9-10. Severe snowstorm in North-West Russia.
9-11. Severe floods on the German Baltic coast, owing to storms and the bursting of dykes; floods also in Würtemberg, the Rhine Valley, Switzerland and Belgium.
10. Barton Hall, near Bury St. Edmunds, burnt down in the early morning; most of the art treasures saved.
11. The Chinese Parliament formally dissolved.
12. At Pretoria, the return match between the M.C.C. and the Transvaal cricket eleven was drawn.
12-15. Severe winter weather in England.
13. Volcanic eruption near Kagoshima, Japan; about 200 lives lost.
—Martial law proclaimed in South Africa.
—The Royal Mail Company's Steamer Cobequid (late Goth), from the West Indies to St. John, N.B., went ashore on the Trinity Ledges, near the entrance of the Bay of Fundy; the passengers and crew were saved after severe sufferings. The Board of Inquiry (Feb. 2) severely censured the captain, but in view of his subsequent exertions for the safety of those aboard it did not deal with his certificate.
13. Extreme cold in Ontario; at Toronto 54 degrees of frost were registered, at Ottawa 60 degrees, and at White River 80 degrees.