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6 stories in New England's papers
WE have used the word "deluge" advisedly,simply because the word flood will not convey to the reader's mind the real event that has just happened ; the only wonder is that there is any person left to tell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A great flood has occurred at Grafton, and ten lives were lost. The water, like great waves, rushed into the town on Sunday night, submerging nearly all the buildings. The water was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THIS is the term used by the 'C. and R. Examiner' as to the late terrible visitation at Grafton. An abridgment of its account appears in the 'G. I. Examiner' of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following, from the 'C. and R. Examiner' of July 25, will give some idea of the tremendous losses sustained along the river out of Grafton:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CHICAGO, July 6.-- Further particulars have been received of the storm near Dubuque. Iowa on the night of the 4th, The little hamlet of Rockdale three miles south-west of that city, was swept away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE fiercest southerly gale known in the records of the colony began about 9.30 p.m. on Sunday last. Throughout that day (says the Evening News) a steady south-west with a wintry chill continued…
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