VIOLENT STORMS.
FACTORY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. NINETEEN MEN KILLED OR INJURED, fej Telegntph.—Fre&i Aesoci9ti«fi.>*-Coi>yrißtrt, PARIS, 29th July. A factory in course of construction at Grahd-Qucvft-illy, hear Rouen, wae struck by lightning, and collapsed, burying fifty masons and carpenters. Nine men were killed, and ten w«r* seriously injured, four mortally. DAMAGE IN LONDON . UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS FLOODED. PANIC AT A sFnDAY-SCHOOL TREAT. LONDON, 30th July, An extraordinary storm struck London to-day. *A sudden squall of wind, with a#velocity of fifty-four miles «.n hour, came down on the city, accompanied by rain and hail. . • Within an hour lin of rain had fallen, fend the hail did much damage. A Ma.il» stones half en inch in "diameter cut thr6ugh umbrellas everywhere. The underground railway tubes were flooded, and traffic had to be suspended. ' The thermometer dropped to 22deg. ifom B?deg in a quarter of en liout. At the costers' market in Fftrringdon* road the stalls were overturned, and fruit, books, ajid flowers whirled in the air. The wind struck two large tents fit Epping Forest, burying 600 Sunday school children who were attending their annual treat. A terrible panic ensued, until holes were, cut to enable the chil« dfen to escape.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 26, 31 July 1911, Page 7
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197VIOLENT STORMS. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 26, 31 July 1911, Page 7
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