The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-06
EUROpE'S GREAT STORM.
no sUCH WBATHER ~ THE ISLE
or UIGHT Nv roo TEfRs.

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wreck on the GoodwIa Sand--A-tontsh.
Ing cola ~ SpaIr-The streets OF Rome
Impna-nbis Because of snow End Slu~h.
toSpoS. Jan. "a despatch from the Isle Of
wight. where the Queen Is at present sojourn-
,nr says that the mercury registers lO' above
zero ,Fahrenheitl. which IL the lowest point II
has reached in loo years. The River Var, in
the Isle Of Wight. IL frozen over to within n
few yards Of tho solsnt
In Cornwall the cold is greater than before
experienced in fifty years.
In Hyde rark. London. the Thermometer
registers IL above zero. The Thames Is
frozen over from Windsor to Teddin Rton A
number Of trading vessels are fast in the
Ice In the middle OF the stream.
vessel went on the Goodwin Sands. In the
Strait Of Dover. last night. Warning OF the
wreck was given By the firing OF guns from the
North sand Head and Gull LiGhtshlps. but.
though the lifeboat on shore was run down to
the surf II was impossible TO launch her be-
cause OF the heavy sea running. and no as
sfstancs could DO sent to the stranded vessel
The Goodw Sands is ono OF the m ost danger
ous points on the English coast At daylight
this morning the wreck had disappeared.
having probably been pounded to pieces, and
without doubt all OF her crew were drowned.
A piece OF wood. having the name Christina
painted on It, u seaman's chest similarly
marked. and q quantity OF other wreckage.
have come ashore: II + believed that the Io.t
kuscn, from Trapanl for Gothen burg.
Snow has been falling 10 the county OF West
hours, and the storm shows no sign, OF cessa-
ton. Tho roads In every direction have been
dition Of affairs is not peculiar to westmore-
land. Two mail achesrunntng between on
don and TuGbIidgs in Kent are showed In on on
districts 10 the midland counties report the
non.arrival Of mail carts
partly frozen over. The suffering OF the poor
ali over the country Ia terrible. In London tho
weather has already caused rapid increase
At Dover and everywhere in that vicinity
there Is skating. At Dover the thermometer
Xii the canals In the west and south OF Eng
land are frozen over In Dumfriesshirc, Scot
packet service between Dover and Calais
which was suspended yesterday because VI
S despatch GS' to Vi lows from MazaGan says
that In the storm OF the Morocco const tho
french steamship les NHsge IS struck T sunsS1
vIENYi, Jan, "a huTricanss has swept the
shin Radetzky, COMMANDED 10y. Archduke karl
stephan, was driven TO seek refuge in the har-
The fsdetzfy had lost both Of her anchors.
MApRiD., Jan. THE. mercury in this city
Glands at l5 se9w tn SsT6ing point Tss
back. IL was not known that he was dead
until he fell from his horse. and some pessers-
BY ran to see what the matter was with him.
1t is showing heavily to-day.
The whole country from the Pyrenees to this
Tor hours ii is from ii to 70 degrees below
freezing Even In Alicante. Malaga and Ronde
BERLIN Jan. 1.-THE Rhine at Frankfort and
other places is covered with thick ice. and tho
NAVIGATION OF the river Is badly impeded.
The thermometer registered ~ below zero
Reports q cath from cold multiply, five
dead bodies have been found on highways
since noon. Cases Of frozen limbs are reported
BY the score in oil the largo cities. In Sagan.
Prus:ian silesia. train was frozen to the
The House OF Refuge in this city sheltered
2t02 persons on Thursday night. Fifteen
halls Those seeking shelter in the warming
halls had to DO kent constantly moving In or
The railways suffer severely. the water In
the locomotives often being found frozen.
The English MAJ did not arrive either to-day
or Yesterday. In the navigabla rivers tugs
i have been kept , moving IN the hope Of keeping
temDts have been unsuccessful In many
the ice is 9 tina, they b
RoNE; Jan. 5,-Ths streets 81 the city are in
municipal authorities, The Corso alone has
been cleared. Traffic is hardly lossi6le, The
few carts plying in the Prata di CASTILLO and
tho suburbs are taking tho people across for a
half penny each. The slush is nearly knee
deem. The King Is annoyed because he is un-
able to drive across the city and see the I'M
wonted snow clad panorama
PARIS. Jan. "a postman died OF cold this
afternoon In Nesoul. Hallway traffic Is delayed
ton on the Seine Saone. Garonne, and lthone.
At many places in france the thermometer
registers 81 below the freezing point
LONDON. Jan. G-Thore are signs that the
cold 10 breaking In London and the south OF
England. In the north OF England and SCOT
land there Is no promise OF relief and the
drifts are still piling up in tho roads and on
the railways Travel on the railways has been
seriously interrupted.