SEVERE BUZZARD
MANY PARTS OF BRITAIN SUFFER VILLAGES IN WALES ISOLATED . ROADS BLOCKED BY DRIFTS (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, March 12. (Received March 13, at noon.) A severe blizzard swept the Midland Counties and the North of England yesterday. Snow drifts blocked many roads and isolated certain villages in the uplands of Wales and on the Yorkshire coast. The weight of the snow and the high winds snapped many overhead telephone wires in Derbyshire and Wales, and some damage was caused to electricity cables. A seven-year-old girl, after being missing for 13 hours, was found almost buried in snow in a field near Sheffield. In the moorland districts in Durham snow has fallen for 13 days in succession, and farmers suffered heavily owing to loss of sheep. In North Cheshire several loaded lorries and private cars were abandoned in snow drifts 10ft deep. Snow is still falling heavily in this district. Considerable delays on the railways in Manchester area were caused by snow on the lines.
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Evening Star, Issue 22596, 13 March 1937, Page 17
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169SEVERE BUZZARD Evening Star, Issue 22596, 13 March 1937, Page 17
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