COLDER THAN EVER.
THE WINTER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN PERIL.
ENGLAND UNDER SNOW.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. — Copyright. Received February 10 % 6.10 v.m. London*, February 9. Skating has been indulged in at Kingston on the Thames. The sea is frozen on the Kentish coast, and it is feared that the Whitstable oyster fisheries will be greatly injured. Birds have frozen in the branches of trees in Norfolk. Thousands of people are on the verge of perishing. The Sheerness railway has been literally buried insnow, and was twice dug out, the occupants being 14 hours without food and fire* Numerous deaths are reported daily from exposure, and the postmen, omnibus drivers, cabmen, and labourers suffer severely. Received February Hi 1.10 a.m. Washington, February 10. Many people and thousands of horses and cattle in the Western States are dying from cold. Wild auimals are taking refuge among the settlements* The frilit crops in Florida are mined.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2432, 11 February 1895, Page 2
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