LOST MAIL MATTER.
THE NEBRASKA TRAIN FIRE
(by telegraph.—own corrkspondent). Wellington, Lust Night. The Secretary of the Pust-office .supplies tho following information by the mail steamer, through the burning of the train in Nebraska on the 9l!i January about 40 tons of mail matter was destroyed, somo of the registered and other correspondence was for the colonies, and was lost, but tho Post-office authorities don't think that quantity was large. Had the British tnuil for New Zealand arrived in New York by the steamer Gallic when due, it would have been on board the train which was burned. The mail agent regrets to inform the secretary that on the day the Alameda arrived in San Francisco (21st December), Mr R, J, Creighton,_ the New Zealand Government aorent, sustained a serious accident, by which one of his leirs was badly fractured.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18900206.2.17
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2741, 6 February 1890, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
140LOST MAIL MATTER. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2741, 6 February 1890, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in