GALE IN ATLANTIC

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 70, 16 December 1929, Page 7

GALE IN ATLANTIC

BREMEN BADLY BUFFETED TEN PASSENGERS HURT WORST WAVES IN CAPTAIN’S EXPERIENCE (United Prestu Aaaoclatlom—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Rec. December 15, &5 pjn.) New York, December 14. The Bremen arrived here late. Ten passengers were badly hurt. The ship encountered a terrific storm and rolled eighteen degrees. The waves were 120 feet high, and the worst the commander has experienced for 35 years. FLOODED AREAS IN ENGLAND IMPROVEMENT LOOKED FOR CAREFUL WATCH ON THE HAMES (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, December 13. It is believed that the floods in the Thames Valley have now reached their worst. The barometer is rising rapidly, and although the weather forecast is for windy and unsettled conditions, no further heavy rain is expected in the immediate future, and it is expected that the position will begin to improve to-morrow. This is the view taken by the Thames Conservancy after a study of levels and flow to-day. In the upper reaches of the river down to Maidenhead there has been a fall of from one to five inches. Between Maidenhead and Teddington there has been a rise of from one to five inches, but this is the normal result of the easing of the situation higher up, and. it is believed that little, if any, further rise will occur. The Thames at Windsor is still sft. Bin. above the highest point reached for over twenty years. Hopes are entertained of an ebb later to-day. The Eton College authorities have decided to close down the term on next Tuesday instead of Thursday, owing to the floods, which affect the college grounds on three sides. An official watch is to be kept on the Thames in London this week-end. A very thorough survey of all embankments and walls has been made, and all necessary repairs in the way of refilling cracks and strengthening the weak points have been made as a precautionary measure against the spring tides next week. In the West of England great areas are under water in the neighbourhood of the Severn and in Somerset, where the •floods are the worst experienced for half a century. Yesterday there was a further gale, with gusts of 80 miles per hour at Liverpool and 70 miles an hour in the English Channel, and sharp local thunderstorms in London and elsewhere. SCHOONER RETURNS TO SUVA ESTIMATED LOSS ON COPRA CROP (Rec. December 15, 5.5 p.m.) Suva, December 15. The auxiliary schooner Discovery returned to Suva last night, after a week of buffeting in the recent hurricane. Taveuni estimates a loss of lo to 20 per cent, of the 1930 copra crop.