Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1881 — The European Storm. [ARTICLE]

The European Storm.

The great storm which has just swept over Europe has been terribly destructive in its effects and wide in its range. England appears to have suffered extensively, and London has been but practically In a state of siege. A snowfall so heavy as to put a complete stop to traffic of all kinds is an almost unexampled occurrence in that part of the world, and coincidently with the snowfall came a flood in the Thames which has inflicted much damage. Between snow, river, and wind, the experience has been remarkable. It may be too soon for us to crow over our exemption from the bad weather which is just now playing havoc not only with European but Eastern American territory, for we must remember that this is the year of the great planetary conjunctions, and that physicists and. astronomers have agreed in expressing the cautious opinion that they would not be at all surprised if some telluric convulsions of a rather startling and disagreeable character should occur. For the present we jye safe, but the “Ides of March are come, not gone,” and we. had better reverse our rejoicings until tjie fateful period has been reached and passed.