TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 June 1913, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

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"CLOSER V IN THAN EVER.". The following telegram was received by the Secretary of the General Post Office from tho postmaster at Bulls:—"lndrabarah is closer itw shore than she has been since May 10th—the morning she was stranded. Most of her lines have given r,ay, and the Terawhiti lias returned, to Wellington. No further attempt at refloating can bo mad© for a fortnight iat least."

ANOTHER CROSSING ACCIDENT. AUCKLAND, June 22.

A fatal accident, occurred /it a level crossing at Huntly on Saturday afternoon. John Hirjst, a miner employed by the Taupiri Company, lost his life. He was in the act of crossing tho lino on foot when the south-bound Rotorun express came up, struck him, and carried him some distance. Death must have been instantaneous, the body being terribly mutilated. Thero was a clear and unobstructed view of the train for about half a mile, and how tho deceased came to walk in front is inexplicable. Hirst was a recent arrival in the dominion, and had ono son and one married daughter.