Tbe 6pertator
NOVEMBER 26th, 1853
THE regular November fog has paid us a visit this week. If was of considerable density on Tuesday, but not sufficiently dense to put a stop to the traffic of the streets and the river. On Wednesday, however, beginning early in the morning, it gradually thickened during the day, and from five o'clock until nearly eight in the evening the town was completely enveloped in a thick cloud. The omnibuses, for some time, were preceded by links; but finding constant dead-locks inevitable, they gave it up, and the streets were nearly deserted. All the time shouts of warning were heard around, and dirty boys ran about yelling, " Buy a link 1" One of the casualties of the Tuesday evening occurred in Carey Street: a woman in crossing was knocked down by a railway van, and the wheels passed over her head. She was taken to King's College Hospital, but died on the steps. Several accidents also happened on Wednesday; but as the horses were walking slowly, persons who came into collision with them escaped with bruises only.
The fog seemed denser on the river than in the streets, from the absence of lights; and on Wednesday evening all traffic was early brought to a close.
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