The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-10
BITTER COLD In EUROPE.
SEVEN CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF
FROST IN ENGLAND.

Rivers Frozen over That Have Been
Open Since 1919 Great Suffering
Among the Poor People - Many
Harbors in Northern Europe Blocked
by Ioe-Thousands Made Idle.
LONDON, Jan. 9.-This is the seventh
week Of the prevalence Of frost throughout
the United Kingdom, with no signs OF abate-
ment Of the severity of the weather. From
John O'Groats house to Lands End the
country is wrapped in snow, aud the canals
and streams are ics-bound. Even a num-
Der 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 1918 and 1914 alone exceeded
it Fairs we're then held on the ice on the
Thames. Severn, Tyne and Tweed. Booths
were reared on the ice and all the usual fair
frolics were held thereon. The Thames
below Richmond remains partially frozen
and is covered with ice foes which are i'm.
peding navigation.
EIGHT INCHES OF ICE.
Above Teddington the ice on the Thames
oiku1 AuCutS bElCks OdtTl6Fs Nhus can
| traverse the rivers frozen surface from
Sutton court TO Abingdon. Skaters have
free stretch for many miles above and below
Oxford. Numerous deaths have resulted
| from the extreme cold, several Of them at
| the very gates Of the workhouses, where
| groups OF poor people were waiting for
| shelter. Midland newspapers declare that
thousands of persons in that region are in q
condition Of semi-starvation, mauy laborers
food.
CHARITY's OPEN HAND.
The mayors of the cities, with the aid Of
local boards, are directing an organized
distribution of bread and coal, and are
starting relief kitchens; still they fail TO
reach the host OF cases of distress. Numsr-
Gus instances occur of coroners' induests on
bodies Of people found dead in bed, where
the verdict is that their deaths resulted
| from cold or hunger, In every country on
The continent there Is suffering because Of
the severe weather.
ICE-BoUND COASTS.
The coasts of Belgium, Holland and north
Germany are blocked with ice.
In the Soheldt river navigation is nearly
at standstill on account of the ice.
At the north German port of Cuxhaven
twenty-nine steamships are ice bound.
| Pilots there are unable to communicate
| with vessels on account Of the ice foes, thus
making the harbor inaccessible. Several
vessels were struck with immense masses of
| floating ice and sunk. In every instance
the crews we're saved from death only with
great difficulty.
STEAMERS DRIFTING.
A number OF steamers are drifting clip
| lessly between Ottendorf and Brunsbu ttel.
| They have lost their anchors, and have been
considerably damaged by the floating ice.
At Hamburg navigation is greatly i'm
| peded by the immense blocks Of ice which
| fill the river. The board of navigation is
making every effort to keep the river open,
and has employed three of the strongest
| tugs that could be secured as ice-breakers
| Many vessels have also been damaged here
| by ice, but no serious accidents have as yet
been reported.
MISERY AT ANTWERP.
At Antwerp 10000 workmen have been
thrown out of employment owing TO the
unusually severe weather. The misery
caused among the poorer classes in conse-
quence is widespread and intense
The use Of dynamite is about to be tried
| 10 break the ice at Copenhagen, where sew
eral steamships lie ice-hound. AT many
ports tugs are actively engaged in efforts TO
break the ice, but not with much effect. The
Oeresund is full of ice foes.
GOhIS lNACCAo6lbLE.
Dispatches from the German ports of
Lubbock, Stettin and Swinemunds, all tell
of the einaccessibility of their harbors on ac-
count of ice, and gay that navigation has
ceased, that there is much snow and that no
open water is visible.
In Berlin the temperature is at 100 fahren-
heit.
The Harz railway is snow blocked, and
the mails usually conveyed by its trains are
now transported in sleighs.
All Bavaria 10 covered with snow, and in
the country between the Danube and the
Alps the snow is eighteen inches deep. In
certain localities along the Rhine the snow,
drifts are piled 10 some spots seventeen feet
high, ming inundation when they
thaw.
SNOW IN ITALY.
In northern Italy snow began to fall
Wednesday and did not cease until to-day.
The inhabitants of that region are suffering
acutely. such weather being entirely un-
known TO them, and it is feared that num-
bers of people have perished in the storm.
At Mantua, Turin and Milan railway trains
are much delayed on account Of the heavy
snowfall.
Dispatches from Vienna say that COM
munication with points south Of that city Is
greatly impeded, and that on all the rail-
ways centsring there the movement of
trains IS partially suspensd.
SPANISH ORANGE GROVES NIPPED.
A telegram from Madrid reports heavy
snowfalls in Spain and says that commuDi~
cation 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 Marseilles the hospitals are filled with
sufferers from various affections caused by
the cold weather. More snow has fallen to-
day in Marseilles. The dock laborers tnere
have lit along the quays great fires at which
to warm themselves during working hours.
A STORM IN ALGIERs.
A violent storm, accompanied by hail aud
snow, and extending long distance inland.
is reported from Algiers. The report is
coupled with an assurance that nothing
like such severity of weather was ever
known IN that region before.
Advices from Paris say that the Seine is
blocked with ice near Rouen, and that the
Saone is frozen above Lyons kilograms
from Arras and Mines say that much
suffering is being caused at these places by
the intensely cold weather, and that num-
ber Of persons have been found frozen to
death.
PortugaTs African Possessions.
PARIS, Jan. 9.-Ths Steele to- day
states tnet an agreement has practically