ENGLISH STORMS

Grey River Argus, 15 February 1938, Page 5

ENGLISH STORMS

SEA SWEEPS IRELAND Waves Hunt Villagers [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] LONDON, February 13. In the worst gale experienced for fifty years, the destroyer Walrus broke adrift, and grounded at Scarborough at midnight. The crew rowed ashore on a small raft. They were admitted to hospital, suffering from exposure. The Thames flooded houses near Tilbury. Widespread damage was caused elsewhere in England. Hundreds Homeless (Received February 14, 7.25 p.m.) LONDON, February 14. Week-end floods along the East Coast of England, following an eighty-mile blizzard, have rendered hundreds homeless, and have caused three deaths. Much damage was was done to seaside resorts. Snow fell in the south-east of England, including London. The Thames was, at its highest since the 1928 disaster, but the danger point has passed, though hundreds stayed up to watch the wpters. (Received February 14, 10.30 p.m.) i LONDON, February 14. The heavy sea smashed a threemile gap in the Norfolk coast, and swept for five miles inland, submerging the village of Horsey. Two hundred villagers fled from the onrushing waves, which are now breaking over thousands of acres. The stock losses are heavy. Margate’s entire ten-mile seafront has been damaged. A fifty-foot gap has been torn in the jetty, and hundreds of chalets destroyed, while boats have been flung on to the promenade.