Show CIMMERIAN DARKNESS The City of London Enveloped In a Very Dense Foe LONDON Nov nDense fogs have been prevalent in London for a week t noon today the atmosphere became thicker than ever and with the blackness of midnight Gas and electric lights were in use everywhere every-where but in the streets their rays were unable to penetrate the dense mass of vapor va-por The fog has penetrated the most tightly closed houses everywhere and caused a feeling of discomfort On the streets pedestrians stumbled along often unwarily getting bad falls by missing their fooling in the almost Cimmerian darkness The usual roar of traffic iS greatly Cumin ished for many careful drayman and others have refused to allow their horses to be used fearing accidents Traffic is carried on under great difficulties difficul-ties and it was only by the exercise or the greatest care that accidents were not more numerous though some serious casualties are reported mostly run overs The lawless law-less element took advantage of the occasion occa-sion and everywhere were active It is utterly impossible for the police to recognize recog-nize them and the dense fog has rendened the robbors an easy task In spite of the precautions of shopkeepers who have learned much by experience in foggy i weather sneakthleves have managed to make many successful coups Several cases of highway robbery are also reported re-ported and in every case the thieves escaped es-caped under ccver of the mantle of the fog I is feared that many fatalities will occur at tho docks which are veritable deathtraps death-traps in such weather |