GENERAL WINTER INVADES SPAIN

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3247, 18 January 1926, Page 9

GENERAL WINTER INVADES SPAIN

Liguria Under Mantle of Snow SEMI-TROPICAL DISTRICTS LOSE FLOWER CROPS [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aiist. and N.Z. Cable Asaoolation.] (Received Sunday 7 p.m.) PARIS, January 16. A number of deaths are reported, as the result of the severe -weather. Snow Is falling In many district, being heaviest In the South. Many fields of flowers In the Alpes Marltlmea will be a ruin. Snow has fallen in Ventimiglia (Liguria) for the first time in living memory. The damage to the flower crop In this region Is estimated at several million francs. Snow has even fallen in Corsica and much damage has been done along the French coasts, several wrecks having been reported. SERBIA SWEPT BY VIOLENT STORM. BELGRADE ISOLATED. (Received Sunday 7 p.m.) BELGRADE, January 15. The capital is telephonically and telegraphically Isolated, a storm Of exceptional violence .sweeping the country last night. There have been many accidents, owing to the icecovered streets and railway traffic has been delayed through telegraph poles falling acrob* the lines. The mast of the Bagnitza radio station was blown down and considerable damage done to the wharves along the river Save, pontoons and landing stages being carried away. WINTER SPORTS EVERYWHERE. FATAL TOBOGGAN RIDE,

(Received Monday, 2 a.m.) LONDON, January 17. The whole country is snow-bound. Winter sports are being 1 held everywhere, but are being practised amateurishly. Two boy#, while; sledging down a snow-clad hill, fell underneath the wheels of a passing motor-lorry and were killed. RECORD FAX I. IN LONDON. UNEMPLOYED AS CROSSING SWEEPERS. LONDON, January 15. It ie many years since so much enow has fallen in London. There wore further heavy falls last night early morning all over England and In parts of Scotland, but the thermometer was hot unduly low. Traffic was considerably interrupted owing to the formation of drifts and the slippery streets. Railway lines and electric services running in the open were most particularly affected. Thousands of unemployed men found work. In clearing London streets of snow. Hunting and racing are generally stopped. The Air Ministry forecasts a further fall of snow. ARCTIC WAVE IN SPAIN. BELOW ZERO AT SEVILLE. An Arctic wave has been experienced 111 Spain. The temperature at Seville was three degrees below zero. There were heavy snowfalls in the north and north-east, including Valencia. Train services were carried on under the greatest difficulty. A hurricane struck the Catalonian coast. Several vessels broke their moorings and were battered against the ouays. Many fishing boats were destroyed near Barcelona.