A flood occurred in Louth on 29 May 1920, causing 23 deaths

 Louth Cemetery, Louth, Lincolnshire
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The sun was shining, the birds were singing, the grass was short.
What more could a grave-hunter ask for!

 
A flood occurred in the town on 29 May 1920, causing 23 deaths. One woman climbed a chimney to survive, another was the only survivor from a row of twelve terrace houses, which were destroyed by the flood waters.

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