GALES IN BRITAIN.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10509, 13 February 1928, Page 5

GALES IN BRITAIN.

HOUSE BLOWN DOWN; MAN KILLED. (N.Z. and. Aust. Press Assn. aiul bun.) (Received Feb'. 12, 5.5 p.m,) LONDON, Feb. 11. Gales throughout England lasted all night. A Avind of the vdlocity of 101 miles per hour was recorded at Liverpool, the highest ever registered in England, though it had previously been exceeded in Ireland and 'Scotland. A house in Birmingham was blown down and _a man killed in bed and his wife' seriously injured. The damage to property is substantial. TYPICAL DAMAGE INCIDENTS. ' (Aust. and N.Z. Press Assn.) (Received February 12, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON. Feb. 12. Eleven were killed and many injured by a gale in Britain. Typical incidents were: Lfi Manchester three houses:uvere unroofed;. in Lincoln a hiassive gargoyle fell 250 feet from the centred tower of the Cathedral ; ljti .Gloucester, a,chimney-stack crashed on to the roof of ai house and killed a sleeping boy; .in Birmingham, the roof of a public-house collapsed on a bed in which Frank. Garraty and his wife were sleeping and the floor /gave way and the couple fell into the kitchen, the man dying on the way to the hospital, and the wife being serioitSly injured. ’ ■