VIOLENT WEEK-END

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 53, 26 November 1930, Page 11

VIOLENT WEEK-END

Storm-swept England SHIPPING IN TROUBLE More Floods in Europe WRECKAGE IN STREETS (Rec. November 25, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless Rugby, November 24. Britain, shared the violent week-end weather experienced in Europe. Gales blew over England. the wind reaching 80 miles an hour in Midlands, and snow fell heavily in parts of Scotland. Thousands of tons of earth were washed away by the sea at Buiverhythc, near Hastings, threatening the main HastingsBrighton line, but safety was rapidly ensured by trainloads of ballast. The Cuxhaven steamer Louise Leonhardt was driven ashore in the Elbe Estuary in a heavy gale, according to other reports. . A salvage steamer was rushed from Cuxhaven, but was unable to find the wreck, which, it is feared, has been lost with a crew of thirty. The gale caused a breach in a dyke near Hamburg, and a wide stretch of country was flooded, including a village built by war cripples. At Paris sailors and soldiers were ordered to outlying regions of Paris to assist farmers owing to the Seine reaching the danger mark. A thousand homes were flooded at Lemans, and a tidal wave at Etretat swept fishing boats .into the streets, crashing the boats against houses, which were wrecked, the occupants flying in terror. The wreckage of boats and buildings Is strewn about the streets. , , The Triton, a Greek steamer, bound to Cardiff from Rotterdam, is drifting ashore three miles west of Portland-. A lifeboat has been launched and a destroyer has gone to- her assistance. A high sea is running, and visibility is of the worst, FIJI BUFFETED Reports of Fatalities VILLAGES BLOWN FLAT By Telegraph—Press Assn.— Copyright. (Rec. November 25, 5.5 p.m.) -Suva, November 25. A strong gale was experienced in the Fiji Group on Sunday afternoon and evening. No damage was done at Suva. The centre of the storm was seemingly at Ovalau Island, where many native villages were blown flat. The Buretu mission was damaged. Reports state that the centre of s the storm passed over Buresalu on the west coast of Ovalau. There is an unconfirmed report that Mr. Lang, a Seventh Day Adventist teacher,, ami seven Fijian youths are missing, and aro believed to be lost. The Government is Jespatching the motor yacht Adi Beti to search for them Au unconfirmed report says that two natives were killed and three injured. Some damage was done at the Loretto Mission, also on the plantations and at Levuka town. The Government steamer Deiek »s ashore at Savu Savii, and a cutter is ashore at Lodoni. The track of the storm was 8.5. L., and the greatest force of the wind was 71 miles an hour. It was accompanied bv heavy rains. The Waidau pineapple plantation and buildings were damaged In the Rewa River district two motor launches and several cane and other lighters were lost. The river is fl °lt d ’is feared that heavy damage has been done on the na live banana planta tions, as the river 1? ful of floatin h banana plants.