TERRIFIC STORM
WREAKS HAVOC AT CAIRNS STREETS CONVERTED INTO LAKES BRISBANE, Feb. 12. Communications with the cyclonestricken area of North Queensland is still interrupted. Messages received from the Commissioner of Police stlate that hundreds of people were rescued by th© police in the inundated areas. The Tully River at Townsville is six miles wide, and heavy rains were still falling when the message was despatched. The Burdekin River is at the highest level on record. At Ingham the water is six feet in the shops. The wind when it struck Cairns had a velocity of 100 miles an hour. It shook -the most substantial buildings and at frequent intervals the crashing of falling trees, telegraph poles, and flying iron could be hdard. By midnight the storm had reached its greatest intensity. Wind and rain swept the city with terrific force, converting the streets into lakes. In addition to other damage the Customs House was almost totally destroyed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19766, 14 February 1927, Page 7
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157TERRIFIC STORM Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19766, 14 February 1927, Page 7
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