A DREADFUL WINTER.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 13, 16 January 1926, Page 9

A DREADFUL WINTER.

» j HEAVY SNOW AT HOME. MANY SERVICES STOPPED. I ARCTIC WAVE ON CONTINENT. I FISHING BOATS SMASHED. (By Cable.—Press Association.— Copyright.! (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 15. It is many years since so much snow I has fallen in London. j There were further heavy falls last night and early this morning throughout j England and parts of Scotland, but the i thermometer is not unduly low. Traffic is considerably interrupted owing to the j formation of drifts and slippery streets. j Railway lines and elertric services running in the open air are most parI ticularly affected. j Thousands of unemployed have been I found work clearing London streets of I snow. Hunting and racing generally are j stopped. [ The Air Ministry forecasts a further j fall. A message from Madrid says that an Arctic wave prevails in Spain. The temperature at Seville is three degrees below zero. There are heavy snowfalls in the north and north-east, including Valencia. Train services are carried on under the most difficult conditions. A hurricane is raging on the Catalonian coast. Several vessels broke from their moorings and were battered against the quays. Many fishing boats were destroyed near Barcelona. Even Rome is covered by snow. Round the Gulf of Lyons towns have been flooded for the first time in history. Perignan, France, has been completely isolated. Six hundred fishing families on the Barcelona coast have been rendered homeless. Huge waves are sweeping over the tide marks. Even on the Riviera the temperature is 9deg below zero.— (Reuter.)