TEN DEATHS CAUSED
WETTEST FEBRUARY FOR 58 I •' YEARS
LONDON, March 1.
The wettest February in 58 years ended,in blizzards over thousands of square miles. Snow covered some places 20 feet deep. ■ Road, rail, air, shipping, electricity, and telephone services were disorganised.
Teh deaths are reported through cold. There were many accidents.
' Lambs were frozen to death. Towns and villages, were isolated. The wind reached 98 miles an hour.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 51, 2 March 1937, Page 9
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69TEN DEATHS CAUSED Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 51, 2 March 1937, Page 9
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