NIGHT OF TERROR
ENGLISH STORM
WIDE DAMAGE CAUSED NEW WARNINGS ISSUED (10 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 25. The gale which caused widespread damage on the south coast of England continued during the night. The resorts which earlier took the full force of the storm reported that conditions were quieter this morning, but the Air Ministry issued a new gale warning in all areas south of a line from Ross-of-Mull to Peterhead. The areas were warned to expect strong to gale force winds.
The Belgian cross-Channel mail boat berthed at Folkestone after a wild 20hour crossing. She at one stage during the night was forced to shelter off Deal.
All central Europe is threatened by a 90-mile-an-hour gale, which gave many parts of southern England its third night of terror. The continental radio stations last night gave warning after warning of oncoming storms.
While the gale-driven sea invaded the land around Britain’s shores, piling up masses of wreckage, Europe began to “batten down’’ ready to fight the worst weather for 20 years. The gale warnings covered all the British Isles except the Orkneys and Shetlands.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21854, 26 October 1945, Page 3
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