Editing SS Yongala (section)

==Aftermath==
[[File:SS Yongala 3.jpg|thumb|''Yongala'' in Fremantle]]
When ''Yongala'' did not reach Townsville on time, at first it was assumed that, like other ships, she had taken shelter from the cyclone. But on 26 March she was listed as "missing". The [[Premier of Queensland]], [[Digby Denham]], ordered a search for her, in which seven vessels took part. Wreckage started to wash ashore on the Queensland coast between [[Hinchinbrook Island]] and [[Bowen, Queensland|Bowen]]. The body of the racehorse "Moonshine" was found at Gordon Creek, but no trace was found of any of the passengers or crew. The [[Queensland Government]] offered a £1,000 reward for information enabling the ship to be found. The reward went unclaimed, so it was eventually withdrawn.<ref name=Townsville/>

It was speculated that either the cyclone had overwhelmed ''Yongala'', or she may have grounded on a reef between Flinders Passage and Keeper Reef, or on Nares Rock, or on [[Cape Upstart National Park|Cape Upstart]].{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Within days of the ship's loss, "''Yongala'' distress fund" was set up. Money raised was used to relieve the dependants of those aboard. The fund was closed on 30 September 1914, with the £900 remaining credited to the Queensland Shipwreck Society.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Between 8 and 20 June 1911 the Marine Board of Queensland held an inquiry into ''Yongala''{{'}}s loss. The Board considered the ship's stability, equipment and seaworthiness, and Captain Knight's abilities as a shipmaster. It found no fault with the condition of the ship, based on design specifications supplied by the Adelaide Steamship Co, along with data from [[sea trials]] and seven years of uneventful operation. Nor did it find fault with Knight's ability. He was one of Adelaide Steamship Co's most capable men, and had 14 years' service without incident.<ref name=Townsville/> The Board declared that it had "no desire to indulge in idle speculation", and concluded that "the fate of the Yongala passes beyond human ken into the realms of conjecture, to add one more to the long roll of mysteries of the sea".<ref name=Telegraph-1911-0621/>