BOUT OF WINTRY WEATHER.
Storms Throughout Britain EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DONE. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received March 17, 7.9 p.m.) LONDON, March 17. An unusually mild winter throughout Britain ended in a bout of wintry weather, when spring ought to be coming, in the worst blizzard in North Wales since 1917. All roads were blocked. Hundreds of motor-cars and omnibuses were embedded in drifts, and thousands of sheep were buried, in a twenty-four hours’ snowstorm in the Lake District of Northumberland. It is estimated that £20,000 damage was done in the Midlands, where snow and water caused a culvert to collapse, and many homes were flooded. Terrific rainstorms in the Dublin District flooded many coastal districts, necessitating row-boats for the rescue of inhabitants. A heav v snowstorm in Birmingham caused the collapse of the roof of a circus tent, which a great mass collected. Seventy of the staff, who were working feverishly to support the roof, were forced to rißi for their lives. Several were injured.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18520, 18 March 1930, Page 9
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166BOUT OF WINTRY WEATHER. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18520, 18 March 1930, Page 9
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