TERRIFIC CYCLONE
MANY BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
DAMAGE OVER £IO,OOO
(Received This Morning, 1.5 o'clock.)
BRISBANE, March 17
A terrific cyclone was experienced at Cairns, a seaport town 900 miles northwest of Brisbane.
The telegraph lines are down. Many buildings were destroyed, whilst the roofs and verandahs of others were bodily removed. The damage is estimated at over £IO,OOO.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10191, 18 March 1911, Page 5
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57TERRIFIC CYCLONE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10191, 18 March 1911, Page 5
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