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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

198 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 10

North Atlantic Storms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 5

Unusually heavy storms in the North Atlantic are doing grave damage to shipping. All the great liners are arriving days…

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Dust Storm Maitland Road

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 7

Maitland-road, Islington, had a large share of the dust storm on Saturday. The whole of the main thoroughfare from the high-level…

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Fierce Dust Storm Dirty Christmas Box Cobar Darkened Three Inches on Beds DUBBO

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 5

Mr. W. H. C. Chapple, mine manager of Cobar, states that he has lived at Cobar for 26 years and endured many duststorms. but none equal to…

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Western Storm Damage at Trangie TRANGIE

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 5

Much damage was done by Saturday's storm. A cottage belonging to Mr. Holmes was completely wrecked. The roof collapsed, and the wall fell…

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Wickham's Youths "Wildest in the World" Damage to Flood Gates

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 4

"Boys will be boys, but the youth of Wickham are the limit." said a Government official this morning; "they are the wildest in the world."…

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Torrential Rain 375 Points in One Hour Storm Causes Damage BRISBANE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 5

Severe cyclonic storms passed over Taroom yesterday, accompanied by hall. Three hundred and seventy points of rain fell in an hour, Several…

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Terrific Storm Rain in Torrents CASINO

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 2

A terrific storm broke over the Casino district on Thursday. The lightning was most vivid, and there was a continuous roll of thunder…

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Repairs to Floodgates

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

A start has been made with the work of repairing the flood gates at Wallis Creek. A gang of men from the Public Works Department is at work, and a…

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Fight in Cork Rebels Sweep Down Storm Attack in Street LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 5

A "storm troop attack" was made at Mill-street, County Cork, but failed after a seven-hour battle. The rebels swept down on every…

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On Fire at Sea During Storm Burning Cutter's Dash

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 6

On duty on the cliffs above the old-world English fishing village of Eatington, at the mouth of the Humber, a coastguard observed a flare a few…

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Causes of Flood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 5

As rain falls on the earth a portion is Immediately returned to the atmosphere, the remainder soaks into the earth, and as the surface of the…

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Rugby Storm Dominion Players International Chances LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 1

The storm in the Rugby world over the selection of Dominion players in international matches continues. cording to the "Evening News." it not…

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Cessnock Storm

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 7

Cessnock was visited by a heavy thunderstorm about four o'clock yesterday. After it had passed in a northerly direction, heavy rain fell…

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"Orphans of the Storm."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 6

The management of the Strand announces that the season of "Orphans of the Storm" will commence next Monday. The story is one or the French…

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Children of the Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 6

On Monday there will be the first screenings of "Children of the Storm," D. W. Griffith's visualisation of the French Revolution. The parts of the…

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Orphans of the Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 6

On Monday, at the Strand Theatre there will be screened D. W. Griffith's great records of the French revolution. It is entitled "Orphans of the Storm," and the…

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Best Picture Yet "Orphans of the Storm"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 4

Full particulars of this magnificent picture will be contained in a page advertisement in the "Sun" to-morrow. interviewed this morning in reference…

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Orphans of the Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 6

On Monday, at the Strand Theatre, there will be screened "Orphans of the Storm," D. W. Griffith's picturisation of the French Revolution. The greatest care…

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Orphans of the Storm Romance and Terror Revolutionaly France

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 7

At the strand Theatre on Monday one of the greatest. If not the greatest, pictures that have been shown there will be screened. "The Or[?] of the…

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Lillian Gish Star in 'Orphans of the Storm' To Be Seen at' the Strand

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 7

"Lillian's main qualities are her s[?]acerlty and loyalty," said Mary Pickford, sitting there in the golden afternoon beside placid Lake Chatsworth,…

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