The Blizzard in England
•• TRAINS EMBEDDED IN THE SNOW LOSS OF LIFE. (PEft. UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London. March 11. The South Eastern Counties have suf. fered severely from the blizzard. 'The snowfall was general throughout England, and waa remarkably heavy. In some parts the snow drifts were twenty feet deep. The Flying Dutchman was snowbound at Tiverton, in Devo , and many mail trains in various parts of England were completely embedded in snow drifts. The blizzard is still raging. Twenty lives have been lost, and various casualties are reported. Several people have been frozen to death. March 12. Numerous additional dealhs aye reported by sea and land, aud the effects of the snow blizzard are being severely felt l>y certain classes of the population. Owing to the severety of the weather all work in the mines m Ehondda Valley, W iles. has been stopped, throwing 25,000 people out of employment Railway communication between London and the coast, which was interrupted owing to the line being blocked by snow diit'ts, has been re-opened.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 112, 14 March 1891, Page 2
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172The Blizzard in England Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 112, 14 March 1891, Page 2
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