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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1897

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The Mississippi Flood

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 4

The American Congress has voted £440,000 for the relief of the sufferers by the recent floods in the Missisippi River…

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Heavy Floods. New Zealand

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1897 · page 3

HEAVY floods are reported from Hawke's Bay, causing great destruction to roads and bridges. Two men have been drowned by the…

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Auckland. Floods

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1897 · page 3

Heavy floods have occurred at Hawke's Bay, doing great destruction to roads and bridges. Two men were drowned by the floods, and two boats, containing ten men are…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 April 1897 · page 2

A number of people were drowned and immense damage done to property in Hawke's Bay district, New Zealand, by heavy floods on the river…

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Floods in New Zealand. Two Men Drowned.—ten Missing

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 April 1897 · page 4

Wellington, Saturday—Boisterous weather has been experienced during the holidays. Telegraphic communication with the greater part of the…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 2

In connection with the disastrous floods in the Hawke's Bay district, farther, details have, been received. The, trouble was cauedd mainly by…

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Heavy Rain. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 5

HEAVY rain fell yesterday, but it was only local…

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Heavy Snow Storms. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1897 · page 5

HEAVY snowstorms have fallen in Wiltshire, and in the midland Counties and Scotland…

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Cyclone. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1897 · page 5

A TERRIFIC cyclone was blowing at Captain's Flat, near Mudgee, this morning. The brick engine shed of the Lake George Gold-mining Company was blown…

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Violent Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1897 · page 2

A storm having cyclonic force passed over a portion of the Newcastle district between five and six this morning, causing considerable consternation amongst the residents…

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Cyclone at Newcastle. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1897 · page 5

A STORM having cyclonic force passed over a portion of the Newcastle district between five and six o'clock this morning, causing considerable consternation among the…

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Cyclone in Sydney. Great Damage. Buildings Unroofed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1897 · page 3

A heavy cyclone swept the western suburbs of Sydney at 10 o'clock this morning, doing great damage to property, Chimneys were blown…

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A Terrible Cyclone in Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 3

A TERRIBLE cyclonic storm passed over some of the Western suburbs about 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning. It came from the North by way of Greenwich and…

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Violent Gale at Sea. Considerable Loss of Life. Wreck of a Warship

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 5

A violent gale occurred in the Irish sea. Great damage was done to shipping, and there was considerable loss…

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Cyclone at Paris. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1897 · page 5

A TERRIBLE cyclone swept over Paris and the suburbs to-day, many houses and factories being wrecked, carriages overturned in the streets, and 20 persons up to the…

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Cyclone in Paris. Loss of Life

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 June 1897 · page 2

A terrible cyclone occurred in Paris. It only lasted ten seconds, but many houses and factories were wrecked. Twenty persons were…

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A Balloon in a Gale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 3

HOW many people know that the j most furious gale that ever blew the occupants of a "free" balloon are in an absolute calm; so calm,…

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Floods in France. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1897 · page 5

Disastrous floods have occurred in the South of France, three hundred lives being lost, and property to the extent of about £8,000,000 damaged…

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Disastrous Floods

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1897 · page 3

Disastrous floods have taken place in the South of France. Three hundred persons are known to have perished. The damage to buildings, crops, etc., is estimated at…

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Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company) Sydney. Monday, 3.38 p.m. Heavy Rain

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 2

RAIN still continues ; nearly six inches have fallen in the city since last Friday. [Owing to the line being interrupted we received no further wire up to the time of going to press.]…

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