TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 15 May 1882, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

' TO THE MAIL.” 5

(PER UNITED ASSOCIATION.)

Shocking Gun Accident

Opnnake.—A lamentable r gun accident yesterday occurred here, in seriously; wounding a - young; man named Thomas Fowler; He - and; another. named Walter Start were out shooting, when tlie gun accidentally exploded, entering the left side of the face, and fractunttg the tipper jaw. Until the doctor reports to-day, it is . not known whether he is : likely to- ‘recover. Fowler was. held in high, estimation, -

King Natives Coming to Teips.|

Alexandra.-r-ilt is ; proposed that Te Ngakau ,and ten other prominent; chiefs, shall accompany Te Whioro to Auckland to draw lip the basis of ahrarrangement for submission,; to Parliament. This will probably be carried out.

. Ministerial^ : Wellington.— Oliver has rejoined the Government, and was sworn in before the Governor at Christchurch on Friday. i - 'Earthquake Shocks, 1 iiT .<

| slight shock of earthquake felt here early this morning!

Business Losses.

* .Dnnedin.—Messrs Guthrie and Larriach’s balance Sheet shows fosses for the year of £24,949, due entirely to two causes—the burning -downrof, thci Parapaia: mills, <and the, winding up; in Jarge branches, ~

: Governor’s Return. | r j ! Christchurch.—The Governor leaves Lyttelton for Wellington to-morrow.

Sporting. Christchurch.-—The horse Mischief is scratched for the J. C. Handicap."

Burglary.

Christchurch—Early.yesterday mont-i ing, Walker, Smith and . Company’s drapery establishment at Amberley,was burglariously entered, and £.60, in cash ,carried,off. y , , t : r ’ ,

Qale Shipwrecks. TERRIBLE SCENES at TIMARU.

Timaru, : Snnilay Evening.—A fearful gale has been raging to-day. At one o’clock the ship, Benvenue broke adrift. Her crew left.in open, boats for the City of Perth. The latter rode, by a singlehawser until 3.45 p.m., when it parted. Both vessels were within a short distance of each other, and became wrecks. Before the City of - Perth parted her hawser, all the crew left in four boats. -The; mate - bad . both his-fogs broken by - the recoil of the cable. Great anxiety was felt for the safety of. the boats,; as i a heavy sea was running ; but all, ! gets ' inside the breakwater safely. ’ Soon afterwards Captain Mills, ; the; harbourmaster, with a full boat’s* .cMW, ;'went ••off,'; and “two 'other boats.) Captain-; Mills got,,vpn, b;oard,.,but the; hawser and the three boats’ left; ■Nearing the breakwater, the tferrific seas breaking swamped one boat, and the two .{others turned I back to the/rescue. The men could be seen from the shore standing np in the swamped boat’.- Hundreds of peuple. ; y?itnesaed ,the. excitement intense. . - f The twp other boats turtied back tb ‘the rescue,ibut a terrible sea,,white .with; foam, cpught;one r, •and swamp,qd her. , Thp gurf boat also' went tb Tthe irescue, blit! capsized;; -iTl|e“; dife boiat 'returned, butifour boats-Were' lost, : and with them Seven or'elght mfori. !i About a dozen who Were 'rescued' bad 'to 1 ;.be carried to a hotel in blankets' almost'" ! lifeless ; . j T,lu:ee. ithousand.,people ionitb® shore watched'-'-the 5 -disasters;'' Captain .Macdonald, of the City pf y was UQ-o Lthe.accident, andlisvinVa' w'dak'condition. ‘Captain Mills. is veryTnncb exhausted., The. lifeboat' was grandly, handled the first time by.p. John .tlje.CD?-?.. 1 swain, and by George-Finlay the second ;■ time.' -1- '''' V; ''. '

| The ships drifted..!on shore. The SBenyerine is high and dry,- and has hbthing but ballast and SOOtons of coal.

She isjflsured'jn- tjhifel Standard. -The City of Perth has 6Do(Tsacks of wheat, belonging f to the Ne# Zealrad' Griun Agency Company,- and' to be insured.- " Both vessels lie in Carolihe Bay, and 1 a ' boat ‘ might have insured ' the safety of both, and no lives lost.

; j-A | AcpxhENi happened' : on s the railway* Mr J.>Ohadwick juuf. was sending, a valuable horse to Wanganni by Saturday’s evening aj loose-box,with a halter-; round its neck, fastened to one side of the box.' On the way the f horse contrived to kick biat the panelling.of the box' atid either fell or, jumped but oh the' side opposite *tp ; where- > the rope was fastened. The cbpseguencp ,wis tha|. the body' of the animal was left 1 dangling- over the*side; of-the* train, r while, its head was on thb biox. 0 The accident being observed, tbs' 'strs;n wss ' stopped,j, after about’ two, hundred yards bad beentra versed, and the -jwps ( %thtfn nnfasleneq*'.. considerably-chafed about the meek/ the 1 lidrse did; ndt; appear' mdcb injured... ,i. ,

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