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Show Hurricane Sweeps England, Scotland London The death toll of the great rain and wind storm which swept Great Britain from the south of England Eng-land to the northern tip of Scotland has reached twenty, with fully 300- iuj-jured iuj-jured by Jiving debris. Nineteen of the deaths were in Scotland alone, while one was In Armagh, Ireland, the latter being due to a falling roof. In the course of the storm further damage was reported, while dispatches dis-patches from more remote towns showed the great extent of the storm area. Early this morning London was visited by a winter thunderstorm of unprecedented severity, during which hundreds of wireless aerials, trees, fences and chimney pots were hurled through the air. Several persons were injured by falling shop signs and pieces of masonry. |