STORMS IN BRITAIN
SHIPPING IN PERIL
LIFEBOATS TO RESCUE
British Official Wireless.
BUGBY, 3rd December.
Eain and high winds, with gusts of between 50 and 60 miles an hour, occurred yesterday over the British Isles, the bad weather being due to one of the deepest Atlantic depressions observed for the last 50 years. In the English. Channel high seaß ran and the cross-Channel boat services were maintained with difficulty.
Lifeboats from. Woymouth to Swanage and two tugs from Portland put out, and ships in the Channel altered their courses in answer to an SOS from the steamer Canadian Transport. A change of wind, however, enabled the Canadian. Transport to clear the danger zone. An oil tanker which had lost its rudder in the storm was towed into Falmouth by two Dutch tugs. Fishing fleets and small craft kept to harbour during the day.
Heavy rains, particularly in the West of England, aggravated the flood situation in many parts, as almost all the rivers have now overflowed their banks. Low-lying areas in the upper reaches of the Thames are extensively flooded.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 9
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180STORMS IN BRITAIN Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 9
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