TIMARU.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2979, 2 September 1878, Page 2

TIMARU.

Saturday. The football match to-day —jChrisnchurcfc v. Timafu-—waWwdn by/the latter by one goal, and one try. to nothing, 1 Thjj match tbok place in Wdolcdmb'e's pad;dock. About ,200 were present..'. The weather was fine, but there' was 1 a cold wind. .There, was some,, splendid play and a very rough contest. 1 '""' | A disastrous fire occurred at Ottajo Jas.t night, resulting in the destruction of the stables and out-buildings connected with Hoskings' Hotel. Mr Hoskings discovered the;fir«f:fir|t,4butj the flames had such a firm* Hold" Wat' all' 'attempts to extinguish them were unavailing, an 1 beyond the horses nothing was saved. At the E.M.iCourt todayiChap-les F,.. Sheridan was charged on remand with making ' a fa(se { declaration, before the registrar for the purpose of obtaining p; certificate of'marriagel Mr O'Meagher, solicitor from Oamaru, appeared for the defence. The magistrate committed the accused for i;nal at ttheVriextsitting of thb District Court, which commences oh Monday.' There' aire^oW- 'five prisbnerk' awaiting trial af this Court. ' • Sunday. \ A sad catastrophe happened this morning, the sea was breaking 1 in shore, and there were terrific waves. About 10.30 a.m. the barque, Melrose, Capfc. Kennedy, with coals consigned to Ebenezer Smith, dragged her anchors;and came ashore soon after near. Splashy Point, and broke up within ten minutes after touching land. The crew had a narrow escape for their lives as the timber was.floating amongst them in the sea whilst drifting towards the beach. Coming close; to the ketch Falmeiston, some of i the crew of that vessel jumped overboard, and a rope was thrown from the barque. They all bucceeded in escaping excepting'one, 'and in getting on shore* one was drowned. The body has not yet been recovered; Prompt assistance was rendered by the Rocket _ •Brigade' to the, crew of th^ Melrose, but' breaking up so soon the rocket apparatus was of no use. Amongst the spectators, who also rendered valuable assistance was Judge Ward. He went into the surf, and through strenuous exertions saved one of the crew. Captain Kennedy was brought ashore almost lifeless, being dreadfully bruised by floatipg timber. He was taken to the hospital, and attended to by Mr Mclntyre. . Eumors were at one time rife that .the captain had died soon afterwards, ( but this has been contradicted by the doctor,; who states he is out of danger. Scarcely a vestige of the barique is now to be seen. About an hour after the ketch Fanny parted and came ashore a short distance north of the Government landing. A service crew landed without

difficulty, being close in shore. At halfpast, 2-the* bric;antine Lapwing parted, and came ashore close to the railway viaduct in Caroline Bay. The crew were also safely-landed. The latter is a fine vessel. The ketch Glimpse. parted one cable only, nnd was held by- a kedge anchor. A rumonr is afloat that,a man was killed on the ketch Palmerston through the topmast falling on him. The cargo of the Melrose consisted of 250 tons of coal tor the Union Company. The- sad scenes were witnessed -by a thousand persons on the cliff. This day. Shortly after five last evening the ketch Glimpse, which had been gradually drifting towards the shore at Caroline Bay, touched the beach about 300 or 400 yards off the brigantine Lapwing, the rpllers breaking over her frightfully, smashing her foremast. She bad been taking m eight hundred cises of preserved meat for Port Chalmers. Most probably all her'cargo will be saved. The ketch Palmerston is still weathering it out, but drifted during the night. One body has been washed ashore. Subscriptions are to be raised, and ah entertainment given on behalf, of the distressed seamen.