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Leicestershire Once Had 41 Inches of Rain in 15 Hours Flood Disasters of Earlier Years

... Wooldridge, Market Harborough's meteorologist. The nearest approach to the calamity of last Friday was at Louth, Lincolnshire, on May 29th, 1920, when 22 people lost their lives and hundreds were rendered Homeless. A very intensive rainfall over part ...

THE LEICESTER DAILY MERCURY MONDAY MAY 31 1920 ADDERLYS Limited BABY LINEN CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT is of the ..

... DAILY MERCURY MONDAY MAY 31 1920 ADDERLYS Limited BABY LINEN CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT is of the newest and Prettiest Things Imaginable for the little ones kindly call and inspect SEPARATE SHOWROOM THE MARKET PLACE LEICESTER THE LOUTH DISASTER SALES BY AUCTIOI ...

Published: Monday 31 May 1920
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1920 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

MERCURY THURSDAY JULY 22 1920 BIRTHS MARRIAGES & DEATHS BIBTHB July Loioerterahiro MC JRCJ&M SMITH— Oa ism ..

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Published: Thursday 22 July 1920
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1942 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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... COFFEE, UMW, From 2/4 per lb. CAFE 67. MARKET PLACE. LEICESTER. Leicester Daily lost SATURDAY, JUNE 5. 1920. WHAT CAUSED THE LOUTH FLOOD? If the Louth inquest had been one into the cause of death a few minutes would have sufficed to complete it, for the ...

Published: Saturday 05 June 1920
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 720 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

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... Special Estab 1874 MONDAY MAY 31 1920 LOUTH CLOUDBURST Story of the Disaster ROYAL MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY Premier Offers the Government's Assistance disasters that has occurred to an English in moderntimes fell the lot Louth town about J0000 souls ten miles ...

Published: Monday 31 May 1920
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1527 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

EXTRA NINE MILLIONS. How the Money Has Been Laid Out. The Supplementary kitunstek amounting to .C 3,332,300. as ..

... Government property.- =Pe War bonus Prize claims Service assimilation .1 7 5.0 1 10 Office of Works,- Public buildings Louth floods itemporary shelter urgently needed for the homelmsl •• . Work. and Public Buildings (Class 2) Office of Works Grelenth ...

Published: Tuesday 22 February 1921
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 544 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CI Intrust your our care and be satisfied iMLESS EYEGLASSES SPECTACLES 126 -' Accurately made up SHARPLES CO ..

... made up SHARPLES CO LTD Hill Nottingham Extra Special Largest Circulation of any Local Newspaper Estab 1874 TUESDAY JUNE 1 1920 THREE HALFPENCE LOVELL'S Toffee De L'Isle Ihendon tragedy xcused Again Before the Bench DAISY HOLT GIVES EVIDENCE Story of ...

Published: Tuesday 01 June 1920
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1841 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

STOCKLEIGH HOSIERY WEEK at Morgan Squire SHEILACH LOCKE as Consultant A NYLON SPECIAL! SEAMFREE at IIPr in new ..

... this year 19250 immigrants came to this country from Commonwealth countries Mr Cyril Osborne (C Louth) said ’he nation was frightened and alarmed at the flood of coloured people to Britain and asked legislation to control it to introduced before the summer ...

Published: Thursday 20 April 1961
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 1432 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... DUCKLINGS 'is 6d Chickens eight old 2s 6d mother 14 chicks 6d 1920 Pullet warranted laving 7s Chickens 12s fid Gerrard-street Lozells Warwickshire p236 Pullets laying 9s each crossbreds 7b 6d fat 10s 1920 ducks 7 large feathered 12s fid for Is Penmaes-glas SW ...

Published: Friday 24 June 1921
Newspaper: Hinckley Echo
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 3212 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

2 LEICESTER MERCURY FRIDAY AUGUST 16 PUBLIC NOTICES EVASION BV 0 tAHUUted FOR WINDOW CLEAN JN'G TENDERS V 0 B

... from HOUSING MANAGER Midland Charles Leicester LEI 1FL Tel No 56811 CITY OF LEICESTER FLOODS The City Council have appointed Committee to inquire into the recent flooding in the city and make recommendations matter would examine during Inquiries to me giving ...

Published: Friday 16 August 1968
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 2231 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE LEICESTER MERCURY WEDNESDAY JULY 16th 1947 ’ ’ Record Standing After 33 Years IN the reference in ..

... the record for a County Championship fixture the 1475 for 27 wickets which went on scorebooks when Nortbants and Surrey met 1920 And it was 20 runs behind Leicestershire’s most prolific scoring game when with Worcestershire they reached an aggregate 1425 ...

Published: Wednesday 16 July 1947
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 1925 | Page: 9 | Tags: none