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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1888

23 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2

Terrible Gales

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 4

Heavy gales at the West Indies have occurred. A schooner capsized and thirteen of the crew were drowned. The crew of another English ship were…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Floods in China

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1888 · page 4

THERE have been great floods in the river Ho-ang-ho in China, and two millions of inhabitants are rendered utterly destitute thereby…

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Heavy Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 4

There were also heavy floods, and between Friday and Saturday no less than 20 inches of rain fell at Rockhampton. The greater part of that town is under…

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Destructive Snow Storms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 4

The snow storms in America have resulted in losses estimated at 20,000,000 dollars. Twelve pilot boats and one hundred coasting vessels were wrecked. One…

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Terrible Storm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 8

A terrific storm and tidal wave raged over both islands yesterday, and extensive damage to property occurred in Wellington. Buildings were levelled to the…

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Floods and Gales in Edrope

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1888 · page 3

A VIOLENT gale swept over Hungary on the 29th March, causing a great number of serious casualties. In several towns disastrous fires…

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Floods in America

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1888 · page 5

Disastrous floods have taken place in the valley of the Mississippi. Two hundred square miles of country have been inundated, and thousands of acres of…

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Storm and Calm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 1

All day the angry south wind roaring past With warm, tumultuous showers of fitful rain, Battled upon my streaming window pane. And through the autumn woodlands driving fast,…

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Floods in Mexico

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 4

Disastrous floods have taken place in Mexico, and fifteen hundred persons were drowned…

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Severe Thunder-storms and Loss of Life

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 3

The most violent thunder-storm of recent years was experienced, in Scotland, on Saturday, May 19. The reports show that the storm…

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Terrible Storm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 4

News has been received of a great storm at Valapariso, South America, which caused the wreck of seven vessels and drowned twenty four people. Many disasters also…

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Destructive Storm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1888 · page 5

During the destructive storm which occurred along the Chili coast, several hundreds were drowned, and property to the extent of a million dollars destroyed…

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Floods in Mexico

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1888 · page 3

DESPATCHES from the city of Mexico bring the news of frightful floods in that country, attended with great loss of life, the destruction of numberless dwellings, and the washing away of…

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Floods in Mexico

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1888 · page 4

DESPATCHES from the city of Mexico bring the news of frightful floods in that country, attended with great loss of life, the destruction of numberless dwellings, and the washing away of…

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Severe Gales

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1888 · page 4

A succession of severe gales is having a ruinous effect upon the harvest in England…

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Great Flood on the Planet Mars

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1888 · page 3

No one of our neighbors in the solar system is better known to terrestrial astronomers than "the red planet Mars," partly because of its relative proximity--35,000,000 miles--and partly because…

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Great Cyclone

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1888 · page 5

A terrible cyclone has been experienced in Cuba, and most of the public buildings were completely wrecked. The shipping at Havana has been greatly damaged, the…

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Heavy Rain

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 November 1888 · page 8

It is raining hard, and is likely to continue…

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Heavy Gale

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 November 1888 · page 2
Also in The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser

There was a heavy gale yesterday, and a large number of accidents occurred in the harbor, but fortunately without fatal results…

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