New-York tribune., 1921-11-01
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As Fog Fetters
City and Harbor
Brooklyn Car Plunges From
Rails Into Another, and
Men and Women Fight to
Escape by Broken Windows
sIe Trains in Collision
Ferry Schedules Smashed
and Jersey Suburban Serv-
ice Suffers in Dense Mist

Cne Of the heaviest fogs that have
descended on New York in years was
blamed yesterday for streetcar col
ision at 1880 o'clock which injured
twelve persons and tied up traffic in
Graham Avenue, Brooklgn; held up
traffic in the ocean and bay and ham
pered the running Of elevated trains
and surface cars.
Slippery rails and fog caused the
Brooklyn mishap, when northbound
Graham Avenue car left the rails near
Stagg Street and plunged into south
bound car. A trailer behind the north
bound car left the rails with it and
more than 800 passengers were thrown
into confusion. Most Of the seriously
injured, however, were in the south
bound car, which was jammed from the
tracks and almost to the curb by the
force of the impact. Three OF those
hurt were taken to st. GATHERINGS
Hospital. The rest went home.
Police Lieutenant Convey. who was
passing, saw the crash and Immediately
summoned the reserves from the Stagg
Street station. These were followed by
reserves from Herbert Street and am
balances from st. GATHERINGS, Green
point and williamsburg hospitals. The
Rev. George Metzger, rector OF holy
Trinity Church, also responded.
Crowd Fights to Escape
The police and ambulance SURGEONS
found excited and hurt men and women
fighting to get out Of the wrecked ears.
Many broke windows and in that way
got to the street. Several, who were
only slightly hurt, refused medical at
tention and went home without giving
their names.
Fog and wet rails caused an east
bound Culver line elevated train to run
into "lay-up" train an hour later IN
the Van Siclen station, Coney Island.
The passengers in the Culver tram
were shaken up and several were cut
by flying glass. Two over were fron, srea'eo eoney by
Island Hospital.
The schedule of ferries to Manhattan
from Staten Island. Brooklyn and
Jersey was badly disarranged In the
early morning hours. Staten Island
ferries, which steer by compass. were
from ten to twelve minutes late be-
tween 7 and 8 o'clock. resulting In
congestion of trucks at St. George ana
the delay of many commuters: Erie
ferries from Jersey City to Twenty
third Street were suspended until
1880, though the Chambers Street line
was in operation slightly behind sched-
ule. West Shore ferries from Wee
hawken to Cortlandt Street were
twenty minutes behind schedule.
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road got behind time when engineers
we're Unable to see signals through the
The Brooklyn ferries were even
harder hit than the Jersey boats. One
from Whitehall Street, Manhattan,
which left at a. n., did not reach
the slip at Thirty-nirth Street Brook,
lyn until an hour later. The norman
running time is twenty minutes.
Jersey Trains Delayed
The heavy fog blanket along the
railroad tracks in Jersey City delayed
through and suburban trains of the
Pennsylvania from half an hour to an
hour. it was reported, though it was
said at the Pennsylvania station that
as rule the trains arriving early In
the day had been on time.
The weather had held clear over the
lower bay and through Ambrose Chan
mel until early yesterday morning, when
the fog cloud let down like blanket
and persons at Quarantine could not
see ships hundred feet distant. Half
a dozen liners were tied up there for
several hours. Others were forced to
wait outside Sandy Hook.
More or less, fog has been hanging
about the city's waterways since Sat-
urdav afternoon. Meteorological sharps
account for it by saying that the un-
usually warm air coming in contact
with the cold sea water always makes
heavy and sticky mist.