TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1447, 4 January 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Disastrous Fire. CouoMAKDEL, J anuary 4 About eeven o'clock thiß morning a disastrous fire broke oot m tlse Golconda Hotel and Bpread with great rapidity. tLere being no moaua of Qntinguisbii>w OQtbreak. Four hou«- a, the Bridge Ho <rl and the Golconda Hotel were to'al j destroyed. The dsnuge is eatitmt d a £2000* The insurances are not kuovn, bat will not nearly nor«r the losr. The emse of the fti-e is poppraad to be children playing y>Vh matches m a bedrovm. Mrs O'Brien, of the Golconda Hotel, was severely eoorched while saving k •hild from the flames . Sudden Death. Wellington, January 4, A men named Jan McDonnell dropped dead m a paddock at Taratati while trying to catch a horse. An jAb condor. W. B. Waters, whose bankruptcy reoently created considerable stir, is said to have left by fie Waihora yesterday for Melbourne. The name of Waters appears m th 6 pasßßDger list: Fire. Chbistohokoh, January 4. At 4 15 this mottling a chop and residence ia Tuam street, owned and occupied by Walter Martin, general a orekeepsr, was burnt down— Nothing was saved. The building waa insured for £300 m the Standard and the stock for £300 m the Guardian, and the furniture for £150 h< the South British. The adjoining cottuge was badiy damaged. It belonged t<> Oeorgo Tinker, and was insured for £100 m the Standard. The cau:e of the fire is not known. Pensioners Society. At a meeting of old soldiers and ssllors ta-day it was decided to form a pensioners Benefit Society, also to make arrangements for an annual dinner. Found Dead. Dunemn, January 4 Jonathan Golding, bootmaker was found dead m a paddock at Milton yeßterday. Death is inppoeed to have resulted from apoplexy.