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[new ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wanganui, August 3. A disastrous fire occurred this morning at the residence of Peter Bell, draper, St. John’s Hi 11, which was burned to the ground. Portion of the furniture was saved, and the inmates escaped with much difficulty. The cause is unknown. The building was insured in the New Zealand office for .£4OO ; the furniture was uninsured. The loss is estimated at £IOOO. * No clue has yet been obtained as to the person who committed the theft of silver on the Storrnbird.
Robberies of various kinds are greatly on the increase here. Dunedin, August 3. At Milton yesterday, Arthur Ktewart, a boy who was playing football, while running very fast with the ball, was observed to drop suddenly. Medical aid was obtained, but life was extinct. Wellington, August 3.
An accident occurred on the Welling-ton-Masterton Railway this evening. The train had reached a point one mile this side of Kaitoke, when through some unaccountable cause four timber waggons ran off the line and were thrown over the embankment. Fortunately the coupling gave way, or otherwise the engine and passenger batriages might have also been carried over. The only damage done is to the step of one of the carriages.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1514, 4 August 1881, Page 2
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