Europe Under Snow
SPAIN’S WAR HELD UP. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, Jan. 2S. Gales are raging in the Atlantic and on the British coasts, and there are snow and blizzards in the south-west of England and elsewhero. At Lisbon one hundred passengers are in peril on the Brazilian liner Santos, which has sent an 5.0.5.: “Drifting helplessly; position desperate; engines damaged; all the lifeboats are swept away; we are drifting to Bcrlengas Island.” Because of the violent storm it is impossible to send out a rescue tug. The steamer Jonge Jacobus, from Rotterdam, is reported to have sunk after grounding in the Berlengas Islands. The crew'were saved with the exception of one, who was washed overboard. At Gibraltar 47 steamers are sheltering from the gale. Tho Fourth Destroyer Flotilla is also sheltering. Many ships have suffered minor damage. At Madrid the blizzards and snow are holding up the war activities.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 25, 30 January 1937, Page 5
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152Europe Under Snow Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 25, 30 January 1937, Page 5
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