The New York herald., 1922-01-20
BAY FOG TOO THICK
FOR ARRIVING SHIPS
Only One Liner From Foreign
Port Dares Thread Way
to Her Pier.
THE SCYTHIA ANCHORED
Mail From Europe Success
fully Landed in Heavy
Blanket Of Mist.
THE SCYTHIA ANCHORED

The denser the fog, according to the
shellbacks. the less probability there Is
OF serious accidents afioat. because when
shippers cannot see anything on any
horizon but curtains OF murk they do not
venture anywhere.
II II had been an intermittent obscura-
tion some ships might have sneaked in
and some out but the deadly evenness
Of yesterdays phenomenal mist barriers.
reared by the blowing of warm south
erly wind on the cool surface Of sea and
harbor. kept nearly everybody at an
chor. One of the several liners that
were halted near the Hook. the Fort
Victoria Of the Farness- Bermuda SER
vice. got into Quarantine and groped her
way to her pier a. Fifty-fifth street
and Hudson River. after anchoring more
than an hour off Liberty Island She
was the only vessel from a foreign port
TO make dock.
The Cunarder Scythia. from South
word that she had anchored in Graves
end Bay and would not come UP until
the fog lifted, which may be this morn
ing. She found the seascape fog blank
eted fifty miles out. Other liners that
feared to venture in were the Royal
Mail steamship Araguaya, from Ber-
muda; the Turrialba of the United
Fruit Line. from Central and South
American ports, and the Hamburg
American liner Bayern, from Hamburg.
The United States mail boat President.
ambitious to take from the Scythia the
first consignment OF mail that has ar
rived here from England in two weeks,
cruised long blind man Bluffs course
in the bay and finally found the
Scythia. taking several thousand sacks
of mail from her and hauling it
leisurely to the city through weird and
muffled choruseS of bells and sirens.
Mono OF the ships scheduled to go yes
terday got away. Among them are the
Samland of the Red Star Line, for DAN
zig; the United American liner Mount
Clay. for Hamburg. and the Munson
liner Southern Cross, for South Amer
lean ports. 1t was said that the South
ern Cross probably would leave her Ho-
boken berth early this morning and an
chor in the lower bay before proceeding
to sea.
Among her passengers is John w. Rid
die, American Ambassador TO Argentina.
who was chief guest at dinner aboard
ship. Frank C. Munson, head of the
line presided and the speakers included
ID. p. C. Perez. Argentine Consul-General
at this port. and Arthur Fl. Titus. presi-
dent of the Argentine Chamber Of Com
merce.
mere humps. in the waters OF the harbor.
~ ,lt,,v, A.. % rl q
hit off Cortlandt street by the Fall River
Line freight New Haven. bound up the
Sound. and was slightly damaged and
the municipal ferryboat Gowanus, run
ming between Thirty-ninth street. Brook
lyn. and Whitehall street. Manhattan,
lost her way and bumped into drill
boat of the New Jersey Shipbuilding
Company anchored off Coenties Slip,
East River. sustaining little damage.
One ferry suspended service. the West
Shore, running over the long route. |
crisscrossed by other lines. between |
Cortlandt street and WeehawlSen. All !
other ferries were delayed from ten
minutes to half an hour. The Ellis ISL |
trips In the afternoon.
The Lackawarna fcrryboat Orange. 7
,n her 1890 trip from West Twenty /
third street. Manhattan. to Fourteenth |
street. Hoboken. lost her bearings and |
smashed into the stern Of the freight |
steamship Clement Smith. undergoing |
repairs in the Fletcher shipyard about |
100 yards from the ferry slip. Appar- |
entity the ferryboats machinery was
disabled, as she whistled for help. which /
added to tho panicky feeling of her pas
some of whom were thrown |
down by tho force OF the impact. Two |
tugs hi.ched on to the |
Orange and guided her into her slip. !
Some Of the joiner work OF her super !
structure was carried away. Nobody |
was hurt.
The fog enehrouded much of the New |
Jersey coast and extended far inland. |
Mrs. Elias johnson. 4s. of Spring street. |
clifton. was killed while attempting to |
cross tho tracks of the Lackawanna |
She was returning from the |
SIhenia Steel Mills. where shc had been |
with luncheon for her husband and son. |
The fog prevented her from seeing the |
rain and she stepped directly In front |
of u.
Tho Weather Bureau suspected last |
night that the smother OF mist would be |
iissipated this morning by strong |
westerly wind, bringing from the plains |
States a cold wave that created there |
far below zero. At Lander, |
Ivyo.. the mercury was "a below. and |
It Casper, Wyo., IL recorded 36 below. |
( is not going to be zeroish hereabout |
o-day. but the forecasters declared that I
{ surely would be cold. No Indications
" cold wave were noticeable at mid
light.