Source: Townsville Daily Bulletin
URL: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62894778
Date: 05/06/1947
Event: Heat wave in London: "Many areas were without water"
Credit: Townsville Daily Bulletin, Trove (National Library of Australia)
TOWNSVILLE DAILY BULLETIN - JUN 05, 1947
LONDON. June 4 - The top temperature recorded today was 97 degrees in the shade, at Bury Saint Edmunds.
During the heat wave, London water consumption yesterday rose by 22,000,000 gallons to a new record of 428,000,000 gallons. Many areas were without water. Mobile water tanks toured Essex, where 100,000 householders were without water.