ST SWITHIN’S DAY.
English Drought Broken by Violent Storm. LONDON, July 19. On the eve of St Swithin’s Day, when according to legend, if it rains, it will rain daily for six weeks, the drought broke throughout England. Violent storms flooded many roads and houses, marooning traffic. In East Denbighshire there occurred the greatest rainfall in living memory, 2fin an hour. Immediately >after, 1000 miners ceased work owing to lack of Lightning caused great damage and killed a farmer at Kirkcudbright. Prince George, visiting unemployed in the Midlands, continued his tour among cheering thousands in one of the worst thunderstorms for years.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20367, 26 July 1934, Page 1
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102ST SWITHIN’S DAY. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20367, 26 July 1934, Page 1
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