The morning call., 1891-01-20
BELOW ZERO.
intense Suffering From Cold
Throughout Europe.
ia.l and Wafer Traffic Greatly Impeded in
Al Directions.
hundreds Of Fires Lighted in the Streets
Of Paris 10 Relieve the SuTerinSs
Of the Homeless.


BERLIN, Jan. 19.-Reports from all parts
sf Europe show that the thermometer has
touched many degrees below zero Fahren-
nett but that the cold is bearable in the
absence of wind. Ice is eighteen inches
ihi-k. The sea between Stralsund and
Rugen, five miles in width, is alive with
ikaters and sleEhs. Ponds are frozen to
the bottom. Twenty-one head of deer in
.he royal forest at Benrath have died.
In Holland nnd Belgium, the severity of
:he snowfall has put stop to railway and
sireet-car traffic. Thousands of men are
engaged in clearing the roads.
On the coast OF Holland the sea is frozen
fora great distance aud there is a bank of
zee on the shore Of extreme beauty. Only
She harbors OF Rotterdam and Flushing are
accessible to vessels.
Adyices from Naples report the death of
two persons from cold. The Italian rivers
are incumbered with lee. The roof of the
school for boys at san Dematrio gave way
beneath the burden Of snow and ice, and
tie whole mass went crashing into the
sehuol-room below. TWENTY-FIVE pupils
we're Injured.
On the frontier, near Geneva, a man was
found frozen TO death.
Several vessels have been wrecked In the
Bay OF Biscay and a number Of lives lost.
Several steamers in the ice-blocked River
Elbe have lost tHeir pr0pellers By dashtng
against foes. a number of vessels have
parted their anchor-chaius and are drifting
Le.pie~Sly in the stream. The strongest
vessels cannot leave the harb0r of Cuxhayrn
on account of ice. The citizens are assisting
the military to blast the ice with melinte.
Saturday and yesterday were intensely
cold. They were the coolest DAYS Of the
winter experienced throughout Frame
Yesterday an agei man was found frozen
to death in a iodgiug-hoGse in Paris. The
thermometer yesterday touched 70 above
Fahrenheit, at Macon, % at Paris, I2' at
Toulouse, 80 at Grenoble.
The Iet Is frozen at Perpignan, where
man has been found frozen to death in the
street. 4 woman was frozen to death in her
h, d al kpinac, where the thermometer III
Cicated 4 below zero.
Slight sU0Wfalls are reported from the
Riviera.
VIENNA, Jan. 19.-Nearly all the roads
throughout Austria are blocked with snow.
causing considerable delay In addition,
humber Of Owns are completely Isolated,
GEd likely TO remain 20 for some time.
renew their supply OF coal and provisions.
PARIS, Jan. I9.-Dis patches from all parts
t."U"s tel uf lIrrat incnnve Hience and
5il ellu5 caH>eG by the intensely cold
weather. The haTbOrs of Toulon and La
seyue are frozen over for the first time on
record The olive crop iE tile Department
Of card Is last being ruined. Whole COM
huneS IN the nelghhOrhOod Of Perpignan, in
the PyTenees, are cut off from cOmmuuica-
ton, and wayiartrs have been frozen 10
death.
Al Saragossa, Spain, the mercury is 10
Faureuhelt, and snow is falling.
large number OF vessels are ice bound
ut Bordeaux. Packs of wolves and wild
byars are invading Isolated districts. These
animals become desperate through hunger
ald fearieSsly proHl about houses 10 the
great CONSERVATION OF the people. The
same state Of affairs exists in Spain. Ad-
vices from AiglerS are to the effect that the
country 5 covered with snow and traffic is
blocked.
The municipal authorities tonight lighted
hundreds Of fires in the streets of the city,
e 4 " larGe number OF wretchediy poor per-
sons crowded rlOu,rd them to obtain some
r-Ief from the intense cold which prevails.
Every effort is being made to relieve the
great distress, ana the Palace lie Beaux Arts
has been converted into a night shelter for
the homeless, and Is provided with a soup
kitchen.
Municipal buildings elsewhere are also
used Tor similar purposes An epidemic o (
disease resembling influenza has broken out
in Berlin
KEEL, Jan. 19-The Battle Sea, 80 far as
can be seen from the lighthouse, is covered
with ice. The Lake of Constance is covered
with ice and navigation is suspended
LONDON, Jan. 19-The severity of the
weather recently experienced in Great
Britain IS increasing. There is much suffer
lnS among the poorer classes, and from
various sections of the country come ac-
counts of many cattle, and in several in
stances, human beings, being frozen to
death. Several trades are at a standstill
a lady was found to-day frozen to death in
tins citY