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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1877

5 stories in New England's papers

Disastrous Floods in Roumania. London, May 24

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1877 · page 4

There have been disastrous floods in Roumania, which carried away bridges, railways, and other works…

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The Two Greatest Storms on Record

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1877 · page 3

THE most terrible storm which has, perhaps, ever occurred, is that which has been called the Great Storm. It occurred, or rather its worst effects were experienced, on October 10, 1780…

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Birds Foretelling Storms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 July 1877 · page 7

THE following information, furnished byGeneral Couch, an ornithologist, will interest many of our readers:—" Some years ago, while crossing the ocean, I…

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What Is a Cyclone?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 November 1877 · page 7

A QUANTITY of air, having become heated at the surface of the earth, wants to make its way upwards, but finds its progress stopped by a body of cold air. These…

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A Storm in America. Terrific Force of the Wind

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 December 1877 · page 3

THE most remarkable arid startling catastrophe (says the Omaha Herald) which has ever occurred in this vicinity was the destruction of 500 feet of the eastern end of the Union Pacific…

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