The Court House were shattered and severe damages across the town were seen after the cyclone passed.
The system made landfall to the north of Hope Vale on the next day as it accelerated to the southwest.
It then turned to the north-northwest, then to the south, before emerging in the Gulf of Carpentaria on 22 January, near Kowanyama.
Tracking again to the southwest, the cyclone made landfall to the north of Burketown on the next day, before dissipating on 26 January.
Moving to the south-southeast, the cyclone hit the coast, near the Dawson Beach on the same day.
[3] On 27 April 1908, the pearling fleet (again) at Ninety Mile Beach experienced the full force of a storm.
Slowly moving to the southeast, the cyclone reached its peak intensity of 990 hPa on February 2 before weakening.
[10] Following a cyclone at Onslow, Western Australia in January 1909, a second storm hit the town on 5 to 6 April 1909, causing damage to most boats and some buildings.
[12] On 24 January, a tropical cyclone with a minimum barometric pressure of 988 hPa was detected to the south-southeast of Port Moresby.
At that time, the cyclone was weakening and on 27 January, it made landfall near Cape Tribulation with below gale-force winds.
It moved offshore on that day, before dissipating on 30 January, just near the eastern boundary of the basin.