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Weather & Floods

This topic appears in 33 indexed records between 1818 and 1916.
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1916 Latest Record
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July 29, 2023
July 29, 2023

Harpers Ferry Correspondence to Shepherdstown

Correspondence of the Shepherdstown Register.HARPER’S FERRY, Dec. 14, 1849. MESSRS. EDITORS:– Your friends and patrons here have been much gratified by the appearance of the first and second numbers of the “Shepherdstown Register,” and you have […]
December 18, 1849
November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025

Severe Damage to the B&O, Winchester RR

VIOLENT RAIN STORM– DAMAGE TO THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.– An express was received in this city last evening from Harper’s Ferry, stating that a violent storm of rain occurred in the vicinity of that place […]
September 9, 1843
November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025

Freshet in the Potomac

GREAT FRESHET IN THE POTOMAC.– The rains of last week melting the masses of snow on the Alleghany Mountains caused a sudden and heavy freshet in the Potomac River. The water rose higher than at any […]
April 19, 1843
June 14, 2026
June 14, 2026

Chenoweth, Shop struck by lightning.

The shop of Mr. JAMES B. CHENOWETH, of Bolivar, was struck by lightning, on Sunday afternoon last. The most of the weather-boarding at one end was taken off, several pieces of the frame split to pieces, […]
June 6, 1833
October 21, 2025
October 21, 2025

Shepherdstown, Harpers Ferry Pestilence; Crops & Drought

SHEPHERDSTOWN, VA. SEPT. 12– We understand by a gentleman directly from Harper’s Ferry, that the disease which has been so malignant at that place, continues to rage with unabating violence. Never was it known to have […]
September 21, 1821
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 12 records
1900s 5 records
1840s 3 records
1870s 3 records
1860s 2 records
1810s 2 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Weather & Floods" across historical collections.

Moler
4 records
Welsh
3 records
Caton
3 records
Duke
2 records
Strother
2 records
Trundle
2 records
Staley
2 records
Bratt
2 records
Houser
2 records
Knott
2 records
Flanagan
2 records
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