Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-01-16
EUROPE FROST BOUND.
Poor People in a State Of Semi
Starvati on.
Many Die From Exposure and Hun
ger.

II is now the seventh week Of the prev
llence Of frost throughout the United King
dom of Great Britain. The country IS
wrapped in SNOW, CaIals aud streams are
cc-hound. aud number Of tidal rivcrs.are
fast. For duration of the frost period tins
Is tie greatest winter Of the century and, in
point Of severity, the winters OF lSl3 aud
1874 alone exceeded II.
The Thames river below Richmond is par
TALLY frozen aud covered With ice tlOcs,
which are impeding navigation, and above
TeddiugtOu the ice j. eight inches thick.
Numerous deaths have resulted from the
extreme cold. and Midland newspapers de-
clare that thousands o: persons in that re-
gion are in a condition OF srmi-starvation.
and that mayors of citics, with the aid OF local
boards are directing an organized distribu-
tion Of bread and coal. Numerous instances
occur Of coroner, inquests on the bodies OF
people found dead III bed, where the verdict
s that death resulted from cold and hunger.
In every country on the continent there IL
suffering because Of the cold weather.
The coasts Of Belgium. Holland and North
Germany are blocked with Ice In the Scheldt
river navigation is nearly At stand>tIll on
account of the ice. Al the North German
port Of CuXhlvrn - steamships are ice
bound. Several vessels were struck hy
immense masses Of floating ice, and their
hullS were so badly damaged that the ' essr'
filled with water and went 10 the bottom.
\ number of steamers are drifting helpless
ly between OttcndOrt and BrnnsOuttcl.
/ They have lost their anchors and have been
considerably dam ,ged 10y the floating Ice.
At Hamburg the hoard ot navigation is max
( ing every effort to keep the river open. Many
vessels have also been damaged there by the
ice.
At Antwerp lOOO0 worhmcn have been
thrown out of employment, owing to the
unusually severe weather The misery
caused among the poorer classes IN eon>e
uuencc is widespread aud intense.
Tn, u>c Of dynamite is to be used {" break
the ice At tupenhGgcn. where several -tcaih
ships lie Cr-bouud. ~ many ports tugs are
aclN ely engaged in Efforts TO break ia" ice
hut moi with much effect. The rc,unt /,
f,til Of ire ilue>.
pislatches from the German pori- O
luhe,k. Sleliin and SWIncmEudr all tell u
the hcnacces-ibiiity Of their harhUrs on account
OF ice. and say that Navigation has ceased
that there i much snow, and that no open
water j. visible.
lit Ecrlm thu temperature va, at III
Fahrenheit. The Hart railway il snow
iorhrd, ami thr mml> are transported II
,rI-h>
Al Bavaria i,r">er,d with snow, aud II
the cuuntry hrtWrcu the Danube tmd th'
Alps the ,auW is + i",'he~ deep
In certain localities along the l;hin,
rn"w.dru- are piled Il feet high, threatening
foundations wh'n they thtw.
In northern Iaiy the inhabtani arc
sullcrn- acitcll >Gch weather being entire
ly unknown 10 them. aud it is feared tina
numbers o' people have persisted in th'
stO IN.
\ lelegrIm from Madrid reports hrav,
.nowfa,s in spain. and saws that commnni
cation with all the provinces Of spain /
difficult 1t also reports the prevalence o
INTENSITY cold weather N Valencia, whcr
orange groves have been swept by the storm
entaliug heavy losses.
At Marscilc, the hospitals are gorged wit
sufferers from various affections caused b.
The cold weather