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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

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Master Movie "Orphans of the Storm"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 5

The masterpiece picture, "Tito Orphans or the Storm," secrened at the strand picture theatre to-day is another of the great achievements of the master…

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At the Movies "Orphans of the Storm"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 5

Each session of the "Orphans of the Storm," screened at the Strand for the first time yesterday, drew large audience. Remarkable features of this film…

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With Hurley In Unknown Papua Mighty Fly River Terrible Jungle Storms (Specially Written for "The Sun."—Copyright)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 1

I am looking across a vast breadth of waters, that glide deeply by our anchorage, to the distant bank faint in haze. To stem the…

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The Storm Rider

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 7

Just before Christmas England was swept by a terrific gale. These extracts from a report show: "North Derbyshire and North Staffordshire suffered most…

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Thrilling Rescues in Heavy Gale German Barque Lost LONDON, Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 5

The German five-masted barque. Adolf Vinnen, has been wrecked in a gale on the Lizard, while on her maiden voyage from Bremen, to…

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Coal Hulk Wrecked Sinks During Gale

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 4

Details of misadventures which overtook two coal hulks in Wellington harbor last week, owing to a north-westerly gale, were brought to…

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Tropical Cyclone. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 5

The State Meteorologist stated to-night that a tropical cyclone is situated south of the line joining New Caledonia and Fiji, and is probably moving in a…

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Wrecks in the Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 5

In the heavy westerly gale that has been raging off the American coast, both in the Pacific and Atlantic, a number of vessels have come to grief…

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Coastal Storms Byron Bay

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 1

Shipping is still Interrupted. The Wollongbar, which arrived on Thursday, day not get all her passengers, mails, and perishable goods off until…

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The Atlantic Gales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 5

Gales and zero weather continue unabated, playing havoc with the Atlantic shipping. The liner Vasari rescued the crew of…

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Reed in Storm Senator Reed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 1

of the United State, who, in the debate on the war debt settlement said that America would get the money from Britain if she had…

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"End of the World" New Zealand Storm Cyclone Works Havoc AUCKLAND

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 7

A terrific hailstorm at Dargaville created widespread havoc. For ten minutes the cyclonic storm raged over a prescribed area, Pedestrians…

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Rona in a Cyclone. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 4

The steamer Rona had a battle with a cyclone an route from Fiji. The vessel encountered a cyclone on Tuesday of last week, and was hove-to…

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Storms in Britain. Exceptional Severity Eight Vessels Wrecked (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 5

Snowstorms in the Midlands and North of England and in Scotland are of exceptional severity. Many towns are snowbound, and villages isolated…

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The Storm Centre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 5

The storm centre still remains at Gelsenkirchen, while a state of siege is rigidly enforced. All resorts are closed from seven o'clock daily…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. Atlantic Gales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 5

Several cables have spoken of the Atlantic gales. They have been of extraordinary violence. They have also been of long duration. And it has been one…

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When Hell Froze Fisher Hoists the Storm Signal Mutter of Distant Thunder No. 3.—Churchill's Memoirs. "The Sun's" Exclusive Series—Copyright

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 6

Some earlier chapters of Mr. Churchill's first volume give particulars of famous sailors who screed with him at the Admiralty, and of developments in naval policy and practice in the years before the war. From these chapters we take a few…

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Harbour Trust v. Flood Mitigation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 7

Sir,—My attention has been drawn to certain evidence given before the Harbour Trust Commission relative to the closing of the South Channel at Ash Island…

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Gales in Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 5

Gales of seventy miles an hour are raging in many districts in Britain. Even the Cunarder Berengaria is stormbound off the Isle of Wight. A number…

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Gales at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 5

The s.s. Ba[?]ffshire, bound for Sydney, encountered a terrific hurricane in the Bristol Channel. In the height of the storm a fire broke out in the forehold,…

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