GALE IN BRITAIN
DAMAGE TO CROPS. MORE SHIPPING LOSSES. Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, August 28. A hurricane, sometimes attaining a velocity of 100 miles an boon-, swept over the* South of England and Wales for 24 hours. There were several wrecks in tho Channel, where the worst August gale,? on record prevailed. Much damage was done to fruit and wheat crops. Thousands of_acres of wheat have been cut, but harvesting has been impossible for 10 dap. The shortage of later makes it impossible for many farmers to "repair the damage by hand labor, particularly in tho hopfiolda. There are serious floods in Wales. ’file .situation In Ireland Giving to rains is also serious. Tho Norwegian steamer Kong&li, of 9,300 tons, and valued at .81150,000, was sunk off tho Spanish coast. She was bound to Europe from America. The Kongsli was previously torpedoed in the Channel, and was repaired.
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Evening Star, Issue 16516, 30 August 1917, Page 4
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154GALE IN BRITAIN Evening Star, Issue 16516, 30 August 1917, Page 4
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