MOUNTAINOUS SEAS
CYCLONE OFF QUEENSLAND. SHIPPING HELD UP ON COAST. . (United Press Association.) • (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) BRISBANE, January 6. A cyclone suddenly descended on the Queensland coast yesterday, catching shipping unawares., The steamer Morinda suffered the full force of the gale, and hove to.
The Kallatina arrived ,at Cooktown from Thursday Island many hours late. The passengers told a thrilling , story of their experiences. _ Mountainous seas buffeted the ship all night. At one stage the position was so serious that lifebuoys and lifebelts were issued to the passengers and crew. To add to the danger the steering apparatus failed, and the vessel was steered through the cyclone by temporary means.
All along the coast f he shipping was held up. Telegraphic comriiunication north of Townsville was interrupted.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20918, 7 January 1930, Page 7
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