FROZEN EUROPE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 232, 20 December 1927, Page 1

FROZEN EUROPE

COLD CAUSES DEATHS IN FRANCE GREAT ATLANTIC GALE 3y Call*. — Press Association. — Copyright. LONDON, Sunday. Extremely cold weather, accompanied by heavy falls of snow, is being experienced in Europe. It i» reported that deaths have occurred in France owing to the aeverity of the conditions. Winter sports are being enjoyed throughout England. Tobogganing and ski-lng are taking place in Yorkshire and Derbyshire, and enthusiasts are skating in all other districts, including London, where the water of the lakes in the parks is thickly covered with ice, as also are the fountains in Trafalgar Square. Intermittent clear skies make ideal Christmas weather. Heavy falls of snow continue over the whole coun•ty, as far west as Dorsetshire, and road traffic is hindered. ROME MANTLED IN SNOW Similarly severe weather is being jjtperlenced throughout Europe. Many ceaths have occurred in France owing ti l ® heavy falls of snow, which nave occurred as far south as Toulon, here they are almost unknown. The position is the same at Nice and laauea. Reports from Rome state that the eather there is bitterly cold. An unsnal spectacle Is provided by the Fhich covers the city. faii° ug k° ut Austria the incessant •aus of snow are delaying the railway th r#BSes or l® n Sthy periods. Ten nusand men are engaged in remov- ■ S the snow from the streets of J®*’ where the wealthy residents j “topping in sleighs. Sreat gale is raging in the Atr~tlc O can. Several liners have wen delayed.—A. and N.Z.