Cyclone Devastates Norfolk
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Island
A CONCENTRATED section of the severe cyclone which raged over the Tasman Sea in the middle of May swept Norfolk Island on May 22, and was ac companied by incessant torrential rain.
Heavy damage was done to property, plantations, and roads, and farmers suf fered great financial loss. Roaring torrents carried away bridges, trees were uprooted and swept along for hundreds of yards, and many roads were com pletely blocked by landslides.
Cable communication was severed when the hut of the Pacific Cable Company at Anson Bay was completely wrecked and washed out to sea. Workmen sent to re pair the cable were lucky to escape with their lives when a cliff-fall occurred and hundreds of tons of undermined cliffs collapsed into the sea. Cable communi cation was restored the following day.
In reply to a message from the N.I.
Administrator (Captain G. R. Pinney) asking for assistance, the Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) has given authority to spend what is necesary for the immediate relief of the sufferers. The population of the island is about 1000.