British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 December 1912, Page 3

British and Foreign.

• * [bi klbctkig telegraph—copkbight] r PKB I'RES'j ASSOCIATION.] A SAD CHRISTMAS EVE. LONDON, December 25. iA lire in a jute warehouse at Dundee did damago to the extent of £1000. Later a wall of the warehouse collapsed, demolishing tho* stableman's house. The mother had just filled the stockings for the children and had returned to the kitchen, when tho wall came down on the bedroom. The children are still buried in tho ru ins. Firemen rescued the mother. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 2G. The public are disagreeably surprised at the Allies' terms, having been led to believo the League was breaking up and that the Bulgarians would be glad of peace at any prico. STOKERS BURNED. LONDON, December 27. An oil steamer iu the course of completion at Swan-Huntor's yard, Newcastle, was having her oil furnaces tested when flames shot out into tlie stokehold .and severely burned ten stokers. •STARTING MACHINES. LONDON, December 27. Tho Daily Chronicle enumerates, 554 horses which got badly away in the 1912 flat racing season. Apart from tho number kicked at the post the system of starting houses from a stand in conjunction with a starting gate has been a failure. The writer urges tho Jockey Club to test ia walk-up gate and start-. SHIPPING DISTRESSED. HEROIC RESCUES. LONDON, December 27. The galo increased yesterday and much low country in Liecestersliiro is submerged. One and a half inches of rain fell in forty-oight hours in many parts. Abnormal tides occurred in the Solent. Portsmouth and Southhampton are flooded and boats have been used as a means of transport in the streets. The White Star Liner, Arabic, reports terrible weatlier in tho Atlantic.. The wind at Plymouth attained a velocity of eighty-three miles per hour. Three vessels went ashore in thd harbour amidst the storm. Three boatsmen swam to a rock laden with lifelines and rescued the crew of the schooner Ottawa after the lifeboat had failed. Otlier remarkable lifeboat rescues are recorded. The battleship New. Zealand lost the topmast and her wireless gear. The Ruahine was unable to land her mails or passengers at Plymouth and continued her voyage to London. During a violent storm off the French coast the Naming wirelessed that she had sustained very important damage and wanted assistance. \ The latest message stated that she \ had put hack. Her foredeck was being swept hy seas. . (Steamers aro racing to her help. The Admiral of the fleet sent tho ci'.iiser Conde to the assistance of the Naming. Severn 1 other vessel: are jr trevs off TTshnnt.