Jack Frost in Europe

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 96, 5 February 1891, Page 4

Jack Frost in Europe

' 'TERRIBLE DETAILS OF W.INTER [ , , -BUFFERING. ..; ; ;.;': i [PEB R.M.S. MARIPOSA AT AUCKLAND.] XSanJFka^c^co, Januai-y IU/: ; despatches from vLondon say the . Beivere weather which has prevailed ■■"throughout Eugland for some time is ' cajQL^fiigihe; deepest distress amoug > '; : .'tile':, poorer' elapses in that city, es jjieciaiiy the iuhabiiauts of the East ,;- : Eu : d:.;vv. ; ; : :' ■'•'.'■/■'.'."■' : ■ : ' ■"•'■ Nine thousand workmen and 1000 v carta are engaged in clearing the ■* jßtreots of Bei;h Q .°f the immense snow ] whicii fell during the reCent.storm. '; ' The coast !ofßelKi«i»>hotably in -. Jj»*;T:^Shhourhood of Ostend: and -Blackeuberghe, preseiits a remarkablb: -'; - appearance. Duriug the present cold weather large blocks of ice are Wcish- . ? ing about the shore, aQ d .many 'vessels. are 'forced -by the; ice ; t6. remain in ;vport;> d^ishCruieu ">r'e s uff eriuggreatiyV :'■'■■ ,The">bitterly ; cold weather which prey/ails lniParis is causiiig imuchvais • <■': v-poorer classes, m ;Tha. - • bodios : > i of Jthr ee ;. personsv ; ;f r oze u- : to . -death-were- picked- up in the; streets : : ; . thw imwruiug.; :i Z.Z -'ZZj:ZZ r - : Z' %ZZ ■ I •" x^-h© -severity; the {weather ,]at -..■■'. Hamburg , and througboutAhejnorth- !..; ; ; ©rn f gart of ;Germany> v is caus Buffering." A number of ;siiiling.;yesßels - -are- rice bound iv v the lower ;Elbe. ; V^^'^Maniyi of -them' are 'short of -provisions, ■iiHidl'thjare are meansof .rendering r Vvj Twehty : ' ships - are:Q ho;w a :<drifrihg- about!'' in: -the'- ice; vhelplese^ /. sunder ?the)fury7of a: bitter'Qtirth-easteiv ■ and a furious gale prevails alongthe : /:^cdast';6f /Valencia. i;/» ;; v : ! v Several wrecks are ; reported at ;• C -'Fluhie -and^Trieste/ : - A- storm is.ragi = ingVwithyuhpreceden'ted s^severity^ add - ~ fiih ;hb th ties y theZ thiaa tr es : ; and -other . places of amusement are closed; andy: "the" Street cars have stopped^ running:;: ; THe^bli2zard is so i femee,3- that it ; is : J^^£mgeroust6'yehtur^;ou^ Tjraffic is ■' : a'compiet& ' standstill. The streets -Are almosD - entirely 'deserted.:^ -^ . '•* The7fplio>viug, Is : l a ; despat eh .dated.- '•'. ?-9th 'January; : --The ire i_^ are ho signs of .-' ;^ti© - : ab!a^ment' *,pf " the ' severe winter ' 'Britain/ o;r . '^oh^ the i^Cbutiheutir ' tFrourVair',pbini^: : Z --come stories ol stiff eriiig^^Ln'Grea't : i has '.- ■ *',?a6t peehv exceeded_ siuce 1 8 1 3. y The "- 'river Thames ; : beiaw?| Rich iii on d l ; re-/ -3HBaiU».partiaiJy frozen.; and nay; gafiori ; V^li^im^ded; by Hce.' : fl6es.v v : Garrifers' j^^ja'to.tr'ayisrse'^ t'he^ ;f roz^ii surf acB r f roiii 'f^&^^i^vkri *td ::'^.hJngton.;'Niunerous : '. '^deaths have' resulted f i-biu the ..-extreme ; ,.-or vtiie ;yery ":• work houses,f- whßre the?podr p J&i^vclafmotiringi'f or i admission. The cliidland- f ne*sparjers declare -. that - thousands ot persons in tuat region •iare^^n'- 1 a ' :i state -^nf 'S^mr-stkrvation. Many local committees, /are 'taking- ■ ■'"* ".-rWtiisf ~ bu' 1 they fail tb //^^iiach'^hq^ . s