A RECORD OF HORRORS.
CANADA'S APPALLING BLIZZARD. SHIPWRECKS AND AVALANCHES. 70 PERSONS DROWNED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, February 4. (Received February 5, at 9.7 a~m.) A terrible blizzard swept over Canada, lasting sixty hours. The roads and railways are blocked with snow. Food is scarce in Montreal. A French barque foundered off the island of Ushant, and twenty-one of her crew were drowned. It is feared that fifty persons were drowned off the British coast. The present is the biggest snow fall fcr a quarter of a century. In Venice, Switzerland, and Spain the trains arc snowbound. Fatal avalanches arc reported from Switzerland and Austria.
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Evening Star, Issue 11674, 5 February 1902, Page 6
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105A RECORD OF HORRORS. Evening Star, Issue 11674, 5 February 1902, Page 6
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