SNOW IN LONDON
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British IsleS Bdttered By Gale
DUTCH SHIP HOLED
(Received January 30, 12.5 p.m.) RUGBY, Jaff 29. The cold north-feasterly gaie cbntinhei and thd cdastS of ihe British Isles ari iashed by heavy seas. Considerabii damage has been done in several parts, notably Wales, where seas brokf through the defences and flooded thi streets in some coastai resorts. Snow fell in Lcmdbn and the streeta of Bover are SwCpt by BfiOwsfbrm^. Shipping is suffering a sevfere buffetiiig. After being holed throngh fouling the cable of an anchored German stezirn-' Cr off Gravesend and narrowly miesinjg a collisidn with a> fdrry boat, the imhll Butch • motor sloop Wiljan drifted ashore. The captaih, his wife afidi Child and the crew were fescued, Road conditions in many parts of the country are exceptidnally bad and i* Borset many motorists found it necessary to abandori their Cars fof th§ night knd seek Shelter in road hoUses. The occupants of a bus which Wai snowed up in a desolate area of Ex* moor had great difficuity in Teaching shelter. Many roads throughout the country afe unnsable 6r dangefdtis fdr trafflc, although the main roads genetally afi being kept clear.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 13, 30 January 1937, Page 5
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