'Big Grope' Sn England
LONDON, Mon. 1 p.m.)—A curtain of fog, which has blacked-out most of Britain since November 26, partially lifted tonight, when a general improvement was reported in north and west England and Wales, but in an area radiating for more than 40 miles from Piccadilly Circus visibility again was down to a few yards. The fog was worst in Sussex and Kent. Traffic was almost at a standstill on main roads.
The fog, which already is called the “big grope,” is holding up 20 export ships in London docks. Seven ships due at London are “somewhere in the fog belt.” Stranger airfield, Norway, has been, at times, the only airfield in northern Europe where aircraft have landed in the past two days. AIRPLANES HELD Ur Twenty-eight transatlantic flights from New York to Britain have been held up, with some up to 24 hours behind schedule. Lowestoft harbour foghorn has been sounding continuously for 60 hours. Ships’ captains cannot recall a blackout lasting so long. Fog halted the Allied air lift into Berlin yesterday .
Air and land traffic in France was hampered by thick fog, which blanketed Paris and several other cities.
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Northern Advocate, 30 November 1948, Page 5
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