The Portland daily press., 1893-01-20
TERRIFIC WEATHER.
People Deyoured by Wolves in
Russia.
MOST TERRIBLE WIN ER ON REC.
ORD DOWN SOUTH.

Frenchmen Frozen to Death in Cars-Des-
titution and Cold Cause Many Fatali-
ties In Europe-Peop1e Perishing in
| Tennessee Mountains-A Great and
General Snow Storm in the South.
BERLIN, January 19.-There is great
suffering and large fatality among the
poor, owing partly to the cold and partly
to acute destitution among the laboring
classes. The bodies of three persons
who had been frozen to death were
found in the streets yesterday.
Horrible stories come from the remot-
er regions of Europe, and especially the
Balkans, of death and suffering caused
by the severity of the winter. A young
girl was devoured by wolves in the su-
burbs of Belgrade, and the animals,
made fiercer than ever by hunger, have
actually appeared in the streets of the
city.
Dispatches from Russia state that
where the famine prevailed last year.
The wild animals, made desperate by
hunger and cold, have invaded the vii
lagos and devoured both human beings
and domestic animals.
Several deaths Of wayfarers near
Thorn are reported. Many deaths from
exposure have occurred in all parts of
France. Deputy Descaure was snow
bound while travelling by rail near
Amiens and froze to death.
The steamships overdue at Swedish
ports from London and Hull have ar
rived. At Rifofjord the passengers were
obliged to leave the steamers, walk over
miles of ice to Langedrag and proceed
thence on sledges to Gothenburg.
Disastrous Storms In Greece.
ATHENS, Jan. ia hurricane has
passed over Greece and done much dam
age in the country and along the coast.
Shipping suffered greatly. Heavy rains
accompanied by wind storm are causing
disastrous floods. A number of villages
have been inundated, and telegraphio
communication to many points is inter-
rupted.
Suffering in the South.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, January 49,
This section of the country, emb racing
East Tennessee, North Georgia and
North Alabama, is experiencing the most
terrible winter on record.
For thirty days past the government
weather bureau shows that the minimum
temperature In Chattanooga has been be-
low the freezing point.
This is unprecedented.
While the mercury has been below
zero once in the 13 years since the weather
bureau was established and possibly one
other time, in 1857, no cold spell which
lasted as long as this is recalled in the
memory of the oldest inhabitants.
The Tennessee river. for the first time
in many years, is so frozen that observe a.
tions on its rise and fall cannot be taken
in the government guage.
Yesterday morning. at O'Clock, a
binding snow storm began, and at 10
o'clock last night it was still showing fu-
riously. Hundreds of people are enjoy
ing rides on improvlsed sleighs. Six
inches of snow cover the ground.
In the mountains of Tennessee the
thriftless moantaineers are suffering Sc
verely, and not few have frozen to
death.
The snow is general all over the South.
extending from Indianapolis to Savannah
0t IL lS tll0 SI0dtcSI esuu ulOSG SouoIStl
snowstorm ever recorded in the South.
Rockland Schooner in the Ice.
CITY ISLAND, N. Y, January 19.-The
schooner James L. Maloy of Rockland,
with lime, is stuck i'll the ice off Hemp
sted bay.
~ At Highland Light.
HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass, January 10.
An unusually heavy sea is rolling in on
the coast tonight, denoting storm of
considerable violence at sea. Not sail
ing vessel passed the Cape today, not
withstanding the weather was fair.
The Tardy Isaac jackson.
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, January
19.-The steam tug G. W. Morse arrived
from New York to tow the schooner B.
w. Morse to Bath. The sseam tug Her
cules is due here tonight from Boston to
tow the bark Isaac jackson to Portland.
The Jackson is now over forty days from
Baltimore.
The ice situation in the harbor today
remains unchanged.
The Ice in the Sound.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, January 49,
Harbor Master Mcneil today said the ice
is thicker n the sound than it was ever
known. Many vessels can be seen fast
in the ice far from shore. Mr.. Mcneil
says with a thaw they may be lost He
expected jam at the head of the sound
with storm, which will cause disaster,
perhaps loss of life. Venturesome
wheelmen TODAY are riding on the ice In
the sound mile out.