SNOW PILES UP IN BRITAIN

Chronicle (Levin), 7 February 1947, Page 5

SNOW PILES UP IN BRITAIN

Press Assn.

EFFORTS CONTINUE TO REACH VILLAGES ISOLATED SINCE WEEKEND BLIZZARD*

By Telegraph .

-Copvright

Received Friday, 10.30 a.m. LONDON, February 6. London's snowstorm this morning continued for three hours. Latest reports show that blizzards are still raging in many parts of Northern England and snow is falling over a . w'ide area of Southern England. Bnekinghamshire has had snow continuously for sixteen hours.

London had an almost unprecedented fall and it certainly represents winter's heaviest with six to eight inches in central London and greater depths in the suburbs. Early workers tramped along pavements on which they sank over their shoetops in soft snow. The roads are like skating* rinks and caused buses and cars to travel with extreme caution. Grit and sand had to be thrown 011 hilly roads to enable tyres to grip the surfaces. A Dakota successfully parachuted supplies to several hundred airmen cut off since Monday night at Binbrook station, Lineolnshire. The Air Ministry stated that the weather was so bad the Dakota wouid not have been flown but for the emergency. Food supplies were today parachuted to a number of other R.A.F. marooned stations. The Ministry of Transport has directed the railways to give coal traffle priority. It has placed an embargo on all other gocds traffic | except perishables and foodstuffs. |

The railways report that several lines continue to be blocked and most of the trains on useable lines are greatly delayed. The railways are using many snow ploughs. Efforts are • still being made to reach several villages which have been cut off since Monday. Many gangs, including war prisoners, are trying to clear the main roads. There is still serious anxiety for a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gris- : hani, v/ho have been missing In Goathland, North Yorkshire, sinco Monday. More snowfalls and severe frost s are predicted and weather experts say the conditions will continue for several days. Widespread electricity and gas _uts are operating today. Correspondents report more snowfalls in many parts of Europe. Still lower temperatures are predicted for Berlin. where thc death - roll through cold, with two more fatalities, has reached 105 since December 1.