FOG IN BRITAIN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18332, 26 February 1934, Page 7

FOG IN BRITAIN

SHIPPING DISORGANISED TWO VESSELS COLLIDE LONG DROUGHT BROKEN (British Official Wireless.) Rec. 10 a.m. RUGBY, Feb. 24. Shipping was disorganised owing to fog at" Southampton Water and the Thames estuary. A Danish steamer, the Maja, of 2203 tons, and the London steamer Camberwell, 1577 tons, were in collision off the Essex coast, and the Clacton lifeboat put out to the scene of the accident, but returned after the lifeboat men had boarded both vessels and satisfied themselves that, though both were damaged, no lives were in danger. The fog delayed the departure from . Southampton by 12 hours of the liner President Roosevelt, bound for New York with passengers, and nearly £2,000,000 worth of gold. The Hamburg-America liner, New York, was delayed on the. journey from Hamburg to Southampton, and it was decided that she:should take on passengers and nearly £2,000,000 Worth of gold for New York in Cowes roads. Last night many Vessels found it necessary. .to., drop anchor a few miles from Cart. The cruiser Curacoa, in which oi'd Alleuhy and Sir Roger Keyes returned yesterday, after attending King Albert’s funeral, was delayed and finally anchored off Dover. Lord Allenby and Sir Roger Keyes, a detachment of Royal Marines, and representatives of the air force were brought ashore by tug. A Southern Railway steamer from Jersey, due at Southampton yesterday afternoon, did not reach port till this 'morning.

In London, the fog was less douse than on the coast, but in the early hours road traffic had to proceed slowly, and with great caution. The drought has broken. A light drizzle has occurred over London, and heavy falls have taken place in Liverpool, Swansea, and the rest of England. Further substantial falls are needed to allay apprehensions of a water famine.