staten Island. The Manhattan passed
up the bay in safety. but missed her slip
in the fog and bumped into the seawall
nearby. The boat was moving so slowly
no one was injured by the jolt. but the
Manhattans nose was damaged slightly.
Sound liners and other shipping also
suffered long delays In their passage
through the crowded and blanketed
waters around the city. There was al
most a riot at the Battery when Ellis
Island employees and friends of immi-
grants fought for places on the ferry.
The patrons of the ferries were not
the only ones who suffered sudden jolts.
In Brooklyn two Lexington avenue eie-
waited trains bound for Manhattan, had
an exciting rear end collision at the Nor
wood avenue station soon after o'clock
No one was hurt save the time schedule.
Rail traffic on the line stopped for
twenty five minutes.
Two big liners left for Europe despite
the thick weather. La Lorraine OF the
French line, with several hundred
cabin passengers on board, left her
pier at the foot of West Sixteenth
street promptly at 12, her sailing time.
but Il was an hour and forty minutes
before she passed Quarantine. Among
those on board was the Rev. Eugene
Il. Nixon, fighting chaplain" OF the
a. r. F.. who was decorated for brav-
cry under fire.
The White Star liner Cedric also
hauled in her sangplank at noon, but
remained at her pier until 2:50 waiting
for the sun to burn away the mist.
On board the Cedric were John II.
Thomas. vice-president of the Inter-
national Mercantile Marine Company;
George McLaren Brown OF Toronto. as
sistant director general OF British rail-
ways. and Lady Brown. the Right Rev.
Charles j. OReiiiy. Catholic Bishop OF
Lincoln. Neb.. and Sir Karl and Lady
Knudson.