Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-11
WRAPPED IN SNOW.
Hsarly Evsry European Country
Bound 10 Icy Fstters.
osashs from Gold ard Hunger Re-
oortsd from England. Germany.
Spain. ltAly and France.

ported from England. Germany.
Spain. Itajy and France.
oxEAT suFEERISa.
LONDON, Jan 10. - IL L. now the
seventh week Of the prevslence Of frost
throughout the United Kingdom. with
no sigma Of abatement Of the severity
Of the weather. From john 0'Groat's
house TO Land's End the country
l. wrapped in snow, and canals
and streets are leo bound Even =
number Of tidal rivers are frozen
fast For duration Of the frost period
this Is the greatest winter Of the
century. and In point of severity the
winters of 1913 and 1914 alone exceed
it. Tho Thames below Richmond No
mains partially frozen and Is covered
with Toe does which are impeding nsvi-
CATION Above Teddington the Ice
on the Thames 10 eight inches
thick. CaTTiers' vans can ira
verso tho rivers frozen sur
face from Sutton Court to Al
ingt0a- Skaters have free stretch for
many miles above and below Oxford
Numerous deaths have resulted from
the extreme cold. several of them 1t the
very gates Of work-houses. where
groups Of poor people were waiting for
shelter. Midland newspapers de-
clare that thousands of persons
arc in . condition of semi-starva-
ton, many laborers being compulsorily
idle. without fires or food Mayors Of
cities with the aid. of loca boards are
directing an organized distribution of
bread and coal and are starting relief
kitchen !. still they fail to reach host
Of cases of distress. Numerous in
stances occur Of coroners' inquests on
the bodies Of people found dead in bed
where the verdict is that death resulted
from cold and hunger.
In every country on the continent
there is suffering because of the severe
weather. The coasts of Belgium, Hol-
land and North Germany are blocked
with ice.
At Hamburg navigation is greatly i'm
peded by tho immense blocks of ice
which fill the river. The board Of nav
igation is making every effort to keep
the river open and is employing three
of the strongest tugs that could b Sc
cured as ice-breakers.
At Antwerp 10000 workmen have
been thrown out Of employment owing
to the unusually severe weather. The
misery caused among the poorer classes
in consequence is widespread and in
tense.
Dispatches from the German ports Of
Lubbock, Stettin and Winemunde all
tell Of the inaccessibility of their har-
bors on account of the ice, and say that
navigation has ceased, that there is
much snow and that no open water is
visible. In Berlin the temperature is
at is degrees below zero, Fahrenheit.
The Harz railway is snow-blocked, and
the mails usually conveyed by its trains
are now transported in sleighs.
All Bavaria is covered with snow,
and in the country between the Danube
and the Alps the snow is eighteen inch
es deep. In certain localities along the
Rhine snow-drifts are piled seventeen
feet high, threatening foundations when
they thaw.
In Northern Italy .now began to fall
on Wednesday and did not cease until
Friday. The inhabitants of that region
are suffering acutcly, such weather
being entirely unknown to them, and it
is feared that numbers Of people have
persisted in the storm.
A telegram from Madrid reports heavy
70 -, o~l cove
cation with all the provinces of Spain
is difficult. 1t also reports the preva-
lence of intensely cold weather in
Valencia, where orange groves have
been swept by the storm, entailing
heavy losses to the owners.
At Marseilles the hospitals are gorged
with sufferers from various affections
caused by the cold weather. Dock la
borers there have lighted along the
auays great fires at which to warm
themselves during working hours Two
express trains bound for Trieste are
moved up, and it - not known
whether relief has been sent to the
passengers. At Klagenfurth, in Aus
ria, . freight train has been
9ufleo out Oh siSAt Oy IN ovolaucuc.
The bora wind continues to blow.
At Trieste the wheels Of the locomo-
ives freeze to the rails, and the popu-
alton of the city is helpless so far a.
yetting supplies is concerned No re-
sorts have been received from Alpine
districts for two days. There are fears
II q sudden thaw, which will flood the
rivers.
A violent storm, accompanied by hail
and snow and extending long distance
inland. Is reported from the seaport
IF Algiers. in North Africa The
report is coupled with the assur.
ince that nothing like such .
severity Of weather was ever known
that region before. Advices from
Paris say that the Seine Is blocked
with ice near Rouen and that the Rhone
frozen above Lyons. kilograms from
Arras and Mines say that much suffer
ng is being caused at these places by
he intensely cold weather and that
lumber c. persons have been found
srszen 70 death-
nunio Tn Have n Celebratfon.