STORMY WEATHER
CHANNEL SHIPPING BUFFETED. OIL TANKER LOSES RUDDER. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, December 3. Rain and high winds with gusts between 50 and 60 miles hourly occurred yesterday over the British Isles, the bad weather being due to one of the deepest Atlantic depressions observed for the last 50 years. In the English Channel high seas ran, and the cross-Channel boat services were maintained with difficulty. Lifeboats from Weymouth to Swanage and two tugs from Portland put out and ships in the Channel altered their courses in answer to an S.O.S. call from the steamer Canadian Transport, but a change of wind enabled her to clear the danger zone. An oil tanker which had lost her rudder in the storm was towed info Falmouth by two Dutch tugs. Fishing fleets and small craft kept to harbour during the day. Heavy rains, particularly in the West of England, aggravated the flood situation in many parts, as almost all the rivers have now overflowed their banks. Low-lying areas in the upper reaches of the Thames are extensively flooded.
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Southland Times, Issue 20949, 5 December 1929, Page 5
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