Show Britain Launches Inquiry Into Falling Blocks of Ice LONDON Eng The The air ministry of has taken over the investigation the bombardment of England by flying blocks of ice Reports of strange ice falls from the sky have been reported in the southern part of England for some time In Doven dozens of chunks whizzed down into a flock of sheep killing an ewe A piece we weighing five pounds crashed through the roof of a London garage One man said he saw a block 12 inches long and four inches thick plummet from the clouds as he was riding his motorcycle near Braugh- Braugh ing It landed unbroken in a n plot of grass only three feet from him said a motorist rode away with the block About the same time a one pound brick of an odd transparent material bounced in front of the home of ot R. R M. M Butcher in the Essex village of Stebbing Butcher said it was neither ice nor glass The al air ministry said the block which went through the garage roof root and the one which landed on Butchers Butchers Butcher's Butchers Butcher's But But- chers cher's lawn had been turned in and would be examined The experts will analyze the blo blocks ks to determine whether they contain chemicals chemicals- such as airplane icing de-icing fluids fluids- which give a hint of their ori origin in |