Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-02-02 | Page 6 | Storms Disrupt Shipping near France, Spain

STORMS DISRUPT SHIPPING NEAR FRANCE SPAIN SPAI British Warships Suffer Damage in Blow Near Gibraltar tar Lo LONDON DON Feb 1 l' l UP Storms UP Storms extending from the English channel to lo tho the Mediterranean disrupted shipping shipping ship ship- ping pin alon along the tho continental coast to today today today to- to day and struck parts of or It Italy l Coastal boats off Franco and Spain were battered by b a a. gale galo and heavy rain accompanied b by thunder thunder thunder thun thun- der and lightning which is unusual at al this season The steamship Willow Wilow Wil- Wil low Jow ow Park reported Itself In n n. critical critical cal condition at 16 1633 3 north 17 li west westIn In fn n a L distress call to tho the French radio ra radio radio ra- ra dio station at St. St Nazaire The Danish steamer was crippled crip- crip pled but lut reached St. St safely acly The British h battlo battle cruiser Tiger Tiser was slightly damaged ama e before a squadron consisting of ot tho the Renown Re- Re Repulse and add Tiger reached Gibraltar The Thc Dutch steamer Merope Me- Me ropo rope sent out a distress call picked up at Gibraltar that thal Its HK steering gear gral was broken and the tho bridge rail all and antI other parts carried a away wa by waves The Tile British destroyer Versatile went round aground near Kings King's Bastion In fn n terrific gales bale a advices from front Gibraltar Gibraltar Gib Gib- said Tho rho Admiralty i tug tUb R Rambler also aiso went aground attempting attempt- attempt Ins ing nj to aid the tho Versatile but both were later r An Admiralty i coal lighter lost Jost its hawser and was grounded There was no wor word from the tho Spanish h steamship of 1600 tons ons which has s been missing with witha a FI crew of or nineteen men nuen an and several passengers since leaving Dijon Spain moro more than a week a ago o Heavy rain and snow sno fell In Ital Italy especially 1 at Genoa where here a L blizzard blizard bliz- bliz z ard zard ld Interrupted port work The Tiber and other rivers were rising rapidly with threats o of flood In central central cen- cen ral and antI southern districts T