DISASTROUS STORM.
QUEENSLAND TOWNS SWEPT
J. EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ] (Reed. .1.80 a.m.) BRISBANE. Mar 13. ''■ Further reports of Sunday's storm state that Innisfail, formerly called Geraldton, ;" was completely wrecked. Practically every house in tho district was demolished. Eight peoplo were killed, and many injured. Gordonvale, Atherton, and other " places near Cairns were seriously damaged. "■' Large numbers of peoplo are homeless. Owing to tho disorganisation of communication it is impossible to obtain the full extent of the disaster.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16798, 14 March 1918, Page 6
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