Intense Cold and Snowfalls in North China Nanking, Nov. 4, Indications that the country is faced with a very severe year are given in reports received here from various quarters According to a Tsinan message, the coldest weather in the Shantung. provincial capi few decades is now being experienced. The temperature suddenly dropped to 2.7 degrees below ere yesterday and was followed by heavy snowfall.
The intense cold in Peking during the last tye days has caused the death of many persons. A. stret wind accompanying the cold been a hindrance to communica. ions; trains.on both the Pekit Hankow and Peking-Liaoning Railways have been delayed. Telephone communication between Peking and Liaoning was severed yesterday owing to the stormy weather.
The first snowfall at Tsingtao this winter occurred yesterday, and was followed by a heavy storm, a Tsingtao telegram states, A' further drop in the temperature later in the day turned the water into ice.
Similar messages have been received from Hupeh and Honan Kuo Min,
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