GALES IN BRITAIN
SEVERAL LIVES LOST GALLANT LIFEBOAT RESCUES Rugby, February 12. The storm which swept over Britain on Friday night and continued intermittinglv, but witli decreasing violence until ve’sterdav afternoon, was one of the worst ever experienced in this country. In places, notably in the northern districts, the. wind reached a great velocity, At Liverpool it rose temporarily to 104 miles an hour, which is a record in the district since reliable observations began. Reports of wrecked houses and havoc have been received from all parts of the country. Five lives v were lost and many people were injured. Shipping suffered severely. Telegraph and telephone wires were' brought down and railway services were delayed. Gales were still blowing early 'this morning in the North Sea arid the Channel, where heavy seas are running.—British Official Wireless. London, February 12. The death roll through the week-end gale in England is fourteen. There were manv gallant lifeboat rescues round the coast. Scores of small craft arrived to-day badly battered.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 116, 14 February 1928, Page 9
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167GALES IN BRITAIN Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 116, 14 February 1928, Page 9
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