Severe Gales Sweep Southern England
(Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, January 28.
Severe gales which swept the south west of England during last night continued this morning. A gust •of 94 m.p.h. was recorded at the Scilly Islands.
Gale conditions prevailed in the English channel. On land, the gale caused damage in Devonshire and Cornwall.
A house collapsed in Devonport this morning, causing the death, of two children.
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Northern Advocate, 25 January 1939, Page 7
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