DENSEST YET

Evening Star, Issue 22686, 28 June 1937, Page 9

DENSEST YET

MELBOURNE’S FOB TROUBLES TRAFFIC SERIOUSLY DISORGANISED Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright MELBOURNE, June 27. (Received June 28, at 8 a.m.) For the twentieth time in the last 26 days Melbourne was shrouded in fog on Saturday night. The fog was quite the densest of the series. Such frequency has not been experienced since John Batman chose the site of Melbourne 103 years ago. The steamer Iron Warrior went aground in the bay and remained fast for some hours. Motorists, hopelessly lost, were forced to abandon their cars. Many suburban trains were cancelled and the trams were entirely disorganised, intending passengers being unable to see the trains from the footpaths. Throughout the suburban areas the explosions of railway detonators resembled a bombing attack. Thousands of people were late in reaching the theatres, many of which started their programmes late. Motorists wore in the worst plight, as it was literally impossible to see where they were going. Hundreds failed to reach their destinations, abandoning their cars, returning home, and retrieving them on Sunday morning. To-night a clear forecast indicates that the fogs are at an end for the present.