AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.]
CYCLONE DISASTER. BRISBANE, Feb. 10.
A terrific cyclone has swept the coastal districts north of Townsville. All telegraphic communication with the stricken districts has been severed. The only means of communication is by wireless through a steamer at Cairns. The cyclone was of extraordinary velocity. Miles of telegraph ] xiles are down. Nd trains left Cairns to-day as the Tines are till blocked. Until communications are restored with the inland districts, it will he impossible to estimate the damage.
N.S.W. MINISTER TRAVELS. SYDNEY. Feb. 10.
The Niagara sailed for Auckland at I p.m. Mr Ale Kell. New South AVales Minister of Justice, is a passenger.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 February 1927, Page 1
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