VIOLENT GALES.
DAMAGE IN ENGLAND. ASTEAIN BLOWN , OVER. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright (Eeceived February 20, 6 p.jn.) - London, February 19.. Severe gales have been experienced L throughout Britain and Ireland, the : velocity of the wind in some places being over 70 miles an hour. ' ■ ; • ' Much damage was done at Pres- \ ton, Birmingham, and Carlisle, 1 where torrential rains fell. ',*,-- A- train in Ireland was blown over . a 12ft embankment. The couplings ' held some of the waggons suspended, 1 the passengers having miraculous ! . escapes.. •..--'/,' . '',
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14300, 21 February 1910, Page 5
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