School: Flower Hill (roll number 12788)

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1. The Burning of Spicer's Flour Mill

   

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   Spicer's old flour mill which is situated beside the Nash Mfg. Cmpany's works, on the Boyne, was destroyed by fire in 1918. All the machinery and flour was damaged. There were no lives lost. The damage done was estimated at £20,000. There was a watchman there but he did not notice the fire till it was too late. It was never rebuilt but part of it is used as Davis' stationery store-room.

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
         1. fires (~306)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Stanley Elliott

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Flower Hill, Co. Meath

2. The Snow-Storm of 1933

   

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   There was a severe snow-storm in 1933. There were no signs to warn us that we were going to have such a heavy fall. The snow piled up in some

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