STORMY WEATHER
BRITISH ISLES SWEPT [ British Official Wireless. ] Received Dec. 3, 945 p.m. RUGBY, Dec. 2. The British Isles experienced stormy weather over the week-end with thunder, lightning, sleet and heavy rain in the south, while snow fell in Scotland and as far south as Manchester. One life was lost in the English Channel when the skipper of a small steam yacht was washed overboard in the heavy seas. During the gale the crew of the steamship Orchis had to take to their boats and were picked up with difficulty by the fishing lugger Mevagissey.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 284, 4 December 1935, Page 7
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95STORMY WEATHER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 284, 4 December 1935, Page 7
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