SHROUDED IN FOG.
MELBOURNE’S DIFFICULTIES. MELBOURNE, June 27. For the twentieth time in the last twenty-six days Melbourne was shrouded in fog on Saturday night by a fog quite the densest of the series. Such frequency has not been experienced since John Batman chose the site ot Melbourne 103 years ago. The steamer, Iron Warrior, went aground in the bay and remained fast for some hours. Motorists hopelessly lost were forced to abandon their cars. Many suburban trains were cancelled and trams were entirely disorganised, intending passengers being unable to see the trams from the footpaths. Throughout the suburban areas explosions 1 of railway detonators resembled a bombing attack. Thousands of people were late in reaching the theatres, many of which started the programmes late. Motorists were in the worst plight as it was literally impossible to see wherv they were going and hundreds failed to reach their destinations, abandoning their cars and returning home, retrieve them on Sunday morning. To-night is clear, the forecast indicating that the fogs are at an end for the piesent.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 177, 28 June 1937, Page 7
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176SHROUDED IN FOG. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 177, 28 June 1937, Page 7
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