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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 25, 1946
Page
3
Fragmentary report details a coastal warehouse district heavily bombed with extensive structural collapse. It notes corrugated iron frames hanging, destroyed fruit and vegetable stacks, and civilians including children in distressed conditions. Mentions hospital access via stairs and local workers finding shelter amid pervasive destruction.
Local trustees discussed land use near a racecourse and river crossing. Proposals suggested shifting activity to an opposite side, with cautions to limit disruption. Damaged CSR tramway bridge at Lucinda prompted emergency repairs and ongoing works. Capra introduces a new tomato variety Capra's Wonder after a South African seed request.
A damaged report recounts a distant disaster near a dam where collapsed and rootless houses dot scorched terrain. Flasked language hints at a ruined city ringed by gardens and high smokestacks, with walls and mounds amid foothill smoke.
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