A FEARFUL STORM.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 533, 15 January 1913, Page 5

A FEARFUL STORM.

SNOW AND BLIZZARD.

FLOODS IN BRITAIN. London, Monday. A violent gale and heavy snowstorms in the north of England interrupted telegraphic communications. Some of the snowdrifts were many feet deep.

A blizzard which swept over the south of Scotland was the worst that has been known for years. Work had to be abandoned in the shipbuilding yards.

A Dutch Bchooner was wrecked at Carnoustie, Fotfarshire, and the crew of six were swept away one by one. The only man saved was the captain, who had lashed himself to the rigging. He was exposed to the fury of the gale for twelve hourß before being taken off.

Steamers were wrecked at Yarmouth and Blythe, and the crews were only rescued after terrible experiences. Many small craft have been washed ashore, with some loss of life. Serious floods have occurred in Gla« morgan, Wales, and South Tipparary. A forty-acre boy started to slip as a result of the flood and threatens a neighbouring hamlet. The wind blew with hurricane force over the south of Ireland, several houses being blown down at Queenstown.

SEVEN MEN DROWNED.

London, 'Monday. The Danish steamer Gkoch was wrecked at Gidle Ness, near AberJ depn. Seven of the crew were drowned and twelve were rescued.

RAILWAY TRAIN WRECKED.

A PLUCKY RESCUE.

London, Tuesday.

The blizzard continues to rage over the north of England and south of Scotland.

The Atlantic liner Mauretania waß delayed at Liverpool for 28 hours, sb it was impossible for her to leave the Mersey in the face of the gale. The White Star liner Celtic, upon arrival at O.ueenstown, in Ireland, reported that mountainous seaß were encountered on the voyage across the Atlantic. When nearing the Irish coast, the mail boat came along at reduced speed, and had to puur oil on the waves. The High Peak railway, in Derbyshire, was blocked for three days, and thousands of workmen in the Peak stone quarries have been rendered idle.

A Leicester express train travelling at the rate of 50 miles an hour collided wtih a Walsall train at Bromford Lane, both being wrecked. A woman and a child were injured. The accident was attributed to the heavy fall of snow affecting the signals.

The snow broke an elestric wire at Sheffield, which killed two horses. The two drivers, who received a shock, from the wire; which was carrying a high charge, were unable to escape. Two other workmen who went to the rescue took off their overcoats, and standing on one as a nonconductor, threw the other to the rrten who had beun struck, and hauled them out of danger.

A FATAL COLLISION. London, Tueßday. ■ Three of the persons injured in the ' collision between the Leicester and Walsall trains have Bince died,