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Show An Average K:i of Twenty-five bh Degvefs i TeirpTnture All Over Hnr;und. 0a the Oontirent It is Moderating bnt Q the Thaw is Much Less 7. resided. fjQ WHAT THE FECST COST FRANCE. 2 o The Toliil lioss From the Severity oithr Weal her Will Itcuck 1 0.000,000 Franc.. q Saveral Trains Snow Bound in Various Farts of the Austrian f, NUMEROUS FATALITIES DUE TO COLD. "" h3 Men Frozen tn Death With Their Hones While Out Driving-Wood (or the 1'iMir of France. London, Jan. 21. The latest reports from ail parts of Kngland show an average aver-age rise in temperature of 25 degrees. The mercury is now standing at the highest point reached since November. A southwesterly galo prevails on the Scotch and Irish coasts. Rain is falling in nil parts of tho kingdom. On tha continent the thaw is loss docidsd. THE LOSS TO FRANCE. I'Aitis, Jan. 21. It is estimated that fifty thousand persons are thrown out of employment by the severe weather,' s and the total loss to France in wages, s stoppage of trade, blighting of crops, will probably reach 50,000,000 francs. All the hospitals and infirmaries ara crowded. 'The administration has placed dead wood in the slate forests at tho disposal of tho poor. SNOW BOL'ND TRAINS IN ACSTRA.' Vienna, Jan. 21. Several trains ani snow plows are stuck fast in snow near Gumpoldskirschen. The passengers wore compelled to leave the cars and, wade through deep snow to the nearest station. Numerous fatal itics due to the exceedingly rigorous weather are reported re-ported from alt parts of the counrry.r They include cases of men frozen to death with their horses while driving. |