The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-18
In 145S an army of 10000 men camped

In 145S an army of 10000 men camped
upon the frozen Danube.
IN 1865, during the war in Flanders, the
spanish soldiers-when they divided
their rationS Of wine, did it with n
hatchet. A great number of the soldiers
OF CHARLES V. died from cold.
IN lob an army crossed the River Pc, in
Italy, on the ice.
IN 1917 the sea was frozen at Marseilles
france, and on the coast Of Provence
men and animals persisted of cold and
hung er.
In 1915 wine was frozen in the pipes in
the cellars in Paris. and they cut it up
! With an ak and sold IL by the pound AS
! The most intense cold that has ever been
registered in Paris since the invention of
! Inc thermometer was ll0 below zero, in
1879, and wine did not have to be cat with
hatchets, we can Judge of the terrible cold
OF lob The Rhone was frozen, and the
walnut trees destroyed
In 1870 the rivers of tile south of France
! We're frozen so hard they supported the
! heaviest carts.
In 1888 the Rhone was frozen, and they
! crossed 1t on horseback and with carts.
In 1919 the sea was frozen at Venice and
| Marseilles
In 1903 the wine froze in the wine vaults
IN Padua, Italy, and many houses fell I'M
der the weight OF the snow.
In 1871, the Adriatic was frozen twice
this year. The cold was intense all over
! Europe.
! In 1888 the Baltic Sea was frozen for a
distance OF five leagues, and the Swedish
! army crossed on the ice with their artil-
! Iery to Finland. The wafer froze around
the vessels IN the Mediterranean Sea.
In 1909 all the rivers of Central Europe
! were frozen, and loaded carts passed over
Lakes Constance and Zurich in Switzer-
| land. In Paris theatrical performances
and the sessions Of Parliament were sus-
pended. The wine and bread were frozen,
! ana bells cracked when they rung them,
! In IiSS the winter was cold in the eX-
! IRENE, the thermometer marking S de-
! greeS below zero in Paris I5o below in
| Strasburg. and Il above zero in Marseilles.
Inc sea was frozen along the coasts. and
! ice formed around the ships in the British
Channel, so they could not be worked.
In 1875, on the 18th of January, it was
10 degrees below zero-the coolest since
| they had thermometers. In that year the
! Dutch fleet, frozen in the ice, was taken
/ by the cavalry OF the French General
! Pichegru.
in 1873 Louisiana experienced a very
/ cold winter. Bayou st. John troze over;
etormed foot thick; wine froze In bot
ties; there was good skating and sleigh
lug IN February; sugar cane froZe in the
ground.
In 1885 Florida suffered from severe
frost IN February, and the thermometer
1911 below zero. Orange and other semi
/ tropical trees were killed.
The winter of 1899 was very cold in
Louisiana, with ice and cold weather in
january and February, and on the Sd of
4Iarch the Thermometer was down to
degrees above zero.
IN Io32 Louisiana had a severe winter.
Snow Tell in New Orleans on the 18Th of
January II inches deep, and did not melt
until the 18th. Ice formed most OF the
month, the temperature going as low as
Il degrees laboye) on the 9th. Ice aoated
IN the river as late as the 18th Of March,
and orange trees generally killed.
Inc winters OF 1880, 1916, 1853 1871.
1871, 1879, 1886, were cold winters, but did
not reach the extremes of those noted.
The winter of 1891 was very severe in
all parts Of the Mediterranean the cold
setting IN early and continuing late,
Heavy suowstOrms and cold weather
prevailed IN Africa, as well as italy and
SPAN, and ponds, reservoirs, ETC., were
frozen IN places considered mild. The
Ebro and Tagus Rivers were frozen,
/ communication OF all kinds was cut Oft
in Spain, as the heavy snowstorms
. destroyed the telegraph lines and blocked
Inc railroads. The sugar cane was frozen
IN Malaga, and the fountains were frozen
IN CadIZ, the temperature railing to five
degrees in Ternel. The Seine at Paris
was frozen so hard that people crossed it
IN great numbers.
To give an idea of the strength of ice.
to enable it to sustain the weight Of such
| heavy loads as that OF artillery and
armies, good illustration is the history
OF the ice palace, which was built in I740,
IN st. Petersburg, Of ice taken from the
River Neva. Before the building they
planted several cannon made of ice,
which they loaded with three ounces Of
powder, which did not burst in throwing
balls heavy enough to penetrate planks
two inches thick sixty PAGES distant. The
/ common were four inches thick.
LNOTE.-AlI the temperatures in the
above article are reduced to Fahrenheit