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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1897

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. The Weather. Slight Floods. Boats Ashore. a Boy Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 2

The wet spell which extended over almost the entire colony continued last night. Most stationS to-day report a resumption of fine weather…

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Flood Prevention. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1897 · page 5

IT is stated that the towns in the valley of the Hunter could be removed to higher sites at a cost less than that required for the proposed scheme of flood prevention by…

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Notes from the Antipodes. Terrific Storm at Chalons

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 8

A terrific storm burst out recently at Chalons sur Marne and the district. At Sarry hailstones as big as [?]ens' eggs fell on the fields, where they…

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Unequalled Floods. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 5

FLOODS have occurred at Silicia, South Germany, which have been unequalled during the present century, the damage being estimated at many million marks,…

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Terrible Floods. [By Cable] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 5

THE floods in Silesia and Southern Germany have resulted in widespread disaster. Harrowing scenes have occurred in the flooded districts of Silesia and Saxony,…

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Devastating Floods

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 3

Two hundred thousand people have been rendered homeless by the floods in Silesia and Saxony. The damage done is estimated at about three millions…

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Another Paris Cyclone

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 8

A cyclone, similar in effect to that whcih swept over Paris during the month of August last year, recently visited the suburbs of the city. The…

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Terrific Gale

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 5

A great gale has swept over the British Isles. Many shipwrecks and land disasters are reported…

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Provincial Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 2

M. Turrel, Minister of Public Worke, visited at Ile-eu-Dodon in his and task of inspecting the amount of damage done by the late storms. On…

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In a Jungle Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 2

People who have never been in a jungle talk of the sky as a painter talks of the horizon or a seafaring man of the offing,-- as if when you wanted to see if you need use…

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Telegrams. Sydney,, Tuesday. Cyclone Encountered

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 October 1897 · page 2

The Union Company's steamer Ta[?] which left Sydney for Fiji on September 22nd, encountered a cyclone on the second day from…

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In a Jungle Storm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 6

PEOPLE who have never been in jungle talk of the sky as a painter talks of the horizon or a seafaring man of the offing,— as if when you wanted…

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Cyclone

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 5

The Island of Leyte, in the Phillipines, has been devestated by a cyclone, resulting in great destruction of life and property…

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Our Wires. (Per Creville's Telegram Company) Sydney. Monday, 11.12 a.m. a Strong Gale

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1897 · page 3

A strong "north-easter'' prevailed yesterday. Several boats were capsized in the harbor, but no lives were lost…

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A Gathering Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1897 · page 2

WHO would be a Premier--especially a Freetrade Prime Minister? Mr. Reid, as the Ministerial head of this colony, has, within the last week or two, been the subject…

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A Cyclone. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 5

LATER accounts of the cyclonic storm on Friday evening state that the township of Nhill was almost swept away, the damage to that town alone being £50,000…

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The Recent Storm. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 December 1897 · page 5

MANY incidents or heroism in rescue worn are reported to have taken place during the recent gale that passed over the British Isles…

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Terrible Gales in England. London, November 30

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 December 1897 · page 6

Lator details of yesterdays gale show that it was most disastrous. Great damage was done all along the coast to whipping and buildings…

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Floods on the Manning. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1897 · page 5

FLOODS are reported on the Manning River over 10 inches of rain having fallen there since Friday last. Bridges and culverts have been swept…

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Floods on the Manning

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 6

Whoreas only a few days ago the the Manning people were bewailing the disastrous effects of a four months' drought, they are now complaining of…

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