2 | Britain’s Great Blizzard
Curious Britain5 Feb 2025

2 | Britain’s Great Blizzard

Britain isn’t known for its extreme weather events, but did you know the country was battered by snowstorms in 1891? The storm caused chaos, burying trains, blowing ships onto the rocks, and bringing down telegraph wires in an oft-forgotten incident that became known as The Great Blizzard.
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Sources:
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Great-Blizzard-1891/
Norfolk News 14 March 1891
Exeter Flying Post 14 March 1891

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