Damage by lightning House Struck At Princetown A renewal of the gale accompanied by thunder, lightning, and heavy rain, was experienced in the West yesterday. At Princetown where there was a 90 miles an hour wind, the house of the station master on the Great Western Railway was struck by […]
1920’s
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The house of Mr. Gibbon, stationmaster at Princetown Dartmoor, was struck by lightning last evening and Mr. Gibbon’s housekeeper had a remarkable escape from falling debris. Daily Mirror – Saturday 07 December 1929
Western Morning News – Monday 22 January 1923 LATE MR. H. COWLING FUNERAL OF PRINCETOWN STATIONMASTER. The funeral took place Saturday of Mr. Henry Cowling, late stationmaster at Princetown, who died last Monday after a brief illness. The coffin was conveyed to Dousland by train and carried from the station to Walkhampton, […]