The evening world. Newspaper, January 29, 1903, Page 12

While City, Rivers and Thickest Blanket in Months. TRAFFIC TIED UP ALL ROUND “Crowded Ferry-Boat Texas ~~ Runs Into Two Barges and Steamboat Bay Ridge Sunk in the Bay. A thick blanket of fog, which {s not expected to clear until a windstorm blows it away to-night, smothered ac- tivity in New York City and on the gurrounding waterways to-day. De- @pite extraordinary precautions ferry- ‘Doats and other craft collided in the - givers and the bay and “L" trains _ ‘amashed into each other, Fortunately everything was run at reducea speed ‘and there was no loss of life _ known, Suburban trains were greatly flelayed. Not in months has there been #0 thick & fog. Between 7 and § o'clock it was Impossible to see houses across the street. As the sun came up the fog Ufted gradually, but the moisture hung ‘over the city for hours. ' he most exciting accident due to the @og occurred on the Hast River, between ‘Williamsburg and Manhattan, The fer- g-boat Texas, bound from Willlamsburg to the Twenty-third street slip, collided with two barges in a tow. Ferry-Boat Was Crowd: ‘The ferry-boat was crowded with pas- scores of whom were out on the lower deck forward. The pilot had simply enough headway to keep the big boat moving. He hung close to the Willamsburg shore as long as he could ‘and then cut across the river. Buddenly a tow of two barges sneaked out of the fog and loomed up mistily a few yards from the bow of the ferry- boat. There was a yell of united horror trom the passengers, who ran over each other in an effort to get back into the gabins, The pilot stopped the machinery and tried to steer out of a collision, but ais effort was fruitles ‘The Texas struck both barges, carry- Ying away the upper works of one, From “the boat At was observed that the cap- In of the barge and his family and eréw. hed seen that a collision was in- evitabie and had escaped to the forward deck, The other bargo was not dam- aged, ‘As the boats struck the engines of the Texas were reversed and she backed away, losing sight of the barges in the fog. ‘The passengers were reassured jand the ferry-boat made her slip after @ delay of nearly an hour, The first ‘collision appeared to have hoodooed the ‘Texas, for she had several other narrow @ecapes before reaching the Twenty- third street Janding. ; The Bay Ridge Sunk. "he steamboat Bay Ridge, which for twelve years has plied between the Bat- tery and Liberty Island, carrying vis- tors to the Statue of Liberty, was sunk @t her pler in a collision with New York Central lighter No, 6. Capt, James Conners and his crew of six men es- faped to shore without even getting thejr feet wet. The Bay Ridgo lies in twelve feet of water off the Battery, cut almost in two. On account of the fog there were no passengers ready to take tho steamboat to the Statue of Liberty when the time to leave for the first trip arrived to- @ay. Capt, Conners decided to walt be- fore putting out. He was sitting in the| eabin with the engineer and mate when | > @ deckhand on watch shouted a warn- ing. Capt. Conners looked out and through the mist saw the big New York Cen- tral lighter almost on him. The iighter had come down the North River and in|}, rounding the Battery point ‘her captain, James Hillary, had lost his bearings, fParitix to swing too far out he made the mistake of keeping too close to the) seo wall, © hes Into Steamer, Capt. Hillary signalled to the engine- ne foom to reverse, but apparently the gine was on a dead centre when th ha! was given and before the gould remedy matters the heavy lighter craghed into the port side of the Bay Ridge. The sleambeat was splintered below othe water line and it was apparent that ghe was doomed to sink. The ighver Backed off and stood by ready to ren Ber assistance. Capt. Conners and iis gathered up their valuables, and Jest of them leaped to the pier just the Bay Ridge went down. Then Mghter went her way up Hiver, apparently uninjured, big crowd vf inveterate fishermen ed the pler awaiting the depart- bef & boat to the fishing banks. As he Bay Ridge went down it appeared iat her hawsers would upset the pier here was « wild scramble for saf Battery, The hawsers parted pler was saved, M of the 4 weeing what ¢ ® lurked Tew feet of »} ded to trip outside in the tog WPA came uP the bay during the wi the day. ‘he fog wax vo B island that running ‘Mize WB OUt Of Loe ques. tothe difficulties of navi- the wuter was full Mle believed that E, A, Ble- on Bay Are Covered by) the | THE WORLD: TEURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1903. STEAMBOAT BAY RIDGE, PHOTOGRAPHED AS SHE WAS SINKING AFTER COLLISION WITH A LIGHTER {t 1s estimated that between 15,000 and 20,000 persona were late in reaching thelr places of employment, and this lateness amounted to from fifteen min- utes to an hour. In Manhattan the conditions were no better. A passenger on the Elghty-first street elevated platform at 8.10 A. M., who usually made tho trip downtown on an express train in twenty min- utes, did not get down this morning until 9.10 o'clock. A Long Island Rallroad suburban train running on the Brooklyn Blevated Railroad crashed into the rear of a Fifth Avenue Wlevated train near Hud- son avenue in the fog, terrorizing tho several hundred passengers, but only crumpling the rear platform of the Fifth avenue train, Central Avolded Cranshen. Though the fog that filled tho New York Central Ratlroad’s tunnel settled down earller to-day than yesterday, the officials of the road were prepared for it, having devised as me oof running: trains that did aw: ith much of the delay that heretofore hampered traffic All suburban trains stopp Haven, One Hundred and 1 sf EON | street “and One Hundred and Tenth | street to let off passengers who wished fo fet, dawntown “carlter than the might if delayed in the tunnel, When | the north end’ of the tunnel, at’ Ninety- sixth street, waar hed the trains were run through singly, no train enter- ing until a slenal was recelved from the Grand Central Station that the track was clear, In this way the trains w through dan nt | not com c ‘awl along In a be lated Hne But, notwithstanding the | better faciiities for 1 hing the Grand Central Station, nearly five thousand Mussengers got off at One Hundr enty-fifth and One Hund a and rode downtown on the and by engine road tun third and Seventy- i 1 fourth streets ie was taken to the Presbyterian Hospital erry-boat” Watert rupning from Grand at Hrooklyn. fo the new} Grand street #ip Manhattan, crashed Into her pler on ihis side of the river dolng small dumage. The passenges on the boat were k lown by the shock, but no o a Delay on River and 8 ts were run on the the Battery and | trookl wnt 11 seque come up t forced to the all rs who usitally fase and “1! cars in £ he ileet of Sound steamers. a thelr pers at 4 lock this m Md not by tive until noon, first In was i hestor W. Chantn, fron New Haven, Fog on the Sound last night Mth to ran slowly, | Hel G the anchor until the heavy alr s known there were Sound, due to arrive from id not reach thelr TEACHERS SUE SCHOOL BOARD Demand List of Eligibles and Proper Salaries for Those Who Have Qualified. More than $00 Br eply Interested of an argument before Justice Gaynor in the Supreme Court, in a suit brought by the Hrooklyn Teachers’ Assofiation, the Class Teavhers' Association and Misa Anhetio Baum, against Board of Education and Superis nt Maxwel to compel the preparation of a list of | pereune to whom teaoh were issued in the severs ghia prior to | Jan.4, 1902 » comp. placing {|the burnt UFFOCATED IN FACTORY FIRE, Engineer Went Back for $150, and Died as Department Chaplain Administered Last Rites of the Church. MANY FIREMEN ARE INJURED. In a firo which did extensive damage to the works of the Stanley Saap Com- pany, Nos. 612 to 650 West Thirtleth street, to-day, Victor Rieohe, the night engineer, was suffocated to death, a number of firemen were slightly injured, more were in deadly peril and two large lumber yards were threatened with de- struction. Vveral men were at work in the rear ef the tirst floor before daylight when a vat fled with fats boiled over, The &reane, in falling to the floor, caught fire from the Curnace under the vat, and ¥ stream ran across the floor to an alr shaft. From there the flames spread up and set flre to each of the four floors of the bullding, Battalion Chief Binns arrived on the! first alarm and he sent In the second | and third alarms, bringing Chief 1 roy, Who turned in a fourth alarm. ‘Thly brought, besides the regular apparatus, the fire-boat New Yorker, which ran| seven streams from the river front to the fire, Suffocated by Smoke, The fire spread through the grense-{ soaked building with great rapidity. | shooting out the top like a monster mushroom, When the first alarm was turned In all the workmen ran from } the building, tt being a byword that a soap factory, once on fire, burns quickly and completely, Victor Rleche, the night engineer, ran from the basement to the street with the others, but after he had been out several minutes he sald to a companion that he had forgotten and lett $150 In his coat pocket in the engine-room. He broke out of the crowd and ran into the bullding before he could be stopped. It 1s believed that he reached the en- gine-room and secured the money, as he Was on his way out when he was over- come by the smoke and fell In the 4: on the first floor set apart for the load. ing of wagons, As hoe fell he uttered a stifled cry which was heard by Chaplaina Smith and Walkley, of the Fire Depart. ment, who had responded on the third alarm ut hesitating, the two ministers into the building and to the room where Rieche had fallen, They bent over him and tried to resuscitat him, but were unable, Then Chaplain Smith a @ last rites of the Cau » taking chances| that he nt of the faith, | During this simple and brief ce Mr. ¥ knelt in the anki water ut the side of the body, ay did also the priest. When le was taken out of the building he was dead, fle was married and had several children, but none of the employees knew waere he lived Windows Blows Out, While firemen were in a dozen win- dow sills trying to make fast the straps Which would support the lines of hove When within the factory there was an explosion of hot air Livery window was blown out of the structure and tho flames leaped from every open ph completely envelop x for # f0W wecondy at a ime the the window. The shattered verely injured many of nd while the fames were Uilstering them they held to thelr places howe gaaled the sone wed to wach tend: of instru | ston of th Hy of Brooklyn prior to Jan 1, 1894, i140 to rg nized 43 cligible to pawnotion w any of th four upper grem ll persons holding gradv A Miss Baum, who hay been @ teacher nineteen years, #tates that she was pro- moted to the fourth grammer grade, DUE nover reveived the salary she should ave recely rity use Of laws Chat! vnUl ladders were hoisted for thelr re. \ ‘The top rounds of the caught fire and the fame: Hublits and Nolan, of Company No, 4 But they held to their place until they had attached” a block and inokle to the roof so that. the hese could be drawa up, tall ladder surrounded started to descend they found that the rounds in the ladder were burning from under them. Thetr rubber coats caught fire, and it 1s probable they would have suffered serious injury had not a stream of water been turned on them from the street. Under cover of this stream, they retreated to the street level. Lumber Yard Went Next. Back of the factory, on the Twenty- ninth street side, Is the large yard of the Wick Lumber Company, stocked with several million feet of cut lumber, Then, on the Twelfth avenue sido, front Ing on the river, is the Dunbar Lumber Company's big yard, with equally as much lumber Jn plies. ‘This lumber waa piled high against the walls of the soap factory bullding and extended over the entire area of the yards. ‘Nhe piles of lumber in the Dunbar yards nearest the burning factory were the first to catch fire, Fanned by a fair wind they were soon blazing fiercely. Although many streams of water were turned on them the fire spread to adjoining piles, and for a time looked as though they would sweep en- Urely through both yards, Miremen were put to work at tearing down the plies and clearing a space over which the fire could not Purroy which to check the certain that once they of lumber the w sald the fire w President Stanley, pany, sa was into a pile He gor ole pile would go. wid last all day, of the soap com- id hie losa would be covered by e. Chief Purroy said tt would to $50,000, Mr, Stanley sald it would exceed that figure. ‘The loss to the lumber companies will be heavy WANTS HIMTO JOW ALIMONY CLUB. \Chorus Girl, Suing for Divorce, Asks Allowance from Young Husband. An application was made to Supreme Court Justice Leventritt this afternoon for allmony and counsel fee for Pearl Meyers, who 18 being sued by Clarence M. Meyers for divorce. Pearl Meyers is a chorus girl in the Sloeping Beauty and the Beast," now playing {n Philadelphia, Her lawyer sitld “She is a young thing, only twenty- two years old, She and young Meyers Were married {n 1897 They separated in August, 1901, and sho went on the stage to carn a livell- hood, He is a travelling salesman, eurning $40 @ week. A Magistrate or- dered him to pay her. $6.00 a week for, ther support, He is able to pay much’ more, and ought to."? ‘id Myers demands $25 weekly all- moi $0) counsel foes. He s she misbehaved at 8 St Marks place and and names John M. or utich, George Otero and Jo: Stern Brothers Upholstery Dept. se tia oor During the present quiet seas Wall Hangings and Draperies of every description, Re-upholsterir When they! . at prices Considerably Lower WOWAN FIRE | VIETIN OYING, ——e ee | Mrs. Anna Rickert Leaped from the Window of Her Brookly" Home and Received Fatal In- juries. BUT SISTER-IN-LAW ESCAPED A Panic Ensued When the Flanics| Aroused the Sleeping Inmates in| a House In Fulton Street—Blaze| Started on Third Floor. Mra. Anna Rickert Is he point of death the Brooklyn Hospltal from | Injures received in jumping from the rear window of her home at No. 72) Fulton street when the b fire last night. She liv floor, and leaped to an exte ‘ding was Jon the fourth | on in the | rear, breaking her collar-bone and left | ankle and suffering | Injurtes, A moment after her als ter-tn-law, Jennie Rt rawled out! of the front windows, and lowertng her- self down, her hands unt!) the fire burned them and made her lose her grasp. Although she fell from the fourth floor, fireman caught her in his arms and she was practically un- harmed. The fire started in the apartment of John Bhore on the third floor and quickly spread over the entire bullding. The women were asleep when the fire started, and when they awoke the halls | were filled with smoke and all the exits cut of by the flames. Two Children Overcome by Smoke at Tenement-Hounse Fire, Gussie Cohen, seven, and her brother, Martin, five, were ‘overcome by smoke Jast night In a fire which threatened the six-story tenement at No, 22 Stan- ton street, Isidor Cohen found his chil- dren unconscious in thelr room wher the alarm was sounded. He carried them to tho street, The Cohen children were taken to Gouverneur Hospital. SNOW TO PUT OUT FIRE. Liberal Une of It Saved a Bayonne Building from Destruction, The use of snow obviated the neces- sity of sending jn an alarm of fire when the carpenter shop on Avenue D, near Sixth street, Bayonne, conducted by James Hannon, took fire. The fire started in the chimney and NeW 10Fn's Fastest Sat.ssaction Guaranteed or Growing Store, Money Promptly Refunded. WEST fa ™ ST thenberg co! [The Greatest Friday of the Monthl. Ualues Surpassing All Others of the Big Clearinz Sale. To-morrow will be a record day in this great January movement, Every remnant, every broken lot, and many lines that are complete, MUST BE CLOSED OUT BEFORE TO-MORROW NIGHT. ) Inventory takes place Saturday—that's reason enough for relentless price cutting. Scores of specials, too f weak in numbers to advertise, will be thrown on bargain t»bles, So this announcement doesn’t tell half j the economy story, NEW SURPRISES AT EVERY TURN--FOR EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY— MONEY-SAVING SUCH AS NEW YORK SELDOM KNOW Great £ Walking Skirts, 79c, Shown in a wide variety of dark fancy suitings in exceptionally desirable color- lailor stitching. Lengths 37 to 44; ings and effects. 7 9 value $3.00, while they last at....+5 Newest flaring $10 Winter Goats, $4.98. flounce style, well tailored and shown in various length About a hundred coats of two different kinds in this special lot for to-morrow’s clearing -21-Inch Tan Kersey Jackets, satin lined and beautifully tailored and ‘Finished; usually sold at $10.00. Also Kersey Monte Carlo Coats in black and Walking Skirts, $1.49. Made from men's fancy suitings in blue and white and black and white, pepper : nd salt mixtures; new pleated style, with flaring pleats at bottom and five rows of and waist sizes... castor, 27 inches long; all special at..... . x. ’ Waists, 79c. Girls’ Goats, $1.98. Just 288 Waists in this lot, the like of which! Full length, of heavy English melton cloth, with either have never been sold for less than 98c, Made single or double cape and inverted plait. Monte Carlo from heavy cheviot, with pointed back, kimono reverse cuff and stock, full puff sleeves, tucked velvet collar; shown in navy back and pleated front; large blue, cadet bius, brown, Ox- pearl buttons. A rare opportunity, ford, sage, green and red. to-morrow, at. Sizes 4 to 14. $5.00 Coats, e Special at. a Silk Special D ilk Specials. ress Goods. 24-inch Printed Foulard Silk, in lilac, cadet 5 . blue, brown, old rose, green, gray, tan, cobelin All Wool Cheviots, in castor, blue, royal blue, navy blue, black and white, Cc brown, gray and black; were soc. per 2w spring desi marked for yard ; special for to-morrow sees covesesese ‘ash Taffeta, in navy All Wool Granite Cloth, in cadet blue, blue, maize, brown, tan, cardinal, pink, car marine biue, gray tan, royal bine and ec net, cadet blue, castor, old rose, light blue lin blue; worth 50c. per yard: special at. 38-Inch All Wool Black Nun's Veil« £ Ing; worth 50c. per yard; special at. . and white; 65c. grade; marked down for to- morrow to made its way to the roof. Charles Bost and Mrs. Hannon were on the spot and e inguished the fire with a Mberal ap- pi. ation of enov $3 FOR KATZ’S GAYETY. Had a Man Arrested, Mean To. *T must have been either drunk or crazy, Your Honor," sald Harris Katz, of No. 141 Forsyth street, when the man whose arrest he had caused, George Meyer, of No, 141 Allen street, was brought before the Essex Market bar to-day. Katz had charged Meyer with firing r shots at him with a revolver, 1, and Magistrate st Katz $3, which to his drunk of crazy ling to his preference, ——— bat Didn't Etta Slant J. M. Post 2 street, was overcome b was removed to the Pre: pital She yiterian Hos- A two dollar shirt for $1.00, A fine shirt makergot them out to sell for ¢$2—but no matter, we've got them uow, one hundred dozen, $1.00 each, Made of genuine French Percale—plaited fronts, $1.00, $1.00, $1.00, Wroackell CorlvarteCo. Three | Cor, 13th St. | BROADWAY | Cor. Canal st. Stores, Near Chambers, ion orders will We received for > the ng of Furniture Than Regular Rates The materials for above also at Greatly Reduced Prices West Twenty-third Street. Hosiery & Underwe 125c Women’s Extra Heavy Fleece-Lined Vests and Pants, vests have high neck and long. sleeves, pants have French band Ate are ankle lengths; 29c. values for... i 9c Bo Wchildren’s Fast Black Seamtess Cotton ] Hose, fine and wide rib, double sole, high Spliced heel, sizes 6 to 10; value 19C. at-oove The Last Great Pre-Inventory Reductions. iting, lace trimming; pearl Ings Pala or cigce strumming} peat quality, trimmed with clusters of tucks 10c deep ruffles; hemstitching; also with em- plait down front, neck and sleeves fin- yokes, inserting of embroidery and trimmed with 20 tucks; necks and Sleeves 29 neck and sleeves, 49c. value, at... c Men’ hi ar.|Men’s 75c. Shirts, 39c. and front; detached cuffs; worth from 75c, neck, satin binding down front, pearl buttons; e A . 9 Muslin Underwear and Ghildren’s Wear. t Corset Covers, fine cambric, round or Children’s Wear, square neck; French style or close 1 Oc Children’s Muslin Drawers, heavy buttons; 19¢. value, ate. Drawers, umbrella styles, heavy muslin, and deep hem; 19¢. values, at «+0... Ry infants’ Slips, made of cambric, box 1 broidery edge; 25c. values, a ‘ 12%e Gowns, full size, heavy muslin, ae mith ours ruffles; 19c. value, at 2' “Children’s Muslin Gowns, heavy quality: yokes Clusters of tucks; also plain tucked k Aiea Gown, with hemstitched ruffles, round Cc finished with cambric ruffles; sizes 2 to 6 years ; 49c. value, at.. Men's Colored Dress Shirts, fine percale and Madras, in variety of patterns, open back 3 9 to $1; tobe closed out atesececee ceee.see Cc Men’s Heavy Ribbed Fleece-Lined Shirts, French sees 34 to 40; so-cent value; while they last, Made on liberal patterns. The sizes run None sent CG. 0. D., very full. 7 to 14 years. and no mail orders....+++ Boys’ $4 3-Piece Suits, $1.98. P 1 Goods, in cight patterns of nobby, up-to-date cheviots and cassimeres, in Strictly Al Soe plaids, cut in mannish style, three-button sack, single-breasted vest,_ lined eh 3 q ts have patent bands and flat taped n: hout with mercerized Itallan lining; pant P ped seam SOON Wn Orders; none C. O. Deseeseveceensreces bd “Basement Bargains {Single Porti res. 75c That No Careful Housekeeper Will Miss. 1.00 Odd Portieres, used as samples, immense assortment, all colors, value $2,00, special IL sizes will be placed 4 a ial Lot of Wash Bollers in a eM at an emphatically low price, They Have Copper Bottoms, and while they are somewhat shop wort, they are warranted not toleak, At this price the lot may ne it ae Formerly up to $2 each; No. 8 Cylinder Heating Staves, \ drum of best Russian iron; one length of pipe, elbow and 2 98 collar, set up Mi Be, pate 6-Tube Gas Radiator, 2 top and base, will beat large j 98 tO-MOrTOW. +... wees CNottinghamGurtains Nottingham Lace Curtains, Brussels, Antique and Cluny patterns, 54 and 60 inches wide; actual value $2.00; sale price., Garpets. Values in Winter Garments.| 29c}' 139 ou 25ch | ys’ $3.00 Suits, with Extra Pants, 1.39.|. 4 ted suits, made of fine dark striped cheviots in six different patterns, eileen The pants have extra strong drill waistbands, double s and turned up hems. covert Limit two suits to a customer. z \ ‘ \ . a ly \4 \3 2, ate Carpets will be held sixty days on payment : q FpOm, Fer a ay Plates, 5c: of a small deposit. B eee idee 105 ae ete ‘soup Plates, 6,000 yards of 1 yard wide Brusselline a Y, A special lot of Dechinner and Breakfast Cc Carpets, splendidselection of patterns, per- Hane Meeeat and 12C tOceserregees fectly reversible, value 45c. per y le price ‘ad Milliner, Offers His «emaining Stock of Trimmed [iillinery, BONNETS, TOQUES, WALKING AND TAILORED HATS and all of my Imported Models at Half Price. Tho policy of this house is never to y over any stock, hence thes@sales mportant tors for moaey saving. 15 West 30th St., Broadway and Fitth Ave. The World’s Harlem Office Is Now Located at 211 West 125th Street, Between 7th and 8th Avenues, Open from 8 A.M. to 10 P, M, for the reception of advertisements and subscriptions, NOTE.---The new office adjoins the one occupied by The World for the past six years, FORMERLY oF J. ROTHSCHILD, NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN,