SNOWSTORM IN BRITAIN.
TRAINS SNOWED UP.
A MAN FROZEN TO DEATH
United Press Association. Copyright (Received Dec. 29, 10.5 p.m.)
LONDON, Dec. 29. The heaviest snowfall for twenty years has occurred in the North-east of Scotland. Railways and telegraphs were interrupted. A train was snowed up at Porthleven. The greatest, snowstorm for fourteen years occurred in the Isle of Man. A train was snowed up near Douglas. The passengers suffered terribly. Heavy snow fell in the North-east of England and in the Thames Valley. A laborer, was frozen to death at Plumstead Marshes. Much snow has fallen in Northern and Central Europe.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2386, 30 December 1908, Page 5
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