TC crossed the coast at Cairns. The wind commenced at 2.30pm and reached hurricane force until 9pm the town with iron was flying all directions. Wind moderated around 4am Sunday (28th ). Sheets of roofing iron off houses, parts of verandas and branches off trees were strewn about the town. The storm was most severely felt in Chinatown, half of which was completely wrecked. Rhodes Hotel was unroofed and had several doors and windows blown in. The Crown Hotel stables were completely destroyed. The Newmarket Hotel had its roof lifted off. A boarding house was unroofed. The Methodist Church was blown off its stumps and the back of the building was destroyed. The Commercial premises of Preston and Co. was destroyed. The Commercial premises of Smellie and Co. lost its veranda and sustained serious roof damage. The Commercial premises of Newell suffered considerable damage. The ?Morning Post? lost its veranda. Till?s sawmill was badly damaged. Private dwellings suffered damage and all old buildings suffered some damage. Many buildings destroyed in Innisfail and widespread damage to canefields and banana plantations.

Rockhampton Regional Council in partnership with the Queensland a…