TELEGRAPHIC

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2861, 31 March 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

. Napier, March 29. - An artesian well, six inch bore, put down by the corporation, struck water to-night at a depth of IG6 feet. There is a magnificent flow—larger than from any other well in New Zealand. Great damage was done by the heavy sea to the Marine Parade sea wall. For a long distance it was carried away and a greater part of the roadway washed away.. The water entered the houses and tore away fences, and knocked down a solid brick garden wall, Gangs of men have been working all day to secure the wall against further damage. The harbor works received no injury.

Auckland Fires. Auckland, March 28. The residence ofMrfP. Darby, at Ponsonby, was gutted by fire this afternoon. It was insured for £SOO in the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance-Office. No insurance on furniture. A shop and house, owned by Mr J'. Bond at Mount Albert was burned today. Insured for £350 in the New Zealand Office. March 30. The stables in Nelson Street, owned by Mr C. Wilson, were burned down early this morning. Three horses and a quantity of horsefeed, harness, etc., were burned. No insurance. The damages are estimated at £555. Glove Fight. Laing v. Matthews. Auckland, March 28. The glove fight between EL Laing, of Wanganui, and Dick Matthewswas commenced-to-day at the Otahuhu Racecourse, but was stopped by the police after a'few rounds had been fought, in which Laing had all the i best of it, . Serious Gas Explosion. Two Men Killled. Naher, March 29. A terrible accident occurred at the Wairoa Bridge Works, at 11.30 last night, by an explosion of gas, resulting in the death of two men, and severe injury to a third. It appears at about 11 o'clock three men were working in the last cylinder—Joseph Ball, Phillip Beattie, and George Sibbett. The first named was down at the bottom fixing the pumping pipes for the next shift. Beattie was in air-lock waiting to pull up Ball after having lowered him down. There was nothing for Sibbett to do till 12 o'clock so he went home, leaving the other two workmen and Mr Sellers, the contractor, standing over the staging alongside. At the hour named the cylinder blew up suddenly; the airlock was hurled into the air, and fell into the river close to the staging, a portion of which is broke. Mr Sellers was hurled Bft or 10ft distant, and landed on the lower platform of the pile-driver; his right arm was broken in two places, and was much cut about the face but ho was not unconscious. The cylinder, which was down 16ft in the solid, was burst into fragments, and eight broken lengths have beim already noticed. Joseph Ball lies dead at the bottom of the cylinder, and Phillip Beattie is supposed to be in the bottom of the river, unless he was blown clear of it. Ball is a married man and leaves a wife and three children. The body of Ball has been caught with the hooks, but as it lies across the man-hole, which is about 2ft wide, some difficulty will be experienced in getting the body up.