SEVERE WEATHER.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2775, 12 February 1895, Page 4

SEVERE WEATHER.

London, Feb. 8. A man walked across the ice-floes in the Thames at London Bridge. The thermometer in London and suburbs has fallen below zero.

An ice-field three miles long and one hundred yards in br adth is outside Sheerness.

Numerous trains have been embedded in the sncw in England, and there is much distress, owing to the stoppage in trade.

The river Scheldt is completely frozen

Many people are dying of The Cunard liner Celaphonia has turned up safely, but the FrenchAmerican liner Gascoigne is five days overdue, and as she has 500 souls on board there is much excitement in Paris and New York.

Feb. 9,

The thermometer registers 10 degrees bßlow zero. In the Midlands there have been many snowstorms, and some couuties are isolated.

Skating was indulged in at Kingston on the Thames. The sea was frozen on the Kentish coast, aud it is feared that the Whitstable oyster fisheries will be greatly injured. Birds were frozen on the branches of trees in Norfolk, aud thousands of people were on the verge of perishing. Sheerness railway was literally buried iu snow, and trains had to be twice dug out, the occupants being 14 hours without food and fire. Numerous deaths are reported daily from exposure, and postmen, omnibus-drivers, cabmen, and laborers have suffered severely. Washington, Feb. 10.

Many people and thousands of horses and cattle iu the Western States are dying from cold. The wild animals are taking refuge among the settlements. The fruit crops in Florida are ruined.

Sydney, Feb. 8.

Heavy rain is almost general throughout the colony, and the lower portions of the Hunter River district are again flooded. Some of the streets in Newcastle are under water, and many of the houses are flooded. Much damage haß been done in the South Coast district. Railway traffic is suspended in several places on account of landslips and the washing away of bridges. A tornado was experienced at Peak Hill, 272 miles west of Sydney, and was accompanied by a tremendous downpour of rain. Many houses had the roofs torn off, and great damage was done to property and stores besides. Some of the mines were flooded. After the storm passed away an old woman named O'Brien was found drowned in one of the streets.