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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1898

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Safe Plages in a Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 1

If out of doors avoid trees and all elevated objects. If the flash is followed instantly by the report, a recumbent position is the safest. Avoid rivers and ponds, because water is a…

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Yesterday's News. [By Telegraph.] [Through Our Special Agents.] More Wind Storms. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1898 · page 5

DESTRUCTIVE wind storms have again been experienced in various parts of the colony…

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Wind Storms

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 4

Strong wind storms are reported from many parts of the colony to-day and further rain is reported from a few stations…

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In Flood

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 3

The river Murray was at flood height yesterday…

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Destructive Floods

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 3

Disastrous floods have occurred in Northern China. The Yellow River overflowed its banks, and 2000 square miles of country are submerged. In…

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Auckland. Disastous Floods.--great Land Slips

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 3

Owing to recent heavy rains, extensive floods are being experienced. Railway lines are blocked. A heavy goods train was completely turned over, and the muddy water is…

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While The Flood Went Down

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 8

Some years ago I chanced to be one of a party stuck up by wet weather near a certain bush pub in for western Qneensland. It had rained almost…

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Heavy Storms in the U. S. A.

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 November 1898 · page 2

Heavy snow storms and severe gales have swept over the Eastern seaboard of the United States; traffic is paralysed in New York and…

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Terrific Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 3

A terrific storm has swept the New England coast. Two hundred wrecks, including the American steamer Portsland, occurred off [?] Massachusetts. Sixty-five of the…

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Terrible Storm. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 5

A TERRIBLE storm swept over the New England coast, America, 200 wrecks being reported,including the American steamer Portland, off Cape Cod, 65 passengers and…

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Hunter River Flood Prevention. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 5

IN regard to the proposed Royal Commission, to report upon the schemes submitted for the prevention of hoods in the Hunter district, the Premier has…

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