FLOODS EXTEND

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 70, 4 January 1936, Page 5

FLOODS EXTEND

WATER AT WINDSOR CASTLE. PRIVATE GROUNDS INVADED. ROAD TRAFFIC INTERRUPTED. United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, January 3. There was a further increase of the areas under water owing to floods in parts of the Thames Valley, but in the upper reaches a Thames Conservancy local official expressed the view that the floods were now on the point of receding. ' Conditions, however, show no improvement, and at Windsor, although the stream was steady, there was a rise of about one Inch. From the Round Tower of Windsor Castle stretches of waters are to be seen on all sides, and water has invaded the .private grounds of the Castle. Parts of the Eton playing fields are under water, and certain roads are closed to traffic. The interference with road traffic, which is being temporarily diverted in many parts of the country, is causing considerable congestion elsewhere. Important roads in Buckinghamshire, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, South Midlands, and in the eastern and western counties are still reported unfit for motor traffic.—British Official Wireless.