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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

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Flood of Writs Against Hospital and Doctors Total of £70,000 Claimed Sydney

Southern Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 3

Allan Jackson Hawke, of Belmont Konil, Mosman, has issued a for £5,000 damages against the Sydney Hospital, alleging certain grievances…

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“The Storm.”

The Yass Courier · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 4

To-day the name of House Peters in the motion picture world is one to conjure with. He is a young South Australian who has leaped to fame by…

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Dangerous Cyclone. Shipping Warned

Young Witness · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Meteorologist issued a warning to shipping to-day that a dangerous cyclone had appeared between New…

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Rains on Coast Cyclone Predicted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 1

The cloudy to overcast and unsettled conditions which existed over N.S.W. yesterday were not responsible for any heavy falls of rain. The South Coast…

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Lost in a Storm. Five Persons Parish

Young Witness · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY Wednesday.—During the voyage of the Danish barque Sterna, which arrived in Melbourne yesterday, a boat containing the third…

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Terrific Cyclone Steamer's Close Call

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 1

It is reported that the steamer Rona had a narrow escape from destruction on the voyage from Suva to Sydney. For two days the vessel was hove to. Huge…

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Cyclone Racing

Young Witness · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 5

SUVA, Wednesday—A cyclonic storm is raging at Apia in the Sauwa Group. It is reported to be travelling towards Fiji…

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“The Storm.” a First Night Triumph

The Yass Courier · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 4

On Tuesday night the first picture performance in the Memorial Hall was given by Mr. Stabback to the largest crowd ever seen at an…

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Cable News France and Germany. British Army and Navy. Deported Irishmen. Terrible Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 1

A report from Dortmund says that one resident was killed and two were wounded during the firing between Germans and French…

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Cable News. Floods Cause Loss of Life

Young Witness · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 4

LONDON, March 115—The "Daily Express" correspondent at Athens states that violent deluges occurred in Macedonia. Southern Serbia, and…

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Violent Storm. Man Killed by Lightning. Housed Damaged

Young Witness · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday A man as yet unidentified was killed by lighthing during a storm at Granville last night. The deceased was…

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Secrets of the Great War. the Flood of Disclosures. Unauthorised Publication of Official Documents. (Copyright—Australian Press Assn.)

Young Witness · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 4

LONDON, March 17.—The thirteenth of Mr. Lloyd George's series of article is entitled Concerning War Memoirs," and deals with the…

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Storm in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 1

During the storm on Tuesday evening a number of Sydney suburbs were plunged In darkness, Several trams, a church, and a number of tramway…

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Terrific Storm. City People Alarmed. Fire Ball in George Street. Useful Rains Recorded

Young Witness · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A terrific storm alarmed city and suburban inhabitants last eveniong, when 107 points of rain fell, causing a certain…

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Floods in Africa. Zambesi River Overflows. Thousands Driven From Homes

Young Witness · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 1

CAPETOWN, March 21.—There has been extensive f[?]ding of the Zambes[?] River country. Railway communication has been broken and…

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Miss Gish Always in Film Jeopardy Screen Star Would Appreciate Role Where There's No Physical Menace. Beneath the Guillotine. Ten Hours Under Glistening Axe in "Orphans of the Storm," Griffith Picture

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 2

Perhaps, some day, D. W. Griffith will have a screen role for Lillian Gish, in which she will not be put in jeopardy of her life. It is quito certain that she would…

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Torrential Rains. Cyclone in Queensland

Young Witness · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A dangerous tropical cyclone is raging on the extreme north coast of Queensland. Violent seas are running along the…

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Miss Gish Always in Film Jeopardy. Screen Star Would Appreciate Role Where There's No Physical Menace. Beneath the Guillotine. Ton Hours Under Gilstening Axe in "Orphans of the Storm," Griffith Picture

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 4

Perhaps, some day, D. W. Griffith will have a screen role for Lillian Gish, in which she will not be put in jeopardy of her life. It is quite certain that she would…

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Thrilling Sea Rescue Fishing Boat in Gale Crew All Unconscious

Southern Morning Herald · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 4

In what is said to be the biggest hurricane remembered by sea captains who sail the Irish Sea, a thrilling rescue was effected about ten miles off Point of…

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Swept Away Woman in Storm Water Channel a Night on a Pile. Sydney

Southern Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 1

A Russian woman, name unknown, fell from a bridge at Annandale last night and dropped into a stormwater channel…

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