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Show FOG HANGS LIKE A PALL OVER LONDON London. Dec. Such a complete dis-S j organization of railroad traffic and shipping ship-ping as has resulted from the present 1"? has been unknown for many years. A disniaT pall is spread over tho greater part of the kingdom, causing enormous business busi-ness losses and threatening to deprive j thousands of their Christinas parcels. 1 Statisticians estimate that the losses in London alone amount to nearly $.i,Ki.i'K.t. Along the coast there is a great dislocation disloca-tion of shipping. The White Star line steamer Cedric, which sailed from Liverpool Liver-pool vesterday for New York is still, at noon, forbound in the Mersy. where tral-fic tral-fic is at a standstill. Similar conditions prevail on the Thames. A number or minor shipping mishaps have been reported. |