The Archive · 1936

Several Hours of Snow

in Shanghai For the second time since January 24, snow felt in Shanghai on Friday night. The snowfall was west about eight and nine O'clock, the sky being lied with Targe white fakes. Within a short time, the front window panes of trams, the windscreens of motor cars, and pedestrians were covered with snow. The fall made motor-Ing on the slippery streets hazardous, but no serious accidents were reported. Unlike the snow of Sanuary 24, that night's fall did not settle on the roads or root-tops, melling as soon as it touched the cartt. "Shortly before 11 o'clock that night, there was only mittens rain.

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