Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Photograph - sepia photograph, Disastrous effects of the cyclone, 1918
... ...Colonel Kendall...Buildings include from L to R, top to bottom: Methodist Church, Hawthorn Road; Grant's Hay & Corn Store, Well Street; Wellington Street with Colonel Kendall's House on left; Colonel Kendall's House, Wellington Street; Billilla with fallen trees, Halifax Street; Billilla, Halifax Street....Buildings include from L to R, top to bottom: Methodist Church, Hawthorn Road; Grant's Hay & Corn Store, Well Street; Wellington Street with Colonel Kendall's House on left; Colonel Kendall's House, Wellington Street; Billilla with fallen trees, Halifax Street; Billilla, Halifax Street. ...
On 2nd February 1918, Brighton experienced the most extreme cyclone to hit a major Australian city, as recorded by the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology. With wind speeds estimated at 320 km/h and resulting in the deaths of two people, the event caused tremendous destruction in Brighton.cyclone, brighton, methodist church, hawthorn road, grant's hay & corn store, wells street, wellington street, billilla, weatherly, halifax street, tornado, colonel kendall
