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Show ELEVEN KILLED IN QBEAT STOBH Railway, Telegraph and Teta jj' I phone Service of British j i Isfcis Demoralized Road- '' ways Are Blocked. II ' i j i VESSELS DRIVEN ASHORE 1 Floods Reported From Many Quarters River Thames ill 11 Almost Reaches Record ! Point. v - 'HI! i fill London, March 29, 2:20 p. m. J Eleven deaths so Tar have been re- ' II j ported as the result of the great storm ml , which swept the British iHles Mon- l j, i day and Tuesday. Although the storm If II j has subsided, railway, telegraphic and 1 1 II telephonic communication is still de- jjjj i moralized throughout the United jjllj I Kingdom, much damage having been j II jj done to tracks and wires, while road- j III ways on all sides are blocked by fall- j 1 III en poles and trees. j llj ; A number of coasting vessels were ' lj j driven ashore but so far no loss of jjj life from them has been reported. ' II Floods are reported from many" j quarters and the level of the Thames j has reached a point within thretf in- III ! ches of that attained in February, ' jj ' 1915, when the greatest flood height i jjj of thirty years was recorded. j |