London, Nov. 10.
Extraordinary weather continues, Last. week, the temperature never fell. below' 60 degrees and it was too warm for summer, Early this week, winter, after a temporary absence, suddenly returned. Snow fell in northern districts yesterday, the temperature dropped to 26 degrees, and. there were wild gales and thunderstorms on the South Wales coast. The most violent gale on record, accompanied by vivid lightning and thunder, swept over Fishguard from St, Channel, lifting roof plate-glass windows, in scanty wraps, sought safety in the streets, while their homes trembled in the hurricane. The whole Roof of a contractor's works was carried 200 yards over a terrace and, crashing on to an ex-service men's institute, demolished it.
There are floods everywhere. At! one time, they transformed the northwest of England into one vast Jake, Nearly four inches of rain fell at Kendal in 12 hours and a downpour at Preston lasted for 70 hours. The Cardiff floods were not without their light side, and there were those who enjoyed them. Billy, the seal at the Victoria Park Zoo, for instance, escaped from his pond and spent several hours swimming about the flooded streets until he found a fish-shop. He swam in and helped himself to some cooked cutlets before being reeaptored. Boys and girls put on bathing costumes and frolicked in the floods, Occupants of flooded houses in the Ely and other districts have threatened to refuse to pay rates, a protest against the Inck of preventive measures. Fleetwood hi guffered most. There, owing to real in the sea-wali, about on third-of the town wan under water to a depth of seven fect,
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