It then moved over the Gulf of Carpentaria where 20 people died around 28 March when the steamer SS Douglas Mawson sank.
[1] After this cyclone on 21 January 1925 near Roebourne, Western Australia only a very small portion of the land end of the Point Samson jetty was left intact.
Almost 5 km of the tramline was washed away and the Pope's Nose Creek bridge was badly damaged.
At Cossack the sea in the creek rose 7.2 m, covering the road and surrounding country for about a mile (1.6 km).
10 people were killed on the island of Selaru, along with destruction of plantations, damage to houses, and palm trees being blown over.