A storm with southwesterly gales and heavy rain occurred during the afternoon. Captain W. Cooley drowned while attempting to cross the river in the Bulimba Ferry. Iron roof and railings of small tower on the Treasury Hotel were blown down.; part of the roof of a saw mill on Kangaroo Point was blown across the river to Bowen Terrace; A wooden house at Kangaroo Point was lifted and carried a few feet and another wooden house was blown over. Several other houses in Brisbane and suburbs were damaged. At Ipswich a boy was killed and two houses were destroyed by lightning.