The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-01-22
SUFFERING EUROPE.
SEVEN WEEKS OF SEVERE WEATHER
AND NO ABATEMENT YET.

Rivers ana streams arc Frozen OVer-
Numerous Deaths from Cold and Hun
ger-NIuch Suffering.
LONDON, Jan. lit is now the
seventh week of the prevalence Of frost
through the United Kingdom, with no
signs Of abatement ofthe severity OF the
weather.
From John O'Groat's house to Lands
End, the country is wrapped in snow,
and canals aud streams are ice-bound.
Even numbers Of tidal rivers are frozen
fast.
For the duration of the frost period
this is the greatest winter of the CEN
tury, and in point of severity the winters
of 1913 and 1914 alone exceeded it.
Fairs were then held on the ice en- the
Thames. Severn, Tyne and Tweed.
Booths were reared on the ice, and all
The Thames below Richmond re-
mains partially frozen and is covered
with ice foes, which are impeding nayi-
CATION. Above Leddington, ice on the
Thames is eight inches thick. Carriers
vans can traverse the riveI's frozen sur
face from Sutton Court to Abingdon.
Skaters have free stretch for many
miles above and below Oxford. Numcrou
deaths have resulted from extreme cold,
several of them at the very gates Of
workhouscslwherc groups Of poor people
were waiting for shelter.
Midland newspapers declare that
thousands OF tpersons in that regime are
in condition Of scmi-starvation, many
laborers being compulsorily idle without
fires or food.
The mayors of cities, with the aid Of
local boards. arc directing an organized
distribution of bread and coal, and are
starting relief Kitchens; still they fail to
reach hosts ofcases of distress. Numcr-
Gus Instances occur ofcoroner's inqucsts
on bodies of people found dead in bed
where the verdict is that death resulted
from cold or hunger.
In every country on the continent
there is suffering because Of severe
weather.
In Northern Italy snow began to fall
Wednesday and did not cease till today.
The inhabitants of that region arc sut-
ferlng acutely. such weather being en-
tirely unknown to them, and it is feared
numbers Of people have perlshed in the
storm. At Mantua, Turin and Milan,
railway trains are much delayed on ac-
count Of the heavy snowfall.
Dispatches from Vienna say COM
muication with points south OF that city
Is greatly impeded, and on all railways
centerlng there the movement of trains
is partially suspended.
The coasts Of Belgium, Holland and
North Germany are blocked with ice.
n 10 Schn1lt 40 iS ivy
at a standstill Oh account Office. At the
North German port Of CuXhavcn twen-
ty-nine steamships are icc-bound. The
pilots there are unable to communicate
with the vessels on account Of ice foes,
thus making the harbor inaccessible.
Several vessels were struck with i'm
mense masses Of floating Ice and sunk.
In every instance the crews were saved
from death only with great difficulty.
A number of steamers arc drifting
helplessly between Oldendorf and
Brunsbuttel. They have lost their
auchors and have been considerably
damaged by floating ice.
At Hamburg navigation is greatly i'm
peded by immense blocks Of ice, which
fill the river. The board of navigation
is making every Oflort to keep the river
open. and employing three the strong
est tugs that could be secured as Ice
breakers. Many Vessele have also been
damaged here by ice, but no serious ac-
cidents have as yet been reported.
At Antwerp ten thousand workmon
have been thrown out of employment
owing to the unusually severe weather.
The misery caused among the poorer
classes in consequence is widespread
end intense.
The uso of dynamite is about to be
tried to break the ice at Copenhagen,
wheSe several steamships lie cc-bound.
AT many ports tugs arc actively engaged
in efforts to break the Ice, but not with
much effect. Oeresume is full of ice
foes. -
Dispatches from the German ports Of
Lubbock, Stcttln and Swlnemunde all tell
of the inacccssibility of their harbors on
account of ice, and say that navigation
has ceased, that there is much snow and
that there is no open water visible.
In Berlin the temperature is at lG de-
grees Fahrenheit. IIarz railway is
snowblockcd, and the mails usually con-
veyed by its trains are now transported
in sleighs.
All Bavaria is covered with snow, and
in the country between the Danube and
Alps snow is eighteen inches deep. In
certain localities along the Rhine SNOW
drifts arc oiled in some spots seventeen
feet high, threatening inupdations when
they thaw.
A telegram from Madrid reports
heavy snowialls in Spain, and says that
communication with all the provinces
of Spain is difficult. 1t also reports the
prevalence Of intensely cold weather IN
Valencia, where the orange groves have
been swept by storm, entailing heavy
losses.
AT Marseillcs the hospitals are filled
with sufferers from various affections
caused by cold weather. More snow
has fallen today in Marselles. The
dock laborcrs there have lit. along quays,
great fires, at which to warm themselves
during work hours.
Violent storms, accompanied by hail
and snow and extending long distance
inland ora rannrfoI frop, 1o,;ara UNha