A reported 13-metre surge swept across Princess Charlotte Bay and reached about 5 km inland; a separate account reports a 9-metre surge, and a 15-metre account comes from Barrow Point.

A large storm surge, reportedly 13 metres high, swept across Princess Charlotte Bay and then inland about 5 kilometres, destroying what remained of the Bathurst Bay pearling fleet and the settlement. A separate account attributes a 9-metre-high surge to the cyclone. At Barrow Point, atop a 12-metre-high ridge, a reported 15-metre (48-foot) surge reached 3 miles inland; researchers suggested an incorrectly cited ground level or freshwater flooding may explain this figure. These surge accounts concern localities beyond Bathurst Bay proper.

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