TC crossed the coast near Townsville. From a railway crew the worst damage was between Clevedon and Cromarty (32 km southeast of Townsville) where trees both sides of the line were snapped off , a signal was snapped and railway houses unroofed. A little further to the southeast at Giru, 12 miles of telephone poles were blown down. The lowest bar at Townsville was 993.2 hPa at 11.50 am 7th .

A woman was killed at Townsville when a chimney was blown down and came through the roof. Part of the roof was blown off the bus depot at Townsville and several houses at North Ward lost verandas. 70 tents in an army camp at Bowen were blown down and 14 inches of rain(356mm) of rain fell in 18 hours . Man was drowned at Mirani and a man died of shock at Home Hill. Disastrous flooding Central Coast. Damage worst in Ayr district and estimated to be up to $1 million 1940 dollars. Peak heights recorded were at Mt McConnell on the Sellheim River on 8th and at Ayr on the Burdekin River on 8th . Saltbush Park on Funnel Creek peaked on 9th , as did Connors River.

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