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GRIPPED BY COLD
tense Suffering Throughout: Europe
HIGH INFLUENZA MORTALITY IN ENGLAND
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LONDOlN, February 17.
. Extreme )cold, accompanied by dense .snowstorms and
blizzards continues in all parts of Europe.
Cold weather is assisting the influenza epidemic to make pro
gress in all parts of the country. The death rate in the largest
towns last week was 22.6 a 1,000, which is double what it
generally is.
More than 300 deaths, directly ascribed to influenza, occurred
Sin London during the week.
Bironchitis, bl'oncho-pneumonia, and
pneumonia have also increased heavily,
but nevertheless the London doctors agree
with Sir Neville Howse, V.C. (Australian
Minister for Health) that the epidemic is
not pneumonic influenza.
A further long list of tragedies in
.eludes four children who were drowned
when skating.
Two persons were killed and three in
jured by boiler explosions.
Mr. Charles Weston, an aged man, who
was living like a hermit, was frozen to
death in a lonely hut in Herefordshire.
Mr. Thomas Robinson was found in
cinerated with a dog and a cat at West
Ifartlepool. It is believed that he was
attemlnpting to secure greater warmth for
Ilimself and his pets.
Master J. Miarten. the fifth member of
an ]Eastbourne family, four members of
which were fatally gassed on Friday last,
dlied in hospital today.
Mr. Walter Walshaw, butcher, missed
his way in a blizzard. and was drowned
in a river in Yorkshire.
Mr. Horace Smith, entertainer, collapsed
owing to the cold while singing a comic
song at a village concert in Warwick
shire.
Mr. Frederick Reiblein slipped on an icy
road in front of a motor bus, and was
killed.
IHundlreds of persons have beeri injured
in accidents caused by the dangerous
roads.
Thousands of persons enjoyed skating
during the week-end. The sport was con
tinued far into the night, the ice being illu
minated by searchlights and motor car
nlamps. Loud speakers providea music.
Brilliant sunshine added to the gaiety of
the morning scenes, notably at Kensing
ton Gardens, where churchgoers. after the
services, joined the hundreds on the pond.
A top-hatted, frock-coated, and grey
haired man gave his hat and prayer book
to a friend, and hired skates, and joined
in the fun.
The temperature at Croydon this morn
ing showed two degrees of frost, which
was the highest for severcal dlays.
Ross-on-Wye was again tlhe coldest
place in England last night, when there
were 23 degrees of frost.
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