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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1877

5 stories in Northern Rivers's papers

Cyclone and Storm Wave in Bengal. a Quarter of a Million of People Destroyed

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 3

THE 'Armita Bazar Patrika' of the 23rd November, publishes the following information about the late cyclone and the terrible storm wave which accompained it:—…

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Snow Storm in America

Northern Star · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 3

"AN American" writes from 32, Great St. Helen's, on the unprecedented weather lately experienced in the United States. He says —Some idea of the weather may be gathered…

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Floods and Droughts

Northern Star · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 4

IN reviewing the seasons of 1876, and the meteorological results, the Saturday 'Review' observes, in reference to floods and droughts: —"Up to a certain point, the cure for floods…

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What is a Cyclone

Northern Star · Saturday 25 August 1877 · page 4

A QUANTITY of air having become heated at the surface of the earth, wants to make its why upwards, but linds its progress stopped by a body of cold air. These two, like the…

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Storm in Brisbane

Northern Star · Saturday 15 December 1877 · page 4

ONE of the heaviest storms of thunder and lightning over witnessed in Brisbane, occurred on Thursday, the 22nd ultimo. There was a moderately heavy storm early in the…

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