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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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      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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