Rumble That Wasn't Indigestion ; Chris Upton Explains the Unusual Weather in the Midlands During June 1931 Which Brought a Heatwave, Floods and Then a Whirling Tornado Which Devastated the East Side of Birmingham

Birmingham Post › July 03, 2004

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Mr Harold Ward was idly gazing out of his front window when the rumbling started.

It was too loud and too soon after lunch to have been anybody's insides. Indeed, the sound seemed to coming from the direction of Hall Green, where no one ever had indigestion.

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Rumble That Wasn't Indigestion ; Chris Upton Explains the Unusual Weather in the Midlands During June 1931 Which Brought a Heatwave, Floods and Then a Whirling Tornado Which Devastated the East Side of Birmingham

Shortly after the rumbling a tree flew past his gate. Mr Ward thought it looked like a beech, but the leaves seemed to be a little too round. It was at this moment that Mr Ward's house fell down. Identifying the kind of tree was not quite as important by then.

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