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1. Local Happenings

   

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   There was a shipwreck and drowning at Aranmore Island two years and a half ago. There were ships and boats lost in the neighborhood. The people were drowned and the ships were wrecked on a rock. A lot of lives were lost. No warning was given beforehand. Disasters have also occurred on Lough Swilly.

   There was a drapery shop burned in Ramelton last autumn, and a grocer shop burned in Culbuoy a year ago. There does be a lot of great fires when some people do be married.

   There have been epidemics of flu and diphtheria recently, and a few have died with diphtheria.

   

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2. Severe Weather

   

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   We had severe weather this winter, thunder, lightning, wind and rain. There was a great storm many years ago. A ship called The Robroy was wrecked on Lough Swilly and the men were drowned. It is over forty years ago since she was wrecked. When there is a storm coming there does be a blue blaze in the fire. There has been damage done to houses by storms. Boats have been destroyed and trees uprooted. There was a heavy storm in April about twenty years ago and it lasted almost three weeks. There was another

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   Topics

   1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ernest Speer

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Ballyboencurragh, Co. Donegal