The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-01-17
sufferers near the Colorado line was
adopted with enthusiasm.
Frost Bound England.

Frost Bound England.
LONDON, Eng, Jan. 9.-lt Is now the
seventh week of the prevalence of frost
throughout the United Kingdom, with no
signs of abatement of the severity of the
weather. From John O'Grout's house to
Land S End the country is wrapped in snow
and the canals and streams are ice bound.
Even a number of tidal rivers are frozen
fast. For the duration OF the frost period
this is the greatest winter of the century,
and in point OF severity the winters of 1871
and 1914 alone exceeded it. The Thames
below Richmond remains partially frozen
and it is covered with ice foes which are
impeding navigation. Above Teddington
the ice on the Thames is eight inches
thick. Carriers vans can traverse the
rivers frOZeu surface from SuttOn-COurt to
Abingdon. Skaters have q free stretch for
many miles above and below Oxford. MI
merous deaths have resulted from the eX-
IRENE cold and several of them at the very
gates of the warehouses; where groups of
the poor people were waiting for shelter.
Midland newspapers declare that
thousands Of persons il that
region are in Il condition OF
semi-starvatior. many laporerers
being compulsorily idle, without fires or
food. The mayors OF the cities, with the
aid of local boards, arc directing all organ
lied distribution of bread and coal
and are starting relief kitchens, Still they
fail to reach the host Of eases OF. distress.
quests on the bodies Of peopl. found dead
III bed, where the verdict is that death re
suited from cold and hunger. In every
country on the continent there is suffering
because OF the severe weather. The coasts
Of Belgium, Holland and North Germany
are checked with ice. In the Schcldt river
navigation is nearly at a standstill III ac-
Of CuXhaven, t%winty-nine steamships are
icebound Pilots there are unable TO com,
municate with the vessels on account OF
ice foes, thus making the harbor inaccessi-
ble. Several vessels were struck by i'm.
mense masses OF floating ice, and their
hulls were SO badly damaged that the boats
rapidly filled with water and soon wcntto
the bottom. In every instance, the crews
were saved from death only with great
difficulty. A number of steamers are
drifting helplessly between Ottendorf and
Brunsbutte. They have lost their anchors
and have been considerably damaged by
floating ice. AT Hamburg navigation is
SlchIly liiIpCOSu Wy ii!lIllcLoC DIOCho vi NC
which fiji the river: The board
of navigation is making every effort
to keep the river open and
are employing three OF the strongest tugs
that could be secured as ice breakers.
Many vessels have also been damaged
here by the ice, but no serious accidents
have as yet been reported. At Antwerp
employment, owing to the unusually sc.
we're weather which is prevailing at pres
ent. The misery caused among the poorer
classes i'll consequence Is Wid spread anu
intense. The use of dynamite is about to
be tried to break the ice at Copenhagen,
where several steamships lie ice-bOnnd.
At many ports tugs are actively engaged
in efforts to break the ice. but without
much effect. Dispatches from the German
ports Of Lubbock, Stcttin and Swinemunde,
all tell of the inaccessibility Of their bar
bors or account of ice, and say navigation
has ceased, that there is much snow and
that 1T open water is visible. In Berlin
Fahrenheit. The horse railway is snow
biz exc d. and the mails usually conveyed by
its rains are now transported in sleighs.
All Bavaria is covered with snow, and i'll
the country between the Danube and the
Alps, the snow is eighteen inches deep.
In certain localities along the Rhine, snow
drifts are piled in some spots seventeen
AoCV 4lhShs ShAONIShIuf hIuisbuutlrh '"Nh
they thaw. In northern Italy SLOW
began to fall on Wednesday, and
did not cease until to-day. Inhabitants Of
that region are suffering. %acutelv, such
weather being entirely unknown to them,
and it is feared that a number Of people
have persisted in the storm. At Mantua.
Turin and Milan railway trains are much
delayed on account Of the heavy snowfall.
A dispatch from Vienna says that c0mml-
nicatiOn with points south of that city is
greatly impeded and that on all railways
centering there the movements of trains is
partially suspended. A telegram from
Madrid reports heavy snow falls i'm Spain
and says that communication with all the
provinces Of Spain is difficult. 1t also re.
ports the prevalence OF intensely rre cola
have been swept by storms, entailing
heavy losses to the owners. AT Mar
settles the hospitals are gorged with suffer-
ers from the various affections caused by
the cold weather. More SHOW has fallen
to-day in Marseilles. The cold extends
down into Northern Africa.