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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Steven White

Mega storm destroyed village but one woman refused to leave living alone among ruins

A once thriving fishing village along the south coast of England was wiped out by a savage storm but one stubborn woman refused to leave.

Remarkably all 79 inhabitants of Hallsands in Devon escaped and survived, including a one-week old baby who was carried to safety in a fisherman's basket.

The houses were not so lucky though with 37 of them, plus the local shop and pub, washed away in the January, 1917 storm that lasted four days.

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