7th January 1897
On this day Darwin was devastated by a cyclone – the first of 3 major cyclones to hit Darwin over the next 120 years. The pearling fleet was sunk, houses destroyed and the roof blew off the Vic Hotel in Smith St.
On this day Darwin was devastated by a cyclone – the first of 3 major cyclones to hit Darwin over the next 120 years. The pearling fleet was sunk, houses destroyed and the roof blew off the Vic Hotel in Smith St.