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Presumably to punish German ownership?

From www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Paris_6/Paris_Waits_0... 'Paris Waits 1914' by M.E. Clarke, An Englishman in Paris in 1914 "Less picturesque incidents of the last two weeks were those which showed us bands of rough men and boys going round the city with hatchets, destroying all property that was marked by a German name, or anything approaching a German name. "

Other examples of French mob anti-German vandalism in the Bain photostream:

Retired at last: Thanks for pointing out the date on this photograph (11/16/18). As Wystan points out it may reflect the date of later publication by the Bain News Service. We will add it to the image description.

The Gallica site doesn't have this photo, but it has the one prior in the Agence Meurisse series, 55087, showing a farm burned by the Germans at Choisy au Bac, and lists a publication date of 1914. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90419729

Mention the possibility of a cyclone to any old Gladstone local and it won’t be long before the conversation shifts to stories of the great cyclone of 1949 which devastated Gladstone and Rockhampton and affected many other smaller towns along the coast on Wednesday 2 March 1949. Their stories tell of the force of the cyclone and the damage to property and also tell of lucky escapes from injury. In 1949 there was little education about preparation for the cyclone season. The full force of the cyclone hit at about 1 pm and took the townspeople unawares. There had been little warning that a cyclone was approaching. Men rushed home from work at lunchtime and children were sent home from school early. The wind, which was accompanied by torrential rain, blew furiously for about 16 hours and was estimated to have a velocity of 85 knots (100 mph/160kph). It left a trail of devastation in its wake. St Saviour’s Church of England, a wooden building, lost its roof and suffered some other structural damage, but St Matthew’s Church of England in the Valley area was a total loss. Source: gladstonehistoryinc.wordpress.com/1949-cyclone/