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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In the Diocese of Drontheim, Norway, a snow hill in Straboyden parish collapsed on the 18th past, killing 17 people and many cattle, destroying houses, and diverting a river, likely due to rain and melting snow. Reported from Copenhagen on May 3.
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We have received Advices from Norway, of a melancholy Accident that has happened in the Diocese of Drontheim. On the 18th past, between 5 and 6 in the Evening, a Hill of Snow in the Parish of Straboyden, tumbled down in an Instant, and fell in the River, that ran at the Bottom of it, filled up its Bed, and obliged it to take another Course. The fall of this Hill dragged the Land after it, for the Space of a Quarter of a Mile around; it destroyed several Houses, and killed 17 People, besides a great Number of Cattle. The Cause of this Accident, it is thought was owing to the Rains, and the melting of the Snow, which had insensibly undermined the Foundation of the Hill.
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Diocese Of Drontheim, Norway
Event Date
18th Past
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killed 17 people, besides a great number of cattle; destroyed several houses; river obliged to take another course
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A Hill of Snow in the Parish of Straboyden tumbled down in an Instant between 5 and 6 in the Evening, fell in the River at the Bottom of it, filled up its Bed, and obliged it to take another Course. The fall dragged the Land after it for a Quarter of a Mile around. The Cause was owing to the Rains and the melting of the Snow, which had undermined the Foundation of the Hill.