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Tropical Cyclone MahinaPrint Page 
Cyclone Memorial Tablet / May 2013
Photographs supplied by John Huth
The plaque commemorates over 300 people who were killed in Tropical Cyclone Mahina.
At Bathurst Bay, near Princess Charlotte Bay (Cape York) on 4 March 1899, at least 307 crew members died from a pearling fleet of over 100 vessels plus other craft (with 152 sunk or wrecked, some found kilometres inland), as a result of a 14.6-metre storm surge associated with TC Mahina.
Location
| Address: | Douglas Street, Quetta All Souls Memorial Cathedral, Thursday Island, 4875 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -10.584327 Long: 142.215098 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Disaster |
| Sub-Theme: | Storms |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 4-March-1899 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 4-March-1899 |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MAA M D G
And in memory of those who perished during the hurricane off Cape Melville
5th March 1899
[ Names ]
295 coloured men
73 vessels
"When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee " Isaiah 43:2
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
