QUEENSLAND CYCLONE.
! TOWNSHIP COMPLETELY WRECKED. (By Cable.—Prcs3 Association.—Copyright.) (Received March 13th, 9.30 p.m.) BRISBANE, March 13. Further reports of Sunday's cyclone state that Innisfail, formerly called Geraldton, was completely wrecked. Practically every house in the district was demolished. Eight persons were killed and many injured. Gordonvale and Atherton, and other places near Cairns, were seriously damaged, and largo numbers are homeless. Owing to the disorganisation of communication, it is impossible to ascertain the full extent of the disaster.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16160, 14 March 1918, Page 6
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78QUEENSLAND CYCLONE. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16160, 14 March 1918, Page 6
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