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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1875

7 stories in New England's papers

The Floods in the Hunter District

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1875 · page 2

ON Friday afternoon last, still there were no mails from Sydney arrived at Armidale. We only received the 'Singleton Argus' of the 3rd, and the 'Mercury' of…

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Snow Storm in Scotland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1875 · page 8

THE recent snow storm proved very disastrous to the Scotch railways and as will be seen from the following much danger threatened the passengers…

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A Mud Flood in Java

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1875 · page 4

ONE side of the wall of the crater of the Kloet, a volcano in Java, within which crater there is a lake, has given way, thereby causing a torrent of mud to overflow the neighbouring country ; the…

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Snow Storms Andlove-making

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1875 · page 7

SNOW seems to have an enlivening effect upon almost everyone. While rain damps the spirits, and people go about under umbrellas looking cross and gloomy, rosy…

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The Great Floods in France

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1875 · page 3

A PARIS correspondent of the Times writes:—Accounts received from Toulouse, though at present imperfect, show that…

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Terrible Floods.—great Loss of Life

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1875 · page 6

THE heavy and incessant rain of the past few days has been followed by floods in various parts of the kingdom, attended unfortunately not only by a vast amount of damage to property, but by loss of life…

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A Storm in Texas.--150 Lives Lost

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 December 1875 · page 4

The terrible storm that raged last week in the Gulf of which we are now getting the sad details from the survivors of its fury, was one of the worst of which there is record. All day…

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