COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTED.
MANY VESSELS WRECKED.
SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE.
(By Ciblo.—Press Association.—Copyright) LONIX)N, January 12.
Violent gales and heavy enow in the North of England have interrupted the telegraphs and railways. There are snow-drifts many feet deep.
The Blizzard in tho south of Scotland was tho worst for years.
Work has been suspended in the shipyards.
A Dutch schooner was wrecked at Carnoustie, and her crew of six were gradually swept away. The captain lashed himself to tho rigging and was rescued after twelve hours. Steamers were wrecked at Yarmouth and Blyth, x bufc tho crews were rescued I after terrible experiences. r\ Many small crnft are ashore, and the J loss of life is serious. There aro floods in Glamorgan and South Tjpporary. Forty acres of bog near Castlerea slipped, and threatens a ' hamlet. There was a hurricane in the south of Ireland, and several houses were blown down at Queenstown. Of thirty-two Football Association Cup ties set down for Saturday, eight were not played, and eight others were abandoned owing to tho bad weather.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14563, 14 January 1913, Page 7
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