TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2368, 9 August 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

(United Press Association.)

Tumor, this day, A fearful soa was rolling in the harbor yesterday and to-day, accompanied by very heavv rain. 'ln consequence of the state of the sea, the wreck ! of the ship Itfttelton, so, far as can be seqn from shore, is all smashed up, fend the northern beach is for miles covered with' wreckage, portions of the ship's cargo, etc. Three valuable engines that were in,the for* mid

i main rigging of .the ahip have, with the •toasts,- gone oyer,the sideband to the'dontractors who. had tharaismWfthe vessel will' te&Jieavy one. So ,fl£ the rain bttrif it continues, the.' outlook-.wili: 'be-: rather a dark one, a» lambii)'^.iß. : noff generaU ■ .• Du»BDijf,"th»'cl<yj . A verdict of' found drowned' has fen returned, at, the inquest on John Hancock's body, . which waslfound in Lake Wakatipu. Medical evidence went to show that there wore no wounds on 'the body to cause death. 'Y It appears that the deifF of-Patrick Egan, at Skippers, waß due.-to. ag|fuok loaded with quartz jumping off the rails and crushing him. '

Chbistohuro'h, this day. It has boen raining with' little intermission since yesterday morning, 'but there are no signs of a flood.. Faruiing operations have been seriously hlndero! and thero are reports of loss among lho early lambs. V '

. , Auotukd, this day. > A.man.nawed Nathaniel Wilbert," liv* ing alone in a hutt at Maretiikai, ; fonnd dead to-day. 'lt js Believ&i he diedtrf heart-disease. A man named .David. Walkflr'ffas killed by the kick of a horse at taramea.. i Birtw. tbi?®. ' _The s.>. 'Pelhatii,: from' 'GreymßSjfch, with a full cargo of coal," ran ashore at the pilot station, Bluff, at-7 morning, before Bhe had a piloi ; . oa board. She.stnick about the sarne plaee tliat the 8.8. Scotia didsome 23; years age, and little hopes are : 'ofn« being got off, as it was toji high'"rator when the struck; She now lies wtfMw hull to the flea, and with a running past. A large hole is in her amid' ships, and the watcr is up to tha 'combings of the main ' hatch.-' It -is expected that' when the tide falls the vesselrwill break up. The effects of the captain- and crew, and all moveables are now heine . landed at the "pilot statjon. She is owned by Kennedy Btob.', Greytriouth, and her insurances aro not ktinwn here, v Bhe left the Grey river at 2.30, on Saturday, and experienced. ligK.,yiriabl?. v .-wind. After- crossing tlie bar- with rainy •weather, Bhe passed' Breaksea Sound 8t 8 a.m. on the Bth, and Windsor Point at 1.20a,m„ where a strong easterly pie was' encountered, with high- sea! y She had Centre Island abeam atlO jj.m.-; and 2 a,ta. tliis moming the wind was blowing fresh from the eastward, with a mtidetaie sea.