IN WINTER’S GRIP

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23688, 21 December 1938, Page 11

IN WINTER’S GRIP

COLD SPELL IN EUROPE SEVERAL DEATHS REPORTED THE BLACK SEA FROZEN (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegra on— Copyright) LONDON, Dec. 19. Most of Europe is under the cold spell, which caused seven deaths in Britain and 10 in Bulgaria, where a blizzard interrupted communications throughout the country. The Black Sea was frozen near Constancia and 30 ships were disabled. Britain’s weather is the coldest since February, 1929, the temperatures varying from 20 degrees to 27 degrees. London’s roads are icebound. Trains have been delayed and races cancelled. The sea spray froze, many of the beach resorts resembling icefields. Six degrees of frost were registered in London last night, which was the coldest for a decade. Paris registered 14 degrees of frost, Berlin 22, Moscow 45, and the Urals 92. The whole of Eastern Jugoslavia is covered with snow. Four deaths from cold are reported. Southend is coated with ice. On the railway tracks frozen points are holding up trains. Twenty people were frozen to death in East-Ukraine, and many are dead in Poland. BUZZARD IN THE CHANNEL SHIPPING DISORGANISED (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Dec. 19. Yesterday was the coldest day experienced in England since February, 1929. Shipping was disorganised by a blizzard in the Channel and elsewhere, and sea water froze as waves broke over vessels. The severe frost put the Broadcasting Corporation’s London regional station out of action for three hours and a-half.