Robert McLean built a large two story hotel near the bustling wharves of the port in 1886.  Having survived the 1911 cyclone it was destroyed by fire in the 1920's.
Photos taken from the upper verandah of this hotel showing before and after scenes of the 1911 cyclone graphically illustrate the utter township devastation.

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