ENGLISH STORMS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1933, Page 5

ENGLISH STORMS

SEA FATALITIES

INTERRUPTION OF SERVICES.

(United Press i isociation—By Electri* Telegraph—" Copyright.)

LONDON, December 14

The gale abated during the night, out increased later. Heavy seas are again running in the North Sea and the English Channel. Tte cross-chan-nel services were again curtailed, and the boats ran from Folkstone, not from Dover.

A vessel which was seen to sink off Aldeburgh. ' (Suffolk) during yesterday’s gale, was identified by wreckage as the coasting s.s. Culmore, 469 tons, of London. Her crew of nine were all drowned.

In Loudon, the weather was several degrees colder, and although the sun shone from a cloudless sky, the temperature remained below freezing point.

Skating is proceeding, as many of the smaller rivers are frozen. The unusual, absence of rain has reduced the water in the streams, several of which are ice-covered for the first time in many years.

SUMMER DROUGHT CONTINUES

(Received his day at 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, December 15.

Despite gales and intense cold, the summer’s drought continues, prayers for rain being said in many churches. Village: wells are dry, and inhabitants nbbVed to pArry water from distant sources through snow. Over fifty towns and cities in addition to scores of villages are curtailing the water consumption.