QUEENSLAND CYCLONE
EXTENSIVE DAM/UtE DONE.
Brisbane, February 7. Tho latest advices from the north state? that Cairns received the full force of the cyclone from Monday night till Tuesday morning. During the night mn«t oi' the residences on the waterfront were unroofed. The gale_ reached n velocity of a hundred miles an hour. Many gallant rescues were made by tho police nm! ambulance workers. The damago in Cairns is now estimated at X'iO,-
000. News from tho back country describes tho position as more serious than was at first anticipated. Tho town of Mount Molloy was almost, totally destroyed, and hardwood forests were levelled to tho ground. Many other towns report partial destruction. So far only one death is reported, a sorubfeller having Been drowned in tho Russell River.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 115, 9 February 1920, Page 5
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130QUEENSLAND CYCLONE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 115, 9 February 1920, Page 5
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