Historedia
Person

Clement Lindley Wragge

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1899

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Clement Lindley Wragge, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Cyclone Mahina strikes Bathurst Bay, deadliest natural disaster in Australia

    1899

    Role: Government Meteorologist for Queensland (per source-198ee85fb0a9e9d4:1473; new_person_candidate, no person UUID supplied) who named the storm Mahina

    1. 4 March 1899 · Bathurst Bay, Cape York PeninsulaCyclone Mahina Strikes Bathurst Bay

      Cyclone Mahina struck Bathurst Bay on 4 March 1899, destroying the pearling fleet and settlement, resulting in over 300 deaths.

    2. 4 March 1899 · Princess Charlotte Bay, with related accounts at Barrow PointStorm Surge and Inland Penetration

      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.

    3. September 1899 · Queensland Registry and Marine DepartmentRecording of Fatalities

      Official records from September 1899 and the Queensland Registry document between 247 and 283 deaths, primarily among pearlers.

Sources

  1. Cyclone Mahina Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-11