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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1133, 29 September 1871, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail, Sept. 15, sayH : —A most melancholy accident occurred in the harbor at a little after seven o'clock yesterday evening. A boat belonging to Mr Arthur Elmslie, of I he French Pass, in charge of Mr Webber, agisted by Mr Hamilton, arrived at about that hour off the Lighthouse, having passengers, cargo, and several pigs on board, the passengers being Mr and Mrs Stephen Leaver and infant, Miss Caroline Reynolds, daughter of Mrs Reynolds of this town, and Mr Watson. The tide being at the flood Mr Webber, against the wishes, it is said, of those on board, determined to take the channel across the Boulder Bank, but there not being sufficient water the boat grounded, when the four men got out and attempted to drag her through, and in doing so got her broadside on to the rollers, when a wave came up and capsized her, and the passengers at once found themselves in deep water. Fortunately the boat drifted after them and Mr Hamilton, Mr Watson and Mrs Leaver contrived to lay hold of her, the two men managing to keep her l?eel uppermost, and Mrs Leaver holding on to the centre. While in this position Mrs Leader saw her husband past supported by an oar, and her child was also cashed within her reach and she contrived to seize and retain her hold of it, although it must have been dead at the time. Their cries for assistance being heard at the Lighthouse, Mr Kidson put off to their assistance and succeeded in rescuing all but Mr Webber and Miss Reynolds, who have

not since been seen, Mr Leaver at the time he was picked up being in a most exhausted state. The unfortunate people were taken to the Ship Hotel where every care was taken of them and Drs yickerman and Farelle were soon on the spot, as also Dr Haynes of H.M.S. Basilisk, who kindly offered his services. The pilot boat at once put off to endeavor to find the missing persons but without success. Several of the animals that were in. the boat have been found, but up to the time of our goin« to press nothing had been seen of Jfo Webber or Miss Reynolds. A man named Thomas Dunstan has been killed at the Caledonian mine Thames. The following is the report of the inquest, as taken from the Mail. of the 21st inst.:—Jeremiah Ryan deposed : T am a miner working in the. Caledonian mine. I have Jnmwn deceased for about three months, I last saw him alive between five and six o'clock last evening. He was working in one of the stopes, and I was filling trucks close by. He had let ot£ a shot and was resuming his work when I saw a piece of stuff fall upon him. He *as lying under the stuff when 1 jumped over and caught him by the hand. I saw the stuff give way suddenly. It was mullocky stuff. I palled out lo the. rest of the men. They tried to remove, the stone, but could not. I then came, away for a doctor.—Archer C. Croft deposed ; lama duly qualified medical practitioner. Yesterday evening about a quarter-past six. I was sent for to see a man who I was told had been injured in the Caledonian mine. I went up. and saw thp booty of deceased. He had a fracture of the right thigh; a fracture, of the right arm. The ribs of the right, side were also fractured. Blood had been pouring from his mouth and ears and nose. His chest was also slightly bruised. I have heard the evidence, and from that and my own examination, 1 am satisfied that death must have been instantaneous —The jury returned the following verdict:—'That deceased, Thomas Dunstan, was. accidentally killed by the falling of a large quantity of wtuff, in the Caledonian mine, on the 20th instant." The jury also added the following rider to their verdict ; —"The jury further are of opinion that no blame can be in anyway attached to the working of the niine." The Southern Cros*, Sept. 14, says \ —The steamship Lai la Rookh arrived in harbor last night from Coromandel, under charter to convey Mr J. McSweeney, of the Little Wonder Claim, who got badly injured by being thrown from off one of the trucks of the Tokatea tramway. It seems, as McSweeney was walking down he hurt his foot, and asked the trucksmyn of ihe. last grade, to let him ride do>\n on the truck t which he did, standing in front They had not proceeded far when the brakesman lost all control. The truck rail with great speed for a. short distance,, when it ran against the bank, upsetting itself and throwing Mr McSweeney with great force against the hank, causing a large gash in the groin. No. doctor being in the place, the Rev. T. O'Reilly was quickly in attendance, and, with Mr Glover, of the Royal Oak, sewed up the wound. The steamerhad been advertised not to leave Coromondel before to-day, but, the captain being waited on by the Rev. T. O'Reilly and Mr O'Connell, with his usual kindness he agreed to come to Auckland at once to get medical aid. The Wangarei correspondent of the Southern Cross, writes:—"At a meeting of the Kirktown Institute a desultory conversation ensued about the soda springs, and the secretary particularly pointed out their efficacy ill cases, of dyspepsia. Sufferers from this complaint will be glad to know that * potent and a most efficacious remedy is within their reach—* week's holidayco Wangarei, where there are spring* of chalybeate waters, strongly aerated,, having a wonderful efficacy in restoring tone and vigor- to the stomach, and removing all the symptoms he had enumerated, Then, Wangarei was well provided with comfortable hotels, from which the springs are a pleasant ride; while there is every accessory in the j shape of pleasant scenery, and object*, j of natural interest, to make a week's visit a delightful pastime. Many pes*

from Auckland have already availed themseh.es of this delightful summer tour; and, if the value of these waters were better known, many rnore would follow their example. The secretaiy also gave a ease in point. j£is wife had been ailing for some time; and when he went to Wangavei, he was desired to bring out Dr Person or a bottle of water from the soda springs. Being of an economical turn, he had adopted the latter alternative success/' An outrage of a far from common character occurred (states the Ballarat Evening Mail) in this district very re-cently--within the last two or three days. A farmer in ihe least civilised portion of Buugaree fell behind in his rent, and the landlord took measures to distrain. Accordingly he .consulted his solicitor, who sei/b out two bailiffs to the holding of the settler, in order to take possession. To obtain possession was easy enough. The levy was duly made, and the men took up their quarters in the house, intending to stay until further orders. Night came, and they were preparing to pass it in snug comfort, when shout* intermingled with pistol reports were heard outside. Looking out, the bailiffs saw a large number of men threatening the house, all having their faces blackened and their clothes changed in order to pre vent identification. The lawless mob obtained ingress to the house, and seizhig the two bailiffs hurried them into an outhou-e at the rear, boarded up the doois and windows, and whilst the men were thus imprisoned removed every stick of furniture from the house. The men subsequently disappeared, and are believed to have reached Ballaiat. We understand that the landlord declined to go to the expense of a prosecution — possibly not having sufficient evidence to convict the parties engaged in the lawless proceedings. A Batavia paper gives particulars of a calamity which has happened at Tagulandang Island, one of the Sangir group. Jt appears that, on the 3rd of March an outburst took place from the volcano Ituwang, on that island, which was acrompanied by a seaquake; the sea thereupon rose to a great height, and a gigantic wave about forty Dutch yards high, suddenly rushed on the island, vsweeping away before it human beings, cattle, houses and everything else. Upwards of 400 perished, among whom was the Rajah of the island, and only three houses were left standing Almost all the survivors fled to the bush, where they still were by last accounts. The bodies of the dead were lying about, making the air foul, for want of hands to bury them. On the 14th March the yolcano cast out flames and lava, which destroyed most of the cultivated lands The wretchedness and distress of the surviving population is said to be great, and the need of help pressing. The Sangir Islands lie to the north of Mendao.