KAKARAMEA.

Patea Mail, 7 April 1881, Page 3

KAKARAMEA.

(from our correspondent.) Wednesday Evening.

Fire.— The ignition of the tents and whare belonging to the contractor and party engaged in putting up Mr Burke’s house proved a very serious affair. How the fire originated is a mystery. All that is known is that while the cook was taking dinner for the workmen, the fire broke out and reduced everything to ashes. Clothing, tools, books, &c., all went, and the poor fellows were compelled to walk to the nearest store for the purpose of purchasing blankets to sleep in. Buildings. —l cannot say that of late we have been making “ giant strides” in building, but what has been done is a credit to the town, or rather to the immediate subuibs. Mr John Paterson’s new dwelling, which was completed last week, is really an ornament to the place. A similar structure is also being erected for Mr James Williamson. A

few more such buildings would considerably increase tiie attractiveness of our township.

Thk Storm.— The heavy thunderstorm which passed over on Sunday evening left a slight trace of its force in the destruction of a large ngaio tree in Mr Southby’s bush. It was completely shivered to pieces, and fragments from 0 to 8 feet long were thrown a distance of more than a chain from the trunk. From the appearance of the debris, one would have imagined that dynamite or some other explosive substance had been employed.