REMARKABLE PHENOMENON.
Glazed frost occurred •, in : January in some parts of .France*;. : According; to M. Godefroy, writing from a place in- Loiret, rain fell continuously for three successive clays (the 22nd,- 23r9, and 24tH Of January), and yet the thermometer •rema'ihed'at 2, 3, and even r £ degrep's; belo\v : zero: /When the rain 1 1 scanty,' .'each/ r drbp :i at once solidified, even on wyirm''^6bjectia. /: ' 'ft took -i*^ fy^W:; °^> .r^^^'^^^'^J^S^^ pastilles!^.Th'e phehpme^bn^as'esp'eci I remark'able'bh woblien/' stuffs: 'The di-ops I l.iad evidently been /brought(ft^_a-;.§t^,te/ 0 f [ surfusion in their passage throughcold air, [so that they immediately" solidified on /meeting f'sPlid (bodies. . When/the raitfjvas plentiful, on the other hand, part of it^Was ait" ohc'p ( changed :to 106,' bnt r part flowed down on soJidHbbdies, f bribing a new layer of .ice; and producing stalactite's/^ The icecovered branches of- trees broke more and niore under' the 7 weight, dnd'oh|the evening of : the ; secofhd ' day : , ; the, , pliehbrrierion assumed' frightful- prbportidns. Crack ; succqeded : crack with growing, jfapidity. In ; tlj.epVbrrijng the ground (Was' sir^wjed; .with ■-.branches, _wh.ple. trees,, lay/ ; prostrate .-and uprooted, and ..others'; werp, split, in ; two fiom top to base. The majority*; were entirely cleared of ; their and in some parts the { fbre&tlooke'd dike one of masts. ; .'v.v:.</i"-'-.il/v.?f. : . tve
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Southland Times, Issue 3417, 3 June 1879, Page 2
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