The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-01-29
A,CONTINENT CONCEALED,
TERRIBLE STORIES OF THE INTENSE
COLD IN EUROPE.

ter being Lower than for Many Years,
snow Failing even on the Riviera.
PARIS, January l9.-During Satur-
day and yesterday the most intense co Id
Of the winter was experienced through
out France. Yesterday an aged man
was found frozen to death in his lodse
III tins city. The thermometer yester-
day touched I degrees Fahrenheit at
Macon, degrees here, II degrees at
'Ioulon, and degrees at Grenoble.
Wells were frozen at Perpi.han, were a
man was found frozen to death in the
street. A woman was found frozen to
death in bed at Epinal, were the ther-
mometcr indicated 4 degrees below zero.
a slight snowfall is reported from the
Riviera.
The Chamber Of Deputies has voted
that 100000 francs be appropriated
tor the relief of people in towns who
are suffering from the effects of the
severe winter. 1t is the intention of the
Chamber later on to appropriate money
Tor the relief Ofthc sufferers in the coun-
try districts.
TIE FHEEZEIN FRANCE.
PARIS, January l9.-Ice on the Seine
is sixteen inches thick and is throngcd
with people day and night. The cold is
causing great inconvenience and distress
throughout France. The harbors of
ToulOn and Lazyue are frozen over for
the first time on record. The olive crop
in the department Of Gard is fast being
ruined. Whole communities in the
ncighborhood of Perpegnan in the
l'yrenccs, arc cut of from communica-
ton with the world and waylarers in
those districts have been found frozen to
death.
The AlgerS mail steamer arrived at
Port Ncndlcs, on the Mediterranean,
to-day covered all over with ice and
snow like n ship in the Arctic regions.
y dispatch from Sara"ossa. in Spain, re-
ports that the mercury there is at Ii de-
grees Fahrenheit, and that snow IS fall
in%. The Seine at its confluence with
the Disc is .iammed with pack ice ten feet
high. At Mines wine has frozen in the
cellars. The Sore, at Nevcrs i. frozen
over. A large number Of vessels are
lce-bound at Bordeaux and many steam
ers to avoid being frozen in, have gone
down the river to anchor in the Vereon
Roads.
Packs of wolves..are numerous and wild
boars are invading isolated dtricts in
France. The unusually large fall ofsnow
and terrible severity OF the weather have
cut OF their means OF subsistence and
the animals nave become desperate
through hunger and fearlcssly prowl
about the house to the great consterna-
ton OF the people. The same state of
affairs is said to exist is Span, and from
Cadlz come reports Of wolves being kill
ed IN the streets and suburbs.
AdFlccs have been received from AL
gcrs TO the effect that the country i.
covered with snow. 4 snow storm is
raging in Tunis and the fall of snow is
already so heavy that traffic has been
stopped.
EFFECTS OF TIE FREEZE IN GERMANY.
berlin, January l9--Several steam
ers iii thc-icc-blockaded river Elbe have
lost their propellcrs by dashmg against
Ice llOcS. ~ number Of vessels in the
Elbe have parted their anchor chains
and are drifting hclplcssly IN the stream.
Ihe strongest tugs cannot leave the
harbor Of CuXhaven on account of the
lcc, and the citizens are assisting the
military 10 blast the ice with melintc.
Reports from all ports show that the
thermometer touched many degrees be.
low zero, Fahrenheit, but that the cold
is bearablc in tic absence Of wind. Tie
ice is eighteen inches thick. The sea
between Straltund and Rugcn, five miles
in width, is alive with skaters and
sleighs. The ponds are frozen to the
bottom. Twenty-onc head of deer IN
the royal forest at Benrath have died,
and the rest are in a miserable condition.
In Holland and Belgium the severity of
the snowfall has put stop to railway
and tramway traffic. A thousand men
are engaged in clearicg the roads. On
the coast Of Holland the sea is frozen
Tor great distance, and there is a bank
of ice on the shore of extreme beauty.
Only the harbors Of Rotterdam and
Flushing are accessible to vessels. Adj
Vlccc from Naples reports the death of
two persons from cold.
The italian rivers are encumbcred with
ice. The roof Of school Tor bows at
san Demctrio gave way beneath its
burden OF snow and ice, and the whole
mass went crashing into the school
room below. Twenty-Five pupils were
more or less seriously injured.
On the frontier near Geneva a man
was frozen to death. Several vessels
have been wrecked in the Bay Of Biscay
and a number of lives lost. Gales
throughout Eurobc are the severest in
several years.
THE COLD SNAP IN GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, Jan. 10.-Owing to ice in
the Thames there is much delay in load
Ing and unloading vessels. Tugs are
necessary to move lighters and barges.
The severity Of the weather IN Great
Britain is increasing. There is much
suffering among the poorer classes, and
from various sections Of the country
come accounts of cattle and in several
instances Of human beings frozen to
death. Several trades arc at a stand
still OWING to the cold weather. A lady
was found in a railway carriage frozen to
death at one of The London stations to-
day. Heavy ice has blocked the docks
at Newport, Monmouthshirc and it is
impossible for vessels to either enter or
leave the docks. a number of loaded
vessels await the breaking Of the ice be-
fore thcV can sail,