STORM IN LONDON.
WIND, HAIL AND RAIN.
PANIC AT A PICNIC.
CHILDREN BURIED. IN TENTS.
By Telegraph—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received July 30, 5.5. p.m.) London. July 29. An extraordinary storm was experienced in London to-day. There was a sudden squall of wind with a velocity of 54 miles an hour, a fall of an inch of rain in a-quarter of an hour, and. a 'storm of hailstones of half an inch in diameter which cut through people's umbrellas. • The tubes were flooded, and traffic was suspended. The thermometer dropped. to 22 degrees from 87 degrees in a-quarter of an hour. At the costers' market in Farringdon Road 'the stalls were overturned, and,fruit,; books, and flowers whirled into the air. ■ The wind blew down two large tents in Epping Forest, burying beneath the canvas 600 Sundayschool children who were • holding their annual treat. A terrible panic ensued : and holes were cut in the tents to enable the children to escape. "'■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14746, 31 July 1911, Page 7
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