THE TRAIL OF THE STORM

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 83, 19 November 1928, Page 6

THE TRAIL OF THE STORM

BUILDINGS UNROOFED AND BLOWN DOWN. TWENTY LIVES LOST. HUGE PROPERTY LOSS. (British; Official Wireless) RUGBY, November !"• The force of the <ral(i which swept over England yesterday decreased, during the. night, arid this morning the 1 wiiicl was moderate. The less of property totals many thousand of pounds, but fatal accidents were ail isolated cases caused by falling trees and masonry. CRANES BLOWN OYER. Three huge cranes on the quayside at Southampton wore: blown over, one weighing lo tons falling party c . a refreshment house but all the diners except 2 who suffered minor injuries, escaped. Two other cranes were put out of action and 280 telephones lines were blown down while 70 towns were, cut off te.lephonically from London. ROADS BLOCKED. Roads- and railways were temporal*-1 | ily blocked by fallen trees in many parts of the country. Wirtless broadcasting was seriously interrupted and 17 stations ; were cut off from headquarters. Fifty) houses in the course of erection at Newport were destroyed, and, in parts of Southern England ami Wales houses are reported to have had the roofing tiles torn off. In London windows, were, broken in the residential and shopping areas and slates were dislodged from the roof of the Law Courts, necessitating the temporary closing to pedestrians of onej side, of Fleet Street. Tbje wind broke off the hilt of a sword on the, statute, of Richard Coeur De Lion outside the House of Lords.

LIFEBOATS Td THE RESCOE. j Lifeboats went out to the aid of a [ number of vessels in distress at se.a, I and (many lives were saved. Trio, crew of 15 off the steamer Kentish) Coast which dragged her anchors and went aground were, rescued by means of a breeches buoy by thje Plymouth Motor lifeboat. The Ramsgate motor lifeboat rescued the crew 1 of six of a schooner when the vessel was sinking off Nortb Foreland. Lifeboats were also out from Cai.ster Garlestori and. Torbay early this morn-J ing and were still standing by distressed vessels. Several o'her lifeboats were called cut.

BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS. RUGBY, November IS. The number of deaths attributed directly or. indirectly to Friday's great storm, total twenty and a very largo number were injured. Officials of the Meteorological Do partment and the Air. Ministry hjfiive records" of gusts of 90 miles hourly at) Cardington and 81 miles' at Crotvden.