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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1891

8 stories in New England's papers

Floods in China

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 7

THE floods now devastating Northern China cause great misery. To anyone looking south from Tientsin, no land appears for 30 miles, and…

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Our Story. a Thunderstorm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1891 · page 7

WAS journeying from Peterborough, afoot, when, being overtaken by a sudden storm, I put up for shelter under a large widespread oak by the…

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Fearful Storm. Some Terrible Experiences

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 3

SOME of the crew of the steamship James Turpie, of North Shields, who lately arrived at their homes in that town, gives particulars of a fearful storm encountered…

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Why Thunderstorms Affect Milk

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1891 · page 3

DURING electrical disturbances, it seems that cream and milk are put into a condition to sour easily. The probable cause of this, the editor of…

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Traveller. Chased by a Cyclone

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 10

WITHIN a few rods of the opening of the gulch I heard a roar, as of oncoming [?] Nan cried out again to her horse, the animal lurched forward yet faster, and in a moment…

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The Floods. a Tale of Terror

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 7

AT Gundagai the heavy floods have been attended with some most sensational and tragic experience. On Saturday night news reached the town that two men were…

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The Floods in Spain. London, Sep. 19

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 3

FLOODS in the valleys of the Ebro, Quadalquiver, Tagus, and other rivers have rendered hundreds of thousands of the inhabitants homeless and destitute. The starving multitude is…

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Safe Places in Thunderstorms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1891 · page 7

ACCORDING to Professor Rowland, of Baltimore, who has recently been lecturing on the subject, the safest of all places in a thunderstorm is…

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