A TC hit Bundaberg and Maryborough. The worst began at Bundaberg at 5am 28th and 13 houses were blown down and some entirely destroyed. Hotels and commercial buildings were unroofed and farm houses were blown flat to the ground. Window pains were blown out of buildings. At Maryborough a Southerly gale started Saturday night and blew all Sunday (28th) but no damage was mentioned. The vessel James Patterson encountered strong SE wind Wide Bay and wind veered to E and N ending in NW gale. Hove to off Wide Bay Bar for 24 hours and crossed bar at 3.00 pm 28th . Schooner James Nash still missing 26th January 1874 with 7 on board. They left Baffle Creek for Maryborough on the 29th December 1873.

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