A WINTER FOG.
ENVELOPMENT OF LONDON. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. Nov. 19. London and the greater part of southern England were to-day enveloped in fog which, according to forecasts, is likely to persist until noon to-morrow. The movement of vessels in the Thames estuary was suspended, and on road and rail the pace of traffic was slowed down. Several road accidents occurred, but so far they appear to have been unaccompanied by loss of life or serious injury to travellers. Belisha beacons (named after the Minister of Transport) were useless in the winter’s first heavy fog because they were not lit, and therefore invisible to motorists and pedestrians, says a Times cable. The order silencing motor horns late at night was broken because drivers groping their way across junctions felt compelled to hoot.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 304, 21 November 1934, Page 7
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133A WINTER FOG. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 304, 21 November 1934, Page 7
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