BLIZZARD IN BRITAIN.
GEEAT DAMAGE DONE.
VEHICLES IN SNOWDRIFTS. THOUSANDS OF SHEEP LOST. DUBLIN AREAS FLOODED, By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received March 17, 7.55 p.m.) LONDON, March 17. An unusually mild winter throughout Britain ended in a bout of wintry weather when spring ought to be coming. The worst blizzard experienced in North Wales since 1917 resulted in all the roads being blocked. Hundreds of motor-cars and omnibuses were embedded in snowdrifts. Thousands of sheep were buried in a snowstorm in the lake district of Northumberland which lasted 24 hours. Damage estimated at £20,000 was done in the Midlands, where snow and water caused a culvert to collapse. Many houses were flooded. Terrific rainstorms jn the Dublin district flooded many of the coastal areas, necessitating the use of rowing-boats to rescue the inhabitants. A heavy snowstorm at Birmingham caused the collapse of the roof of a circus tent on which a great mass of snow had collected. Seventy members of the staff worked feverishly to support the roof. They were forced to run for their lives and several of them wero injured.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20516, 18 March 1930, Page 11
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