Cyclone at Townsvllle.
A cyclone broke over Townsville at midnight on Saturday (26th ultimo), and reached it height at 6 o'clock on Sunday evening. The damage to the harbour works is estimated at £30,000, while the total damage cannot be far short of half a million sterling. Many people are ruined, and a relief fund is being started. The effects of the cyclone in Townsville are appalling, only a few houses having escaped damage. Twenty inohes of rajo fell in twenty-four hours.
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Manawatu Herald, 4 February 1896, Page 2
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82Cyclone at Townsvllle. Manawatu Herald, 4 February 1896, Page 2
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