SNOW ISOLATES SCOTLAND
„ Received Suturdav. 1 a.m. LONDOX, -Mar. 14. Rnowstorms wliich swept Seollan. have isolated Ihe. eonntry from Fng land. The storms were the worst in living memory. A thousand passengers includin; many women and children, are spending a seeond night huddled in a snowbouriii Iraia near Shap, Westmoreland, says ihe Dail.v Express. Tliere was a solid wall of snow in front of the train whil. beliind it, jammed in the" snow, ari other trains. The signalmen at Shap v sending relays of boiling water to v train to mahe Tea. The train lefl Glasgow for London at 10. 25 p.m. ye« terday. lt reached Shap and then hanlded baek to Carlisle where the passengers tliis morning were givei food. The train was again held up a Shap this afternoon when driving winds piled snowdrifts even highei and also eutting off the retreat.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHRONL19470315.2.19
Bibliographic details
Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1947, Page 5
Word Count
144SNOW ISOLATES SCOTLAND Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1947, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Chronicle (Levin). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in