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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1733, 14 June 1886, Page 3

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'"•jt'i ; AijGKXAWi), Bandar The whole country is •till m a state of eruption^ Mud continues to belch from Ohioemutui and if the wind goes round totjieeaat it is not known what the Consequence! will be. THe.lMfaom have been engaged m bur jing their dead to day, and the picturt is '4 very sad one. A Ungiifl being fceid; ;^n '•'■■:■■ '■■' -' '' :' _ ' ■ ' . A^ptrty have tried to get to Rototnahanat but found it impossible to proceed the "debris being op to their horses' £n inquest has been held on the body if Mt Baujbridge, the ill-fated tourist, and;jtf verdict was returned to the. effect th^fc-deceased was accidentally killed by the filling of the verandah of the Rotoroabana Hotel, occasioned by the eruption of, Tarawera., Tlie special correspondent of the Post, .who arrived at the scene at daybreak on Saturday morning, relates the* following incident :— A pitable scene was witnessed by one of the English tourists: He stood on aA.eminence at an early stage of the eruption; and gassed placidly on the terrific riiiolcano--- because m his. ignjorance hVtnoVgbt it was one of the wonders he had "cotae to ' Rotorua to behold— when, as htf'watclied, a Maori woman hastened albngJ the road. Suddenly the earth opened, ;aud with a shriek the poor woman threw .up her arms and went down out of sight. Showers of hot ashes caused the . tourist to gird up his loins 1 and' flee from the spot, feeling he had Already had quite enough for his money. '.'•,'■' -...-■