BLANKETED IN SNOW
BRITAIN’S SEVERE WINTER ANOTHER FIFTEEN DEATHS REPORTED. MANY SERVICES DISLOCATED. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. LONDON, December 22. Another 15 deaths have, occurred throughout Britain from the cold which is blanketing the country in snow, holding up train services and making roads impassable. London’s underground services were dislocated for an hour today as a result of short circuits at frozen points. The city is under inches of snow for the first time for years and some country districts are under several feet of snow. Throughout Britain, the maximum temperature is 28 degrees and the minimum 12 degrees. Channel services are dislocated. AIR MAILS DELAYED. (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, December 22. Imperial Airways have announced that on account of the severity of the weather Western Europe and the Mediterranean, frozen ports of call are interruptin g Empire mails.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1938, Page 5
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