A SUMMER STORM.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LOXDOX. July 29. An extraordinary storm occurred in London. There was a sudden squall of wind with a velocity of 54 miles an hour. An inch of ram fell in a quarter of an hour. Hailstones half ;m inch in diameter cut through umbrellas. The railway tubes were flooded and traffic- was suspended. The thermometer dropped 22dcg {mm 87deg in a quarter of an hour. Th* costers In the Farringdou road market had their stalls overturned, and fruit, books, and flowers were whirled in the air. The wind struck two tent:; at Epping Forest, burying 6CO Sunday school children, who were holding'their annual treat. A terrible panic followed, and holes had to be cut in the tents to,enable the children to escape.
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Evening Star, Issue 14632, 31 July 1911, Page 6
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128A SUMMER STORM. Evening Star, Issue 14632, 31 July 1911, Page 6
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