FIERCE STORM

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22963, 15 February 1938, Page 11

FIERCE STORM

ENGLAND SUFFERS DAMAGE BY FLOODS HUNDREDS HOMELESS " (Received February 14, 6.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. u In the worst gale experienced for 50 years the desttoyer Walrus broke adrift and went aground at Scarborough at midnight. The crew rowed ashore on small rafts and several were taken to hospital suffering from exposure. The Thames overflowed and flooded houses near Tilbury, and widespread damage was caused elsewhere in * England. Floods on tho east coast at the weekend following an 80-mile an hour blizzard, rendered homeless hundreds ,of people and caused three deaths. Much damage was done at seaside resorts. Snow fell in the- south-east of England including London. Th? Thames rose to the highest level since tMe 1928 disaster, but the danger point passed, although hundreds of people stayed up to watch the waters. Big seas broke a three-mile gap or the Norfolk coast and swept five miles inland submerging the village of Horsey. Two hundred villagers fled from the onrushing waves, which were breaking over thousands of acres of land. Stock losses wero. heavy. At Margate the entire 10-mile sea front was damaged and a 50-foot gap was torn in the jetty. Hundreds of chalets were destroyed and boats were flung on to the promenade.