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Show QUEENSLAND TOWN i WRECKED BY ST0RH Fourteen Dead Bodies Taken Trom . Ruins; Property Loss Is Reported Re-ported as Heavy. SYDNEY, N. S. W., Jan. So.-The : town of Mackav, in Queensland, ba been overwhelmed by a cyclone whicn , produced a tidal wave and flood conditions. con-ditions. Heavy loss of life is fearei Fourteen bodies have already been recovered. re-covered. There is a call for "assistance- The propertv damage was heavy, ei pecially to the stocks of supar, o: which more than $3,000,000 worth was ; stored in the town. Mackay, a seaport of -Queensla j lies on the southern bank of the r j neer river. It is situated in a supa.- j growing region and is the port of oa-- let for important gold and cop! , fields. It had a population of approximately approxi-mately 50U0 -by the last availablo eea- ( sus. " |