Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-18 | Page 22 | Channel Storm Spends Fury

CHANNEL STORM SPENDS FURY LONDON ONDON Sept 18 UP P Great Britain's s worst September storm in three quarters of ot a century finally blew itself out today leaving seven sevenpersons sevenpersons sevenpersons persons dead many injured and widespread damage The south coast of ot England became became became be be- came a graveyard for scores of ot smashed yachts Brighton reported damage of more than and I Bournemouth where not a single beach hut but was left leet standing a similar sim sim- liar Jar loss Sixty thousand men from the postoffice repair staff worked in relays to unravel a tangle of ot telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone wires in southern counties where more than lines were out of ot order Others struggled to remove fallen trees tree from many roads The British steamer Mary Kingsley Kingsley Kingsley Kings- Kings ley succeeded in in making port at Falmouth after being washed by mountainous seas which dislodged a ton 40 locomotive from its position position I tion on the forward deck The loco loco- motive swaying with every movement movement movement move move- ment of ot the ship finally became jammed Most of ot the passengers were below below below be be- low playing bridge while the crew crew fought ought shifting cargoes Three members of the crew in injured injured injured in- in while trying to drain a ton 38 barge which was on deck and had become filled with water were re removed removed removed re- re moved to a hospital