TC tracked from Kimberleys to SE Qld causing widespread major floods and gales along east coast with ship foundering. Goods train wrecked near Bundaberg when railway lines were undermined.

Hotel and shop washed away at Childers. Steamer Haiping abandoned in heavy seas near Sandy Cape. The crew were rescued by an escorting ship. The sea broke over a retaining wall at Manly. A youth was drowned at Grafton, Warwick was isolated, a bridge near Bishop Street Kelvin Grove was swept away and there were landslides in the Maleny area.

Rockhampton Regional Council in partnership with the Queensland a…