WELLINGTON.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 95, 15 September 1877, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

■ •■;.■••• ' ■■ - ,~. <i .;- "■="■ '" 1' Wednesday. • A fire broke ,ot^ f pery. store ,on,thp; be^ch about 8.30 last .night,', with such' / altitMnfe suddenness that Mrs l^cqftC" was-'ipreveifted savirig hdr little isorii three^yeal's' old, ■vfrho'Was asleep at the time, andit was- with greaidifficulty she managed to save the other' fduici^cMdreHi jktX pn^she^^pa,Bsedoix,to.the roof of the verandah, frdm" which she jthrew, hei > .;infant r to th^ bystanders, below, :an4 'Soon, a&es was^assisled'dowif byja ladder; by her. husband, just arnyedon iihe. s?(^\e.^' By the breaking of ;a ... stan/iUpipe [ike, supply 1 of :Was I^mgOTan% stoppe^atid thfl- flanies

seemed to ,thi"eaten the whole of the buildings to the leeward, but by great exertions the fire was confined to Mr Alccftn's. -^The excitement when the wqtter was stopped was intense, the firemen staying; on tha verandah expeefeuiga supply until nearly roasted. Had it*; not been forjthe accident, comparatively^ little:, damage would have been done. ; The : ?alu;e of the stock was about- , ££,000, but was only insured for £2,500. I The building was insured to the amount I of £2,100. The body of the child was ! found when the fire was~put ont. -- 1 Friday. The Government have just received the following telegram from the jtgenfcGeneral:—" London, Sept. ,12,, Avalanche, for Wellington; icamej* into collision m the .Channel, and sank immediately, 'with' ' ninety-nine souls on board," .All/Were lost (except three" of : , the Vre%." "tV*iU wire to-morrow the ;i names of returning colonists lost. "'"A." fishiermaii^^ brought I 'Word' here today, that two fishing, smacks left Port Underwood ! for -Wellington, and that : while midway m Goot Straits, there was f a strong breeae- blowing, and thelgale . freghened^sonie^rhat.. "Whenthp crew of the foremost boat, which was a mile ahead, looked -back, they saw the Blue Bell had /disappeared:, At great risk they put baet.^put, could fin<d n^otrace.of the .boat or j^rew of i tliree i wK6 were'on board. : 'After a "vain f made the Pilot Stationi-and I walke4 into town: The names of the missing men are Jerermiah Hay,vGeorge\;l)arin,r : and Charles ■ Amile. . The. was pnly four tons, AU the men. were single. ''<'' : '