THE WAKATIP DIGG.
j MAORI POrNT^NE^P^^B (From dm Wafyjp.MaUJ^^^t Two men have been smotbejn^^^^l per's Creek, in a te;it, adjacehtHi^^^^B nal prospectors' claim. An j^^^^^| been held by Mr Warden WilliL^^^H the jury returned a verdict of 7 m^^^^H I have just heard of seven ir^^^l killed on tiie Big Beach, two;j^^^^H Moa Creek. The cause a ssigf}^^^^H fearful catastrophe was as foll^p^^^H commencement of'the flood, tlifH^^^l the rocks in the Gorge, togetbsftjf^^^l loose shrub and debris formed^ra^^^H dam. The unconscious sufMp|^^^| camped . below, and after a cdp^^H time the dam burst, descen_djnj|^^^^H ful velocity, crushing and carrj^^^^l thing before it. Up to this ti^^^^| oniy beard of two of the bbdie^^^^H No other casualties have tn^^^^H yet, as far as I can learn. At Wilson's Beach, I, may meiJf^^H Bracken and party have 'ost M^^H amounting to lhe value, of LSClu^^l the total destruction of their claFr^^H I am sorry to learn that a great ma*u^^| have suffered severely. < f^Hj^M A new rush has taken place on t%|^H hand branch of Skippei's, and is alj|*jM employment to upwards of -4fip^-jS^H All appear to be doing" w*en,tin;dr^BH high spirits. Gold is plentiful enoUpitiM the Shotover, if men would only kfoicM it, instead of wasting their timesiicpijM ing their claims. ~r* !J||m Ths bridge at Packer's Poinfc/vHH been carried away, and is now. iA^^H constructed. The store of Mr Be\ also swamped, as likewise many.o*theJ^H te its, &c, ani the miners are activelviW ployed in repairing the ravages dqjfej At Maori Point, everything appcarejjfl at- a stand-still, and it will require, iUOm of hard labor to put everything "inistl samo condition as it was previous t<£>H The new ferry boat has been compljH and is now plying under the skillulJM nagement of " Bob," and is imsweS admirably. The canoes have gone jfl way of all fiesh, after the last 'hazarofl trip down Sullivan's raoe; and I exf| ere now are furnishing- firewood for so* ofthe inhabitants of Maori Point or el where. -i Notwithstanding the glum -look] aspect of aflairs on this Point, a few our most enterprising business men,' rapidly putting up places of accomruSi tion; amongst whom are Messrs: Bradki and Wilson, wr o have already in cout of erection refreshment- rooms adjoin!" their store. Other stores, &c, are courso of construction, but at present tl dreadful state of the weather preyprJ their completion. -.*. The river is rapidly falling, and woU soon be at its ordinary level ;• but ts weather looks gloomy and threatenii ovei-head, as if a snow storm was .it pending. *..;■ I regret that my details are so meagrl but the means of communication are eM tremely difficult from hei-eto the adjoininl localities, owing* to the execrable states the roads. Indeed, if it were not for Fox 1 15 x press, which arrives and departs witl miraculous regularity, whatever the- woal ther, we should he entirely cut off fiorq the outer world. I will bo enabled to give you more ample particulars in my next. '-,
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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 76, 28 July 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)
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498THE WAKATIP DIGG. Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 76, 28 July 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)
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