New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-06
THE COLD WAVE IN EUROPE
LOWEST TEMPERATURES KNOWN FOR MANY
YEARS
MANY PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH-ENGIIsu
WRECK on GOODWIN s,NDS-fUF-
FERING on TIE CONTINENT.

FERlNG ON TIE CONTINENT
! London Jan. 5-Snow has been filling in the
County OF Westmoreand for twcnty-four hours
and the storm shows NJ sign of cessation The
roads IN every direction have been rendered mpass
able by the drifts. Two mail coaches running be-
tween London and Tunbrdge. in Kent. showed
in on the road. Dispatches from various outlying
districts in the Midland counties report the
, arrival Of mail The intensity Of the cold in
Cornwall may be judged from the fact that many
Of the inlets Of the there partly frozen
The suffering Of the poor all the country is
terrible In London the weather has already caused
a rapid Increase in the death rate In Cornwall the
cold is greater than before experienced in fifty
years In Hyde Park. London. the thermometer
registers II degrees above zero. The Thames from
Windsor to Tcddngton. is frozen over. several
trading vessels fast in the ice in tn rl.ddlc OF
the stream. A vessel went on the Goodwin Sands.
IN the Strait of Dover last nigh. Warning of ine
wreck was given by tn firing Of guns from the
North Sand Head and Gull liGhtships but though
the liftboat on shore run down To tn" surf II
was impossible because OF the heavy scl running -
stranded vessel At daylight this morning the wreck
hai disappeared having probaD.y been pounded t.
drowned y piece Of wood having the name Chris
ung pIH,rd on IT, se9nsns chs., similarly @
was the swedish bIrk Chrispina capi,in Kn,Iscn
4 d.spatch from the Ise Of Wat VIE the
Queen is at present soJournins says tnat the mcr
curry registered 10 degrees above zero, which Is the
lowest point it has reached in 100 years. The River
Var is frozen within few yards of the
SOient.
At Dover and everywhere in that noghborhood
there is skating. At Dover the thermometer regis
ters Il degrees aboYc All the canals in the
west ana south of England are frozen over. In
Dumfriesshire. Scotland all outdoor work has been
stopped. The packet service between Dover ana
Calais. which was suspended yesterday because Of
the storm. resumed to-day.
Madrid. Jan. The mercury in this city stands
at Il degrees below the frcezing pon,. Yesterday
a guard froze to deatn while horseback. II is
showing heavily to-day.
Berlin. Jan. The Rhine AZ Frankfort and other
places is covered with thick ice. and the navigation
OF the river Is badly imptdcd.
The thermometer registers - degrees below
Cenjigrade in several parts OF the Empire. Re
ports OF death from cold multiply. Five dead
bodies have been found on highwa.% since noon.
Cases OF frozen limbs reported by the score In
all the large cities In Sagan Prussiar Silcsii.
train frozen 10 the rails this afternoon.
Vienna. Jan a hurricane has swept the pen
insula OF Is,rid to-day. The Austrian warship
Radetzky commanded by Archdule Karl stephan
driven to seek refuge in the harDos At Poia
from the storm IN the Adratc The Hadetzky had
lost both Of her anchors
Paris, Jan 5-Counoilor Dujardn. while leaving
a meeting In the Town Hall IN RoubalX tonight.
was snitten by the cold. and died In five minutes
congestion OF the brain. \ postpan dlel - c,.d
this afternoon In Nesoul Railway traffic j. de-
layed for hours by the snow. Ice prevents nat-
CATION on the Seine. Saone Garonne and Hhone
Al many places In France the thermometer reg
listers 36 degrees below the freezing point.