TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 118, 13 February 1872, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

O OREVILU'S TELEGRAM COMPANY, REUTER’S AGENTS. DUNEDIN, Tuesday, 9 a.m. A man named William Fogarty was working in a quarry at Port Chalmers when a mass of earth foil upon him, wrenching off his left arm and fracturing his skull. The unfortunate man died the same evening. Some'splendid shooting has been witnessed at the Otago Rifle Association meeting. In the small-bore match, two Volunteers made 27 points out of a possible score of 28, at 709 and 809 yards. A score' of 52, out of a possible sa, won the prize. [The compiler of the telegram has omitted to give the names of j the successful competitors, but the omission | is in perfect keeping with the customary in- j completeness of the telegraphic information | furnished to this journal by Greville & Co.’s : Dunedin agent.] A groat flood has occurred in the Grey River. The protective works at Greymouth j gave way, and the water burst in at the upper end of the town, spreading destruction everywhere. Houses, hedges f ?J, shops, and hotels were carried out to sea ; and one-third of the entire front of the quay road [l] was washed away. [The meaning of this last sentence, as it stands, is extremely dubious.] Upwards of fifty buildings are completely gone ; other buildings were seen to roll over one another, and some that remain are only a mass of ruins. Hundreds of families are rendered homeless. Many of the unfortunates were taken off the roofs of houses by the aid of boats. The waters are now subsiding. The only person known to have been drowned was a boy named William Hall. [ Later advices report that it is feared the i township at the junction of the Little Grey | has disappeared in the flood. News has been received that the whole of ■ the township of Twelve-mile has been carried i away by the river. One man was seen float-1 ing down the river on a snag, yelling for help ' which it was impossible to render. All the roads in the Grey Valley have been swept away, causing an entire suspension of communication with the reefs. The large population located there are in danger of starvation. i The Coorong’s latest Australian dates are | to the 6th inst. The Australian Wesleyan Conference has granted a separate conference to New Zealand. Captain Hagley, of the Tararu i, was seized ! with a fit on the eve of the vessel’s departure ! from Adelaide for the Northern Territory. He died shortly afterwards.