TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 3 July 1882, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

TO THE “ MAIL.” — . . (per united press association.) Kingites and Half-Castes. Auckland, July I.—Winiata’s people threaten to clear all the half-castes out of the King Country. It has transpired that a party of natives were concealed near Te Awamntn for the purpose of waylaying Barlow, and would have done so but for the escort. Great Blast. Greymouth, July I.—An enormous blast was fired in the lower harbor works quarry yesterday. The charge consisted of 3 tons of dynamite, and the estimated quantity of rock destroyed is 60,000 tons, consisting in a great measure of masses of rock from 10 to 50 tons, and heavier. The concussion was felt all through the town and outskirts. The blast was most successful, and it will take many months to clear the stone away. Three Children Burnt to Death. Dunedin, July I.—At 12.30 this morning a fire broke out in a 15-roomed house in Onmberland-slreet, occupied by. Captain H. Kitchener, and family. Susan Kitchener, aged 11, Sydney, aged 8, and Edith, aged 6, were burned to death, in their beds. Captain Kitchener, W. H. Ash, Mrs Kitchener, and Bridget Mullins, servant, are all severely burned, but escaped by jumping from the second storey window. The boose was insured in the National for £7OO. The flames spread so rapidly that not, a single article of either furniture or clothing was saved by the inmates. The servant girl escaped uninjured. Ash’s injuries.received through falling. Capt. Kitchener, who was badly burned, was delirious for some hours after being removed to the hospital. It is believed the fire originated through clothes being left in front of the fire igniting. The house belonged to Mr M. W. Green, M.H.R. The Inquest on the Dunedin Fire. Large siims were collected on Saturday for the assistance of victims of the fire. Capt. Kitchener and infant are dangerously, ill. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. The Jury expressed the opinion that Constable Dwyer was deserving praise for his exertions in saving life. Measles on a Steamer. Bluff, 3rd. —Doctor Galbraith arrived by special train at 1 a.m., and after examining the crew and passengers of the Ringarooma, gave a clean bill health. One child only was suffering from measles. The steamer then came up to the wharf and landed mails about 2 a.m. RAILWAY ACCIDENT at KAITOKE. Wellington. A serious accident occurred on the Wairarapa railway, near Kaitoke, on Saturday evening, to the train coming into town. , Two timberladen tracks ran off the rails, and were precipitated over a steep embankment. The passenger carriages and engine fortunately kept on the rails until the couplings connecting them with the trucks gave way. No one was hurt, but the escape was wonderful. No cause is yet known for the accident. LATER PARTICULARS.

Wellington, 3rd. —Where the railway accident occurred on Saturday night there, is a sharp curve, and the grade is I in 37. Several tracks left the rails at

tlie s:une place some months ago. The two trucks which went over were about the centre of the train. Two other trucks were pulled off the rails, but not over the embankment before the couplings gave way. Land Clerk DefaulterWellington, 3rd,—W. Rattray, Government clerk, charged with embezzlement, has been remanded to Friday.

Whirlwind in Taranaki.

New Plymouth, 3rd. Yesterday morning Omata was visited with a whirlwind, doing considerable damage. A bouse was much damaged, the chimney being knocked down* and the roof tom off. Several chains of fencing were blown down, and two haystacks and a ' straw stack demolished. Several trees were torn up by their roots, and other damage was done in the neighbourhood. LATER. The gale on Saturday night and Sunday morning was felt severely here. The chimney of the house of the engineer of the harbor works was blown down, and the roef of the mixing house uncovered. The fury of the wind and sea was at times terrific, and force of water tremendous; but the breakwater withstood it all, which shows the substantiality of the structure. Wreckage at Flaxbourne. Wellington, 3rd.— The wreckage recently reported at Matanau, near Flaxbourne, has been ascertained to be that of a small wooden vessel, not that of any of the N. Z. S. Coy’s Fleet. West Coast S-I. Railway. The Christchnrch Times , referring to West Coast Railway, says, Sir Julius Vogel advises that a syndicate of English capitalists are prepared to construct the railway if a small concession can be obtained from Government, and that he will interview Ministers, and ascertain whether that will be conceded.