BROOME CYCLONE.
OFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE. FIFTY-FOUR PERSONS DKOWNED. Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock. PERTH, November 30. The official report of Broome cyclone states that tixty seven pearling boats were blown ashore, twentyeight sunk at their moorings, and ten are stili missing, Of the latter six are known to have sunk, and there ia no hope of finding the rest. Eleven bodies of coloured men employed on the boats have been recovered, and fcrty more are reported to have perished. It is known that three whites have been drowned.3 The damage is estimated at from £14,000 to £20,000.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10159, 1 December 1910, Page 5
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98BROOME CYCLONE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10159, 1 December 1910, Page 5
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