BENT LIKE CANDLES
IRON TELEGRAPH POSTS. WEST AUSTRALIAN CYCLONE. Received April 8, 6.30 p.m. PERTH, April 8. Details of the cyclone on the Northwest Coast show that iron telegraph poles bent like candles. The damage at Onslow is estimated at £BO,OOO, mostly through the destruction of the jetty, 900 feet of which toppled into the sea. Port Hedland reports that the railway to Marble Bar is partly submerged and the train service is now suspended. Marble Bar supplies are running short. The Port Hedland binding ground is under water and aeroplanes are held up at Broome.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 83, 9 April 1934, Page 7
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