The Archive · 1934

World Torn by the Elements

wom Our Own Comesronven While scorching winds threaten to turn large areas in five of the American states into deserts, the elements fare wreaking havoc on' the Continent. Thunderstorms yesterday evening turned large areas in the southern part of London into miniature lakes ud held up motor car and railway traffic 'Widespread tempests are reported from the Continent, Piedmont, Italy, being especially hard hit by the worst cloudburst' and hurricane in the memory of the residents, In Switzer~ land, many vineyards have been devastated, while at Geneva, a tram became enveloped in blue flames during a thunderstorm, but the sengers miraculously escaped injury.

Vesuvius Active which, constructed at a cost of £8,000,000,

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