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Show N. Y HARBOR, The Situation Steadily Growing Grow-ing Worse. tOJU'ACr II B IN Till: .NAUHOW.s'. Hondrid of Tods of Freight Blockaded Blockad-ed on lYbarfs. A liwit, nil villi) i rill icr, Ittperli rrrin nllier I'tsera r rrosrn Ilnrl.i.r. mil liiir,riiilril Trellle. Xnv Yonir, Jan 12 It Is many years slncu tho harbor aud rivers of this clly havo btcu so thoroughly blockaded by Ico as at pretenl, and Instead of thu situation Inii ruvlng It is growing worn. Ho Uemu an I com. I act lathe mountain of Ico wedged In thu Narrow bj tho ebb tide that no boils Uare I force n i ansge there today. Kerr) .boats run ou tho go as-you- Nam plan, Long Islanl nud ew Jeitiy introns ut Iho various ferries are utla)ed and harrarsed In iiumcr ous wnj, nud scores of them will undcuUeuly be forced to Seud the night In lliucil). Hundredsuf tout of irnght nn blicksdel on wharfs and lighters, llwillbiuuiof the iiuistluu lo rclleutlivexlreiue LonisHon until miller weaihtr. A driving snunstirm, drhon by n lligli wind duilugtheday nud ulglit, agriUHted the dl'comfort and danger l'j m iking It luiosill le for Ihu Hols lu s.u rar i uougli nhini to soc't uut tUu best channels. Hlx boats aro fast In the Icj In the up,ir harbor. Thu an amihlp Huesou, which arrived from New Uileuis this horning, reports having u Imr.i lliuu getting up thu bay turuiigh thu Ice. Nujibera ol tug-, suliuoutra uud barges, b uuu south and iusI, blc both ice uud wen her bound. Die Uritlsli schoomr Ciltket, which arrived from Ht. Join., N. 11 , lie. cimber-Hh, wa trushejlu the lee lu Nerth iler today, Iho cajtalu nud crow Imdoiil) enough tliuu to savu n lew lerioi.ul illiois before shu weut down. lleKirls from (uarantlnu statu that tho steamship Massachusetts from Loudon Is dragging anchor chains and i-lDglorcod slowly down tlu bay by hugu cakes which lumber In on all rides, 10 oil tanks aud two ccul bilges, tcru Irom their uuchoragu at ruluj klliivll e, uro nisi belug carried down Hie lowe r bay I y thu Ice. Division Divi-sion Huperlnteudeut llempiteaJ of Iho New York Central raid today that trains were muru demoralized than at an) time since the bllllarJ. All VWrterii trains are from kur to six hours late. 111! I1L! AWA11L I ItOl V. C'ASIDK.n, N. J., Jau.li Tho Dels-wururlteris Dels-wururlteris liuteii over solid from Count's l'olnt lo this city. A number of fielght Iwats are last III thu Ice. there aru ISO loaded Irelght cars for Philadelphia stalled at this placo, being unablu to t,( t across thu river. NAMUCKL-T t llOkN III'. Nantucicit, Mats, Jan 1J. Nnu-lucket Nnu-lucket has been sbut oil from the outside out-side world by an Ice blockade for thu last two days. Thu cold snap closed upbolh harbjraudba). Iho ice ex-leodsout ex-leodsout six miles be) ond the treak-water. treak-water. I'roiu rescue Indications It Is ImiKiisIhlu to statu when uominuulca. tlou will bo open. CUI.U8 MAIIC A8II0UK0N 1CIX. Nev IIedi uiiii, Mass , Jan. 12 Ice III thu harbor Is now five Indies thick, aud crews from iueral imprisoned vessels walked on thu ice to Falrhaven |