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Show GREAT STORM ON BALTIC SEA Europe Generally Visited by Unusual Cold, Violent Winds, Rain and Snow. Berlin, Dec 31. A storm of unu sual violence began on the Baltic coast yesterday morning and contln ued throughout the day, gaining in Intensity late at night. A Btrong wind drove the Beas into all the har bors until the wharves were almost submerged At Kiel the tide was seven feet above normal and all tho lower part of the town was flooded Boat services have been established in the streets In the lower part of the city. The Btorm has been severe at the seaside resorts. At Misdroy the water wa-ter i6 the highest In 42 years. It is feared that many lives have been lost. The fishermen have suf fered severely In the loss of boats and nets. Reports from other sections of Germany tell of great storms in which several persons have been frozen to death and other killed by-avalanches by-avalanches in the Bavarian and Saxon Sax-on mountains In the Black forest the storm blew a girl into the river and she was drowned. Avalanche at Berne. Berne. Switzerland. Dec. 31. An avalanche overwhelmed a skiing par ty today, burying two persons, an architect ar-chitect named Glu and a school teach er named Stucki under a mountain of snow Glu's wife and a local official of-ficial named Balmer caught a pine and saved themselves. A relief column has been dispatched to the scene, but small hope 1b entertained en-tertained of recovering the bodies be fore spring on account of the enormous enorm-ous amount of snow Fourteen Frozen to Death. Saratov, Russia. Dec. IL- Fourteen persons have been frozen to death in a severe snowstorm in the Petrovsk district. Many others are missing. Snow Covers Mt. Vesuvius- Naples. Italy, Dec. 31 An abundant abund-ant snowfall has covered the 6ldes of Mount Vesuvius with white While from the crater a great incandescent column of smoke arises forming a unique spectacle Frequent explosions explo-sions occur as a result of the infiltration infil-tration of water inside the crater. Vltry Le-Francols. France. Dec. 31 The river Marne is rising rapidly and has almost reached the level ot . the record floods of 1910. Man) Til-1 lagee on its banks are under water I and railroad tracks have been lnuu-dated. lnuu-dated. Paris, France. Dec. 31. France and the greater part of Europe are ex perlenclng the bitterest year-end in a decade Blizzards and floods hav done great damage Inland and gales of exceptional violence have ravaged the coasts In Spain and Portugal, cold has caused numerous deaths In the south of France the temperature has registered some degrees below zero. Fahrenheit Mount Vesuvius in Italy, Ita-ly, is covered with a mantle of snow. Germany Is now In the grip of storms and in many places. Including Berlin, there have been heavy snowfalls. snow-falls. In France and southwest Europe the railroads are out in many places and this section practically is Isolated Isola-ted so far as telegraphic communica tion is concerned. Deaths In Southern France. Conditions are at their worst in southern and central France, which usually are favored by mild winters. Scores of villages are cut off. Dcathb from exposure are common. Paris and outlying districts are partially snowbound and a6 a result of temporary thaws the tributaries c: the Seine are overflowing The Paris 8teaniboat service as a consequent.? has been suspended and although the authorities do not anticipate a flood of disastrous proportions, they are taking all precautions as the weather bureau foresees no Immediate Im provement In conditions. A cyclone struck Le Creusot In Saone et Loire, yesterday, doing great damage and overthrowing all the monuments in the cemetery. In the mountainous region cf Morvan many-houses many-houses were unroofed All the hills around Toulon In the department of Var. are covered win; snow for the first time in many years. Intense cold prevails. A terrific sc-a is running In the Mediterranean, threatening all craft that have not reached port. Perpegnan. capital of the depart ment of Pyrenees-Orientals, reports a terrific snowstorm throughout tho department with the thermometer six below zero The river Hubbe is rising ris-ing rapidly and the Inhabitants of the villages In the neighborhood of Troves have been forced to evacuate their homes. oo |