SEVERE BLIZZARD
SNOW SWEEPS ENGLAND
FARMERS’ HEAVY LOSSES
[BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.]
(Recd. March 13, 1 p.m.)
RUGBY. March 12.
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 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 jnissing 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 have suffered heavily, owing to loss of sheep. In North Cheshire, several loaded lorries and private cars were abandoned in snowdrifts 10 feet deep. Snow is still falling heavily in this district. Considerable delays on the railways in the Manchester area were caused by snow on the lines.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 March 1937, Page 7
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