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[PER MAIL STEAMER COLIMA.] Captain Bishop formerly of the Halcioiio is dead. On the January 21st a terrible accident, or rather.complication of accidents, occurred on the Great Northern Railway at Abbots Kiptown. The Scotch express ran into a coal train. Both lines uj> and' down were covered with wreck and the express from London to Leeds dashed into (he wreck. Twelve lives vvers lost, amongst them the eldest son of Buueicanlt the actor and Noble, (be sculptor.—lnundations in Germany have caused fearful damages. Over seven hundred houses Hooded to roofs, Inhabitants barely escaped with their lives. Rhijv Strathclyde collided with another vessel in the Channel and sunk. The steamer Harlingen during- the following night struck the masts of the sunken ship and sank in 15 minutes. AMERICA. A most destructive lire occurred in New York on February 9, which destroyed half of the block hounded by Broadway, Howard, Grand ami Crowdel streets. Three firemen were killed, and several injured by falling walls. A tornado passed over St Louis on the 28th February, doing damage to property to the amount of 30,000 dollars. Several persons were killed and injured.
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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 101, 29 March 1876, Page 3
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