With Betty Laver
When the Gladstone residents were alerted to a cyclone in early 1949, they breathed a sigh of relief when it was reported as having passed the harbour. Little did they realise that a day or so later, on the 2nd of March, the cyclone would return and heave it’s fury on the township. Cyclonic winds, accompanied by torrential rain, kept up their ferocity for about sixteen hours.
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