GRIP OF ICE
FASTENED ON EUROPE STORMS ON LAND & SEA. HEAVY SNOWFALLS IN FRANCE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.> • Received This Dav. 11.35 a.m.) LONDON. January' 3. Europe is in the grip of ice. Blizzards and heavy snowfalls have occurred in South-West France, while a blizzard of fifty miles an hour is raging in the French Alps, the worst for fifty years. A tidal wave near Gibraltar compelled many ships to take refuge in Algeciras. A great storm swept the Tagus, endangering shipping, two merchantmen collided, while a third wont aground at the harbour entrance. Tn Budapest 130 streets accidents arc reported as a result of the severe frost. Many people .suffered broken arms and legs.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1941, Page 6
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114GRIP OF ICE Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1941, Page 6
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