SHIVERING EUROPE
SNOW IN ITALY AND PORTUGAL
EXCEPTIONAL WEATHER
LONDON, January 18.
Gales in Trieste injured pedestrians and tore ships from their moorings. Snow brought trams in Milan to a standstill. The most curious feature was pinkish, salty snow in northern Italy, rendering well-water undrinkable.
Oporto' (Portugal) had a fall of snow for the first time in 40 years. Spain is suffering 20 degrees of frost, and 10ft snowdrifts in Oviedo have blocked the roads and railways. Rains flooded mines in Puerto Llano.
There were. 90 degrees of frost in Norway. Gales are piling up icefloes and wedging the ships tight in Denmark's harbours.
Fishermen on the coast of the Fehmaru Belt, saw the stern of a threemasted schooner slowly rising in the air. The vessel sank in a few minutes, presumably drawn down by the ice, and leaving no trace.
Ice obscuring coast lights is blamed for the sinking of the small Danish steamer Olga, which struck submerged rocks on the Norwegian coast. The crew of 17 escaped in the boats.
Berlin continues to shiver. Thousands of Polish war prisoners have been put on to heave coal.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 17, 20 January 1940, Page 11
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188SHIVERING EUROPE Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 17, 20 January 1940, Page 11
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