VIOLENT BLIZZARD
RAGED FOR A MONTH. IN CENTRAL RUSSIA ■ HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE FEARED. by cable -press association—copy right. Received 9.55 a.m. to-day. RIGA, Jan. 18. A violent blizzard, which started in the middle of December and has since raged day and night, continues in the middle of Russia and Serbia, :ausing immense damage. Communications have been interrupted. Government despatches from Samara state that the loss of life must, be heavy. Relief parties, while endeavouring to restore communication, discovered 80 frozen bodies in a single canton near Samara. Many areas as far south at the Urals are appealing for provisions and fuel, but snowdrifts block railway transport.Times. mmmmmmmaMiaamKmmmammßitmmmmm
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 January 1927, Page 5
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108VIOLENT BLIZZARD Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 January 1927, Page 5
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