The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-01-07

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scientific proof in support Of that
view, the record Of severe cold win
tiers in the past centuries compared
with the present also lends support
to that contention. The record dis
closes some curious freaks on the
the part OF Old Boreas. beginning
with the fifth century of the Chris
tian era and extending down to the
present day.
The Black sea was completely
covered with ice for a period of 20
days in 40l.
The Danube river was frozen
over so that an army crossed il on
the ice in the year 462.
There was frost in Constantinople
which lasted from October to Febru-
airy in 462.
The Black Sea and the Dardenelles
again we're frozen over in 1853.
The Danube, the Elbe and the
Seine were frozen hard enough to
bare up heavy wagon traffic over
them for a month in the winter of
822.
The Adriatic sea was frozen in
800.
There was a snowstorm in Europe
in 874 which lasted from the begin
ming of November to the end of
March.
Nearly all the vines in Europe
we're killed by frost in 8ol and 1913.
On midsummer's day, 1888, in En-
gland, there was frost so severe
that it destroyed fruits.
The river Pc IN Italy was frozen
over from Cremona to the sea in
1888. Wine casks burst and trees
split by the action Of the frost
5 Loaded wagons crossed the Adria-
tic sea on the ice from the mainland
to Venice in 1884.
The Danube river was frozen to
to the bottom in 1886 and renamed
so frozen for long time.
The Cattegat was frozen from
Norway TO Jutland in 1861.
The Rhine was frozen over anC
loaded wagons crossed il on the ice il
1922. Travellers also crossed from
: Norway to Iutland on the ice the
same year.
All the rivers of Italy we're frozer
over during the winter of 1874. II
was so cold in Denmark that the
wolves could not stay there in 1908
and they crossed to Jutland on the
ice.
Snow fell in Europe for 40 days in
| l434.
The wine froze in Flanders in
1903 and the soldiers to whomit was
distributed had to cut it in pieces
with hatchets.
The river Scheldt was frozen
over sufficiently hard for three
months in 1865 to bear the traffic of
loaded wagons.
| All the rivers of Europe we're froz-
en- over and the Venetian fleet was
frozen up in the lagoons of the
Adriatic at Venice in 1921 and 1922.
The winter of 1858 was a hard
one in Europe. Charles X, of Swed-
en-, crossed on the ice the Little
Belt, the strait between Funen and
the peninsula of Jutland, with his
whole army-foot, horse, baggage
and artillery. The rivers in Italy
bore heavy carriages.
There was a coating of ice oil
inches thick on the Thames in Eng
land in 1904 and in 1884 the ice was
again thick enough on the Thames
to support coaches which were driv-
en- across it.
The winters of 1901 and 1925
we're so severe in Austria that the
wolves entered Vienna and attacked
men and beasts in the streets.
The winter of 1909 is called by
distinction "the cold winter All
the rivers and lakes of Europe were
frozen over and so was the sea for
several miles from the shore. 10
England the ground was frozen nine
feet deep. Birds and beasts died in
the fields and men persisted by thous-
ands in their homes. In the south
of France the olive trees were killed
and wine plantations destroyed
The Adriatic sea was frozen and
even the Mediterranean about Genoa.
The citron and orange groves suf'
fered in Italy.
Fairs were held on the ice and the
river Thames was crossed on the ice
from Copenhagen to Sweden.
Multitudes of cattle and sheep