Gale Sweeps England
MUCH DAMAGE DONE CROPS ROTTED BY RAIN British Wireless—Press Assn Copyright Received 10.50 a.m. RUGBY, Friday. An equinoctial gale swept Britain, and storms, accompanied in places by cloudbursts,' and resulting in renewed floods, are reported from all parts of the country. In many places the crops are already badly rotted, and practically ruined. Thousands of head of poultry have been drowned. Many roads have been submerged and traffic, including a number of motor bus services, has been interrupted. A railway near Carlisle was temporarily blocked owing to a .slight landslide caused by rain. Many vessls were forced into harbour for shelter, and heavy seas broke over the promenades of the South Coast resorts.:—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 164, 1 October 1927, Page 1
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118Gale Sweeps England Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 164, 1 October 1927, Page 1
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