SNOW IN JOHANNESBURG.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 268, 13 November 1909, Page 6

SNOW IN JOHANNESBURG.

The Standard publishes a letter received from a resident in Johannesburg dealing with the recent fall of snow in that city. "Snow, of all things, to fall here! Last Monday there was a rather cold wind, but the day was clear and warm on the whole. On Tuesday morning at seven o'clock the ground was covered with five inches of snow, and huge flakes were falling. It was a lovely sight certainly. The excitement throughout the day was intense. People who had never seen snow bqfore . went crazy, and the order of the day was snowballing. They broke thirty, windows in the Stock Exchange, while jtwo deaths were caused, in. the streets through it. Not a stroke of business was done that day, and ii was reaUy not safe to walk through the streets. Boys got on the roofs of buildings and simply showered down balls on any and every one. One Kaffir boy thought he had awakened in Heaven, and refused to work or eat. It snowed heavily all that day, and by evening there were sixteen inches of snow. All the trees were in full leaf, and many branches snapped under the weight."