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. (FEOM OUR OWJT J!OB®ESP6iji)EIIT:); '• EXPLOSION •IN WRLLINGTOi ;. i EsipEsX^MANY INJURED}''': ' W ' V THJE C.ITY GRE ATLY TIiARMED, ; '{4* started, atp.3fflait eWiin'glAThedo'iikey enjjfoe'on board one.j)phfi r tl)e wharf blew; up yij;h; .like !the.hea*! vjeat' • ■ discharge i ;: . ofordnance:-'' 'Pieces of metal,like.,sp)in(erß ; ..frojn.;b.urßting. shells were sent^oying"thtougli 1 the:!ahiE»'Every pane of glass in the vicinity i( was .and; was felt throughout the city.
; Among other providential escapes was' 'that of the care-taUr's 1 familyj who five' on board the hulk"' A" "portion _ ot;.the ;shaft of. the engine came crashing through the deck-house .close, to the.head of,a. little girl lying in'bed.*' Luckily," none,o( the family were injured.' Of the' ereiv : ivho .werer : |<?eok mbp iuffere'd contusioiis and other injuries, and the secoYid engineer of "The Laren—who was walking along thfl'whkrf, received some severe injuries on the leg's/ The cause;6f}the!exp]gsibn islsupposed to have been an overheated boiler,- and lack of water. " ; The'residents... city were greatly terrified at first, taking it was the com-. niencement'of another-earthquake.,. , ; DEATH OF DR HARDING, : Dr Harding died 'yesterclay : from" bronchi ti s, a" mar ty'r 10 ] cotispi.e n tipuai d laqharß e ■of duty, he having caught cold attending to a patient at midnight. His. death, causes "profound regret,! throughout - ..the city, . ' ' HORRIBiE DEATH. '- !• '- Nelson, July 2, - A man named Murphy- was -.killed ; atBellgrove railway .extension works'oilSaturday. He fell across the rails, and a truck, ladentwith ballast passed over his' body, • : ■ ■ \ THE CHINESE.LIBELLED, Aucklaxd, July 3rd..: 1 The rumors that Chinanien 'at the Thames suffer from .leprosy lias-'been officially.contradicted.' ; "
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 810, 4 July 1881, Page 2
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250LATEST TELEGRAMS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 810, 4 July 1881, Page 2
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