STORMY WEATHER
BRITISH ISLES SWEPT. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, October 31. Heavy gales accompanied in some parts by torrential rains swept the British Isles during the week-end and caused considerable damage on sea and land. One gust of wind at Folkestone Harbour registered a velocity of 110 miles an hour, which is the highest speed recorded since an instrument was installed. All English Channel ports were severely swept by seas, and lifeboats were summoned to vessels in distress off the coast. Several thrilling rescues were effected. The Dover lifeboat was out for many hours on Saturday night in search of a German mail freight aeroplane which was engaged on a night journey from Croydon and was lost over the Channel. Yesterday the search was taken up by Royal Air Force planes, but no trace of the plane or wreckage was found.
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Southland Times, Issue 21853, 2 November 1932, Page 7
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146STORMY WEATHER Southland Times, Issue 21853, 2 November 1932, Page 7
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