TC crossed the coast at Cape Flattery. Two luggers wrecked at Torres Strait. Launch wrecked on Sudbury Reef near Cairns though crew escaped and reached Cairns in small boats.

Island Steamer Morinda struck heavy weather at Cooks Passage (NNE of Cape Flattery) on the 4th and was buffeted for 24 hours with winds estimated at 74 knots and bar down to 987 hPa. as they hove to 40 nm off Osprey Reef. From 5th to 9th heavy flooding of practically all rivers between Townsville and Cooktown.

Complete dislocation of rail and road traffic, causing serious delays to mail, and much loss of crops. Innisfail isolated and some wharves submerged. A man drowned in Liverpool Creek. TC crossed southern Gulf from Karumba to Pellew Group. Two luggers wrecked at Thursday Island. Strong winds and heavy rain at Roper River and strong winds at Groote Eylandt

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