FLOODS IN ENGLAND
-YORKSHIRE HAVOC. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, September 5. From two to three inches of rain fell in twenty-four hours •in the Yorkshire midlands, where the worst floods for fifty years have resulted. The rivers, bursting their banks, nave flooded houses and factories, particularly in Leeds, Sheffield and Bailey, wjiere several woollen mills are closing down. STEAMER SINKS. CAPTAIN AND ENGINEER. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m) LONDON, .September 6. During the. great gale watchers at Lands End saw the tiny steamer Opal battling with huge sens, heavily listed. A severe rain squall obscured the vision, whereafter the steamer was not seen. Ten survivors landed at Mount’s Bay. “It’s no use I will stay with my sh : p,’’ Captain John Campbell, master of the Opal told the crew when abandoning the sinking vessel. He waved to the crew and calmly walked to the bridge smoking his pipe. The chief engineer also refused to leave. Both oodies were washed up together, almost naked.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1931, Page 5
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166FLOODS IN ENGLAND Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1931, Page 5
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