DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE.
A TOWN ALMOST DESTROYED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Brisbane, Feb. 7. Lates.t advices from the north state that Cairns received the full force of the cyclone from Monday night to Tuesday morning. During the night most of the residences on the waterfront were unroofed, the gale reaching a velocity of 100 miles per hour. Many gallant rescues were effected by the police ambulance- The damage in Cairns is now estimated at £39,000. News from the back country makes the position more serious than at first anticipated. The town of Mount Molloy was almost totally destroyed, and hardwood forests levelled to the ground. Many other towns suffered partial destruction. So far only one death is reported, a scrub-feller having been drowned in the Russell River. —Aus.-N.Z. Calble Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1920, Page 6
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128DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE. Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1920, Page 6
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