The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-16
some COLD win
a Few of h Winters That Were
Colder Than We are Now Ex-
periencing.

AolSu over lOF twenty OayS, ana men
crossed from Asia Minor to the
Crimea.
In 764 the Black Sea was frozen
10 a distance of fifty miles from shore.
THE Hellespont and Dardanelles were
frozen, and the Sea of Marmoraa was
Rassable for cavalry.
In 1868 the River Thames was frozen
over for furteen weeks. All the rivers
Of the Continent we're frozen, and even
south of the Alps the Pc and many
other streams we're blocked with ice.
In 1894 the Cattegat was covered
with ice ! feet thick. Batteries of
artillery were moved to an fro on the
strait.
In 1923 the Baltic Sea was frozen
= yer. aud during three months travel
ers passed from the Continent to
Sweden on the ice. Heavy wagon
srains were substituted for the trading
vessels.
In 1893 the Thames and all other
rivers of England and Scotland froze
over; the Seine, Rhine and Danube
were closed to navigation early in
December. The Dardanelles and Hell
aenspont froze, as did many bays and
taleIs OF the Mediterranean. Ice form
ed in AlgIers, and the Strait of Gibral-
tar was almost impossible from drift
ice.
In 1850 the Baltic again froze over
so as to permit travel on the Ice. In
Germany deer sought the towns for
refuge from wolves. Packs of wolves
came into the cities and attacked the
people in the streets.
In 1911 tne cold was so severe in
Holland That VINE Was cut il blocks
and sold BY weignt.
In 1894 all the W of North Eu-
rope were frozeI bsiore CHRISTMAS.
The CAtJegdG froZ., together wIGn d
large part of the DaiI4c. Inc sea at
Venice froZe 50 that during three
weeks no boats could be used. TIT
Tiber froZe at Itomv and men crOsseu
1t or the Ice, d tnIng never before
known since.
In 1913 the bays and inlets of North
Europe froze over early In December.
Charles X. of Sweden crossed the
strait to Denmark with his whole
and provision trains.
In 1913 the Thames 4 covered with
ice over a 100 tntck. Booths Vert
erected for 4 far. winch Was neid Oh
the rlver. Coaches plied TO and fro
on the ice as on dry land. All the
French ports We're closed for three or
four weeks, the harbors being frozen
over.
In 1851 the cold was SO severe in
Eastern Europe that packs of starving
wolves entered Vienna and attacked
men and women III the streets. ALI
the canals of Venice were frozen, ana
the principal mouth of the Nile was
blocked with floating ice for a Week.
In l7i0 the Thames was frozen for
eleven weeks. Forest birds almost ali
persisted, and trees were split by the
frost. The harbor of Barcelona froze
over, and navigation was. suspended
in the Greek Archipelago on account
of the danger from floating ice.
The winter of 1928 was one of the
hardest ever known in Europe. The
Thames froze from the source to the
sea, the Seine, the Rhine. the Danube,
the Pc and the Gaudalquiver were ali
covered with ice. The Baltic froze for
many miles from land, and the Ikager-
ack and the Cattegat were both frozen
over. Adriatic at Venice was frozen.
SO was the Sea of Marmora, while the
Hellenspont and the Dardanelles were
blocked with ice and the archipelago
was impossible. The Tiber was light
ly coated, and the Straits of Messina
we're covered with ice. Snow fell all
over North Africa, and drift ice ap-
peared in the Nile. This was the win
ter of Napoleon's retreat from Mos
COW, when 40, 900 men persisted, mostly
of cold and hunger. The men froze to
death in battalions, and no horses
we're left either for the artillery or
cavalry. Quicksilver froze this win
ter.
In lS49 the cold in Sweden, Norway
and Russia was so severe that great
numbers of persons were frozen to
death in all those countries.
In 1854 a severe cold wave swept
over the whole of North America. The
Thermometer went to 60 below zero in
the Northwest. The Mississippi River
was blocked with ice in a single night,
and in twelve hours froze from st.
Paul to Cairo.
Come settle Up.
l would respectfully request allthose