Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-27
FOG SLOWS TRAFFIC
IN CITY AND BLOCKS
RIVER NAVIGATION
Menace OF Thick Murk Causes
Ferry to Anchor at Jetty
All Night.
NO ACCIDENTS REPORTED

settling over the city yesterday
afternoon and continuing all night
nnd until about + o'clock this morn
lng. thick blanket OF fog caused
river and vchicular trafiic 10 all kinds
to ssort Co extreme measures OF
caution Al times during the night
tho fog was 80 thick that many
pedestrians report that they were un-
able o. see few yards ahead OF
thom
Tho Wilson idne ferry which left
f"nn's Grove yesterday afternoon az .
o'clock. hound for Wilmington. got
90 Car "a tho ietty az the mouth of the
thrlstiana AZ that point the fox
hpcamc so dense that % was found
necessary to anchor tho boat. Many
of the passengers were put ashore
ana walked to Wilmington. while
others were picked up 10y a rhiladel-
pha boat that came along a few min
utra later. Thee was No ferry ser
NI.e between Wilmington and rcnn's
Grove last night and many residents
of that place were forced Co spend the
nIE1t lu this city
Tho fcrrvaoat which was forced 'o
an hor az the mouth of the Christiana
was tcturninE FROM Deep Water Point
Whore t had gone 60 take IN The
men Who worked There. The same
huut had lcft Wilmington at 3.i5 yes
tr.dt, afternoon for r,nns Grove. I,
survived thcrr without incident II
Wna tho Inst lwat Co leave this city
Nrstsrda, tnr Heun's Grove. After
thn fog uftcd this morning tho boat
prorcodcd from the mouth eft the
,huftnna Co tho wharf of tho VII
son iinc 90 tho foot ~ Fourth street
\ member ~ tho Crew of one ~ the
Wilson lane steamers which was ted
~ a. tho local wharf tins morning
whom asked 10 he did not think that
tho dense FOG that spread over the
river was one ~ the most serious ~
any ON reCord stated that IN his opin-
i.r thcso conditions we're quite COM
uon and that thcv werc pa,t of ;hc
regular winter storms
pmcla's ~ the Wilson Line stated
this morning that no hoats wouli
leave Wilmington today untn the fog
bad lifted
The Wilmington and Philadelphia
TItrtion co. ofivals repstcd this
mnrnlns that there had been no acci-
druta un any " the street car lines
fnfouEhout the city either last nigh,
g. his morninN cars vero some
what behind time this morning be-
sHIsc motsmen were forced 10 pro-
coed cautiously. q.
tncM officials " the PENNSYLVANIA
la. .road state that fherc had been no
nr..denfs on any os ;he lines either
llst night cr this morning on ac-
count ul tho weather conditions and
t1r slipper, STATE ot 'he rails. trains
were DELAYED a Few minutes.
Tho fog Was tho means ~ Lofts
.ios.on i'1 Market street. who was
o. srsiel lls n.ghs on a charge ~.
F'rod ms. hcing dismissed IN MGn!cipa
tourt this morning
ro.co records show that there had
hrcn 900 vchicuiar accidents reported
f. thom either last nisht or this
sHnrn.rg
lar tho hrst time On years oNicial.
q. tru port at Philadelphia report thar
r' entries were made yestvdav. They
CO. in readiness for the rush that VA
stne a. soon a. the fog ,lf-s Reside,
s. boats f.g hound .n the pc.awar,
r.ter. several more vessels remained
,uts.de tho hrcakwa-s Two vessels
ono outward bound. -he other inwarC
bound. were grounded on the na;,
kuowu a. Pea Patch. ncar Fort Deia.
ware last nlEht. one was the wes
lashaway. Outbound. from Phlade.
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