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Featured here are such diverse tales as mining disasters, freak weather conditions, industrial catastrophes, train crashes and tragic accidents, including the Oadby woman who was killed by a wasp sting in 1925 and Dorothy Cain, who performed her first ever parachute jump in 1926 — without her parachute.

A Grim Almanac of Leicestershire

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    Publisher: The History Press Ltd
    Publication Date: 5/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780752487441, 978-0752487441
    ISBN10: 0752487442
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    Dictionaries, Reference & Language Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Featured here are such diverse tales as mining disasters, freak weather conditions, industrial catastrophes, train crashes and tragic accidents, including the Oadby woman who was killed by a wasp sting in 1925 and Dorothy Cain, who performed her first ever parachute jump in 1926 — without her parachute.

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