WEATHER IN ENGLAND

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 22 December 1937, Page 7

WEATHER IN ENGLAND

SEVERE FROSTS AND FOG ROAD CONDITIONS WORST IN MEMORY DAY OF SKIDS AND CRASHES [United Press Association— By Electrlo Telegraph—Copy rfebtl (Received 22nd December, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, 21st December. Severe frost is persisting throughout England, and, combined with fog, made road conditions the worst in memory. It was a day of skids and crashes on glassy, frozen roads. A military lorry and a bus collided at Windsor, injuring five Grenadier Guardsmen and a girl in the bus. Five British soldiers from For.t Donegal were injured when 20 were trapped in an overturned bus. They were unable to escape until passers-by heard groans and released them. The liner Queen Mary was unable to call at Plymouth and carried the passengers on to Southampton. A lion and four lionesses, in three cages were ditched in the fog between Leicester and Nottingham. Another lorry crashed into the cages. The bars of the lion’s cage were smashed, but the lion refused to leave owing to the intense cold. He shivered until his trainer secured the cage. Flares warned other traffic of their presence.

[British Official Wireless]

RUGBY. 20th December.

Cold wintry weather prevails throughout the greater part of Britain and snow lies on frozen ground in many parts of Northern .England. Thick fog in the area round London last night brought road traffic on many roads to a standstill. The fog still persists and fog services are in operation on the suburban railways.

ROADS STILL ICEBOUND (Received 22nd December, 9.50 a.m.) RUGBY, 21st December. Wintry conditions continue throughout Britain, and in the northern English counties many roads are still icebound. The -fog in the London area dispersed and the frost was less severe last night.