Sun Shines Again On Ice-bound England

Northern Advocate, 8 March 1947, Page 7

Sun Shines Again On Ice-bound England

(Received 11.30 a.m.)

LONDON, March 7.

HIDDEN for days after a brief appearance last week, the sun shone again in London and some parts of the south after a night in which heaped snow was solid on the roads, but the sun during the morning was not strong enough to thaw out any part of snow and ice-bound England.

colliery, Leicestershire, so miners could go to work. They also cleared half a mile ot snow which was cutting the village of Gilmorton off from the nearest town, The National Ga_ Turbine Establishment is fitting jet engines to more tanks. Frost following the slight daytime thaw, has changed the snow in Britain’s “glacier belt” to ice. Thousands of rail and road workers are continuing the fight to clear a way for coal and other necessities, but the frost has multiplied their difficulties, Railways fought to clear many miles of blocked lines and road services continued the battle which now has been going on almost continuously for four weeks.

The forecast, however, promises day temperatures above freezing point. An enlarged army of street sweepers was busy in London streets clearing footpaths for pedestrians and as a safeguard against flooding should a big thaw occur, but buses continued to bump over roads so filled with icy potholes that they resembled bush tracks. It was the same throughout the country, where the Automobile Association warned that frozen ridges and slush might cause punctures, rippen tyres and broken springs. It was announced that, despite fears of transport dislocation. London’s meat ration is safe for the week-end. Two jet engines, mounted on a Valentitle tank, cleared lOft-deep snowdrifts from the approaches to Dcstord