LONDON UNDER SNOW.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18823, 11 March 1931, Page 9

LONDON UNDER SNOW.

Winter’s Heaviest Fall. TRAFFIC HELD UP FOR HOURS. British Official Wireless (Received March 10, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, March 9. London experienced the heaviest snowfall of the present winter to-day, which was the coldest March for several years. The streets were under snow from an early hour in the morning, and by noon were buried to a depth of some inches. Traffic was slowed down, and traffic noises were silenced. Many accidents were caused by vehicles skidding, and some roads on the outskirts of London, including the two main roads to Southend, were impassable. Traffic was held up owing to ice and snow in the Midlands and the North of England, where in some places there were six feet drifts, and snow ploughs had to be used to clear the streets in certain East Coast towns. Silent and Enchanted City. There were remarkable scenes in London, where the blizzard brought the heavy horse-drawn traffic to a standstill. The snow was four of five inches deep. Under a mantle of snow, London for a brief space became a silent and enchanted city, imparting a new beauty to the familiar architectural gems. Within an hour more than a thousand men, mostly unemployed, attacked the city with brooms and shovels. Ceaseless traffic then converted the snow into oceans of slush, of which there were copious streams on the pavements.