DEVASTATION IN QUEENSLAND.
TRAIL OF THE CYCLONE. HUNDRED MILE AN HOUR GALE. associates —CJ?IS:GHT.I SiSALUS ASS S.J. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) BRISBANE, February 12. Communication with the cyclones;r:cken urea of North (Queensland is ull ■ terrupted. -Messages received from the commissioner oi police state thai hundreds o: (juuple neru rescued by the poii'.e in the inundated areas. iully river at Toivnsville !•> six inilc.i wide. Heaw rains iw>re .still iallni.. ulien the was dispatched. [he Burdekin river hn.s reached the Inchest level on reroid.
At Ingham the water is six feet deep iii the shops. 'lhe wind, when it struck Cairns, had a velocity of 100 i'..:lts an hour. It shook the most .substantial buildings, nnd at frequent intervals tho crashing of falling trees, tele *raph poles, and flying iron eould be heard. By midnight the storm had reached its greatest intensity. Wind and rain swept the city with terrific force, convertinc tho streets into lakes in nddition to clomp other damage. The Customs House was almost totally destroyed.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18925, 14 February 1927, Page 9
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