TELEGRAMS.
,l>na PRESS ASSOCIATION. — copyright], A Fire doRE, Jan 13 A fire occurred on Friday at Mr J A. Mnrleun’s Burwood station, 41 milts from Litnsden. A woolsliec containing 110 bales of wool, 1,00( . sheep and the shearing plant, wai destroyed. The loss is approximate (y £4,000. It 13 reported the insurance is £SOO. Heart Failure Christchurch, Jan 15 Yesterday afternoon Terence Alexander O’Gallaghan, married, residing in Edinburgh Street, Spreydon, who was visit ng Sumner with his wife and two children, w3utto bathe in the sarf. He complained of feeling exhausted and was held up by a companion till he was rescued by the Surf Club. All fcffo. ts at restoration failed. The doctor's opiui >u is that he died of heart failure through exhaustion. Deceased was aged 32 yeaas aDd was a paper rannrr. A Thunderstorm.
Ashburton, Jan 15 The district was visited by a thunderstorm this afternoon, together with violent hail storm, the bail stones being as largß as pigeons eggs. Several hundred panes of glass were broken in veraedahe.
The storm did not cover a wide area but did considerable damage to fruit'crops ar.d stripped the leaves off trees.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1917, Page 3
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