RAIN AND GALES.
* STAUNCH .COUPLINGS AVERT A TRAIN DISASTER.
B j Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrlsht; Vw'.- . (Rec, February 20, 5 p.m.) y;i London, February 19, .';There;]iave .bMn : ,h"Bß.yy .gales in Britain and. Ireland. . . .■ ■ -- The: wind blow at tho rate of. oyer miles anihour/ in ( 6ome places. , ' 1 Much, damage was : done 'at Preston and Birmingham. Torrential rains have, fallen in Carlisle, ' • . . ' • A train 'iii Ireland was blown over a twelve feet 'embai\kmei(t.; :, The 'couplings held,,;and;-some .wagons were, suspended from the track. '■/■':' Many passengers had miraculous escapes. ; . ..-, ■ TWENTY DROWNED. STEAMER WRECKED ON . IRISH / COAST. V'- (Rec.- February 21, 0.5 a.m.) ' . . London; February 20. V' : The Italian-Whed r steamer Fsciampa, bound.from; Chile laden with nitrate',:, has been wrecked at'.Clonakilty Bay, on .tbe; south coast,of -County Cork, Ireland. i' • : The .crew of twenty were drowned;
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 747, 21 February 1910, Page 5
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