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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1170, 5 September 1882, Page 2

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J UNITED KtESJ ABSOOUIION | \ SERIOUS FIRE. I FATAL ACCIDENT, i Ceristohoroh, this day. ;-;j I A fire occurred in High-street yesterday i morning and made a clearance of some buildI ings which had long been an eyesore to the . centre- of the city. The fire commenced i shortly after miebnight in a shop occupied by , a learned pig and an armless lady next to f KingVlfurhiture'shop, commencing in the, back of;the'premises, -which half an hour before the Jalarm'.shewed not the slightest 3 Bymp^,tomy.'of>flre> : ;Eff6rts M were made to 3 rescue : the learned pig, avail and ■ it'.was roasted alive,; .'.The Fire Brigade were ! y6ry r earlyrat'.workybut.it:..was three hours r before the fifei-'was completely (extinguished, • All the shops destroyed were the property pf Mr C. H. Brown, of Nelson. The value of , the'buildings:b a urnt is comparatively trifling. ITh'ednsurances are:—Building occupied by A King, which was completely gutted, £SOO in ! Standard, King's stock of furniture £IOOO in Standard,.both of ( which ( expired to-day; 'two bijKaijditlible3 and furniture, belonging ' to Mrs' Trill, destroyed in a room over King's shop, 5400 in Transatlantic. Doherty, tobacconist, lost £SO, not insured, Mrs A, f - il. Thompson, the armless lady, who was the j proprietress of the learned pig, estimates her loss, inoluding the pig, at £SOO, and is not' ■insured. King's and Hulbert's stocks /were muoh damaged by removals i i , James Service, a butcher, who accidentally c,ut his thigh .while, killing pigs on Uth August, died'in the i 6 ( (An empty teprrooped house in Windmill road Was destroyed; by firejast mght. "It r was insured for £3OO. The origin'of tlie fire • is unknown. ! !• i THE S^T^4 PFA I R EXPOSED, 1 SEVEHE ACCIDENT. 3 /' I ; { ' i ■•«! • ,AncKijAND,,this day. f ■ ; • ■-( -J-' i -' /I ' -' s i Barldw'si shooting alair has been exposed t by the chiefs Wahanui and Tewheteora. Potupatu, Barlow's companion, confessed ; that he and Tu Tawhiao, the King's son, j were bribed by Barlow. TuTawhuo received a watch, ring, and £5, and Potupatu received j £4, Wahanui and Tewheteora deserve great , .credit,fprjthe expos t urjß.- ;■■;'. ' j :.' A b6j4t'"btiehungai pdured molten lead f into a bottle. Tho water bottle exploded scattering the lead over his face, and it is |. feared total blindness will result. '" ii J ) {) v 7' -'-V/'' ■ ■ C)''. , A I 'DISTUBBANCE f ;A'T'THE'CHRISTf CHURCH THEATRE. Christchdhch. September 4; I A row occurred at the Theatre Eoyal on ■ Saturday night, The London Comedy Company (J. Wilkinson, Amy Co.) were A ! small audieriii.e assemDledy'butM'ortly after Bo'clock Mr Wilkinson'announced that Mr t Beatty, proprietor of tho hotel, had seized all • theniqney/eoeived at the doors, and; there i would['3hereforej';b'e) nd performance.' A i 'great*rb¥'''e'nßued'. v Mf'Beat*y promised to i return the money at the door. After doing i this to the people in the' stalls and circle he „ £quHd he had oriiyjl2s left for upwards of 60 _ people in it was thus apparent " thatthe'jedpVmiist ave rushed ii during ' the row without paying. Mr Beatty declined [ to make up the balance, and the people would , not leave without their money, ' Great noise and impromptu singing and i dancing were indulged in, and the police , could' not get the theatre dear till after mid--1 night.' When Hhe'policei did'leave a free 1 fight occurred in front of the theatre, and ■ two men were! arrested. Wilkinson, the actor, and two other men, i arrestejl for,taking part in the row on Suni day m6rnihg over ihe'dosihg of the theatre, . were discharged by the Bench to-day, The I magistrates said the police were quito right 1 to stop the disturbance, but it was evident they had captured the wrong men. i ', . .. •