RAIN-MAKING ATTEMPT TO BREAK DROUGHT
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.Kecci vud futjsday, 7 p.in. LOXSOX, Xov. 11. Ihe ( ity oi Manclicstcr, n,s u rosui of the eoiitinuing drought in Lanca shire, is now reduced to 12 days water supply and drastic rationint : restrictions are in force. In order ti assist in carrying water to parts of the city where the supply lias alreadj failed, tlie Army mustered a convov oJ 200 locwt. water trucks, manv oi' then. veterans of the war, and placedc then, at the disposal of the City Corporation In an elfort to break t'he (lrought au experiment in rainmaking by dropping drv ice from aireraft upon suitabh cloitd formations, is to be carried ou. over Manchester 's ehief reservoir a> Longdendale this week.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 November 1947, Page 5
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