OCR Text |
Show VUSTIUim rLOOII'. Till l UIAUI.INM.U SOCTlt WALES. AII V AOCIW3T!S ETC NolirithiUtudlDi; Hie great ttTotts to bar.. Ilourliautl otlur towns of e "-outli Wuin iu tlit. valKj of Hit. Uarlins Rlvir, the water broUt through and everfloI tbe era butikinvnlx. with disottroLs mults. Tbt ricr coutinunl to rie until A) nl 1 Uli, whin it swit llirougli tlit ttrnHn of Itouikc, and in a fen hours the tntirutotrn vaa undir water Tiellood increased rajidlj, and families Mere funtil to luue out in IwaU. ot a house remained re-mained liut ubat canoilsU could enter throiij,ll the front door, iddle ibotit Uiu uorusof tbu iouer lloor and nia!.u their exit through the riar wiiuiowa. Goats climbed u on lilji fences or thu toj of houses, Djp) swain about duly lyA-iug lyA-iug fur dry lind and eic finally diuwiird, and hor-t-a iitrithed li the wort "Many hou-es coILi)eed and olhird tn.K laJh uudi-ruiined that tlu will h:i e to U (trt uUn mnl or relmilL rhes-ullerili!, Is t ide-prea I and tin dkstfierfailis with unu'ual liard-hip in thi. poor, ho hac lost cvirj-tlilug cvirj-tlilug aud are uuv v, retcliedb 1 ro idol for In teuliior furced to .ui uji uith IeM futlluelil M.'-lter, intirel t tptuiluut uiioii the emru-'iO ll' tliertlit' coninilttte" Contnt utiom liac conic ill nod llj, and the relief Mirk. Iiih httii carried on ujion c climatic line', though on onetiaj tho nun utref f ch-u to iut up mil dr bread tnd rtw bncou Due rtllef lrtj ftrt to ncuo tin. i j.Ielilollg thetulgon ind l.rec tiveis Irntled u-i uiilm In to uet-S riming a 1 but a thort oit-tauct oit-tauct "Ihii rtcuedi faunl and liso out mail, u ho hi I U-eu living on a FUgi up i t-ec tor tlin.i wet-kx. Hi was ion nd iiHieaoting to con i-lnict a lio.,t o l the uu, 1 1 jux-cved to linuirriim tucitlivi. im!ei uu aj , for viihx JI- lied on oni. Ront" uhkli he abo Miecreded insaii- KetiiuK alive uji another trei Ilfrv ants ava from wlitre the fjmil fou n I iLfugt Hit ixtrt) then i roceeded aire to 1 wk for 1. I ifcbiubt ho was found on a raft uith hit viife -ind KMii children ihev had lit n o-jnij inj; in i tent on the nit fur tliree wetki- II u nmii found t Lxl namu! Ann-trong up a trie and ro-i ro-i mil him 'ihaws fimllj wire found til ril t Tln wire umped four link out batk Tlit i tit n out of iroiin. At Jllln three l.innlliri wirt found named John son lit mid I.nrrowe, ul o iri btinj, mi lied l the xtativii uith rations tiiuui,li ir dioit them nhu rin. reacueil ialtj iitud I.ittk c Mlort'.s and other Ikim ind found llut no f-ttalities iiad w curn.il, but all hik ver tliort of I rovi lorn- flic rescut pa'O wai ju t in tiim to save the fninllk-. uamed from I hi mo-4 .siiloun con e-mtiin. e-mtiin. Tl o rirL-v a.-to tin k otuxk are rather vagtn et, I ut It uiut be t n iiemioti" Altu hulm-stnul hulm-stnul ies-ii, howe t r, inaiine.ui to 'avt loilii l-sof thtirateHk At 1. uth the watir ron to a de lb of several ftt in the main stnit.- Tlie jkjK and telegraph olllce and tin Itoal II tel une t te onh buililngx ot ail. i-oiiMijuenti. In touu that wire notiiiK'ernatir The IiuM.1 iioueO blh tiAnhi and the kU Due lias a wjanti and er wilfcjiulul imlmiikiiieiit enct ed around It, uhich uhi done under tin u irilnon of the local jo-t matter Had this tlep not been takni tin re w nodouit that the onh, goMrumeut IkiIMIii; in (tie town would lmi betu tetally de r ted asthebriek building built on this puruu blu k Mil would nut "tauil ti e txtra soakagi, ai would bethecaM. if the place wire flood d beteral famllkf took up their ipnrti-ra in trltate leonw in the ptototlue The damaRe doueCHU not j tt lie estimated but it is con aidered that all briek bulluiinr will be ruined The C Iiinen gardens aretotaln subuienxed tnd the dam ae to this rojrt alone it is con Mdered Kill readi fTmior 4S0V) A large brli k buiidlnf; lately occu) led In James llolan I general More-ktiiier More-ktiiier -ollauI oui Id. of tile I uildiiigfaUiut, to the ground with a grist noiM A cornviwiident of tin r-viliuj JUruhi twik a i ruke around the uhutb know n as Ouodto vu, which b ii'-uall.) occujiicti 1 about !) nidenis. The unlj living tiling en uen the fou k on the roofs an 1 fenci Ixkil g into mi of the lion" n here Uh watt r lied reoedul mud from one Iiuh to two Incheo thick wis wen on tho erau las and tliellone He looked inoide several houjtsai 1 mr i v. retched .state o' tilings. Chain were oirturucd Inxes and ciotliea wire ukcd, Mjiiielinira loaded i h Ivoki, an licturvs ha I collajoJ, ruining ierithlnt: the bedclothes were wtt,lim and Use'e-" Hemvt nj figns ef roM-erlee, though wenil have bei n repor ed I y M-tj i Ii the uattr hal receded s illliklltK to tllou the peu4e to nturn an I the danRir had pacd The amount of the ki ha not lieeu iliiuatel, Imt it will rea li i large lie,un LIT To I IMK3 AIout T clock on the in irning of A lil -4th -i K rurutoti iu fornicl (he water llcf that he had found Hit Ux! of a man I Ititr on the rocks on the wu-t ride of Woo' lomuocloo bai 1 1 o polict pro-cveded pro-cveded to the iAt and found tho corie in tin hollow of a nxk.Juht aboe low watc r mark, alxnit half wa between the Sjdnet Itowlne Club hl and 'Ir MacijtiaricN oIut Tho body was mi ovul to the North vdne Morgue, win. it now Her An examination of tin bodj showed U ond doubt that the man Ind been brulah muide-ed The head, neck and ami- as tn at the morgut, I rvscnti-a a tnily horrible i ji-arance, the man hav Ins evidently battled hard for lm II'i Hi hid used lib kft arm to ward oirthe blows of the knife of his a.-aiUid, as on the kit firearm wen. found two deep wound- and one on the wrW The light arm and hand hal Inn more Inrdli ucd, having received altogether five wound;, four on the ami All the fingers ou the hand were dec ply scored on thu inside, an I the thumb had becu a knot t severed from the hind 1 3 a tut about two luetics In length, and completely illvIiiLS tic tendons and blood vessel between Hand the forefinger, as though the murdered man teitug a knlfu coming towanl him hiu grasped It The weapon had then trobabh, been iiuickb) drawn lack by Uie uiuntcter, thus iiillicting the wound' Tut re were eight stabs on the face and theee also lore evi dence of the fearful struggle tliat muitharu taken bec A wound under the right eo and one over tlie left were severe, 1 Jt two 011 either side of the mouth were still more seven. one going right throjgh the lleth and extending half war to the ear The other a little longer, but In this the knife had not cut uulte. so deep eak from losacf 1 lood, tin muruered inau was thin probably knocked down and the a v-Ihnt fiut tbt faUI stroke to his daMardly deed The throat was cut from the wIodpjie round tho ri(,Iit side of the rec- to tlie ler-tebnv ler-tebnv Tlie wound was about four Inches deep, and the jugular vein was completely severed K.VII.KOAD fcMASJinrS. A frightful railway accident happened hap-pened at Jtatliurtt, J S W , on the evening of April Sutli, resulting In the instantaneous death of three passengers, in addition to which several persons were serioul hurt At about TocJock. a number of sheep trucks, with a icssenger carriage car-riage and guard a van, which hid become detached from a train dis. patched from bydncyjust previous-' li, dashed pat Uje Kumrl Street crossing at a Brcat speed, and came Juto c-HWon Willi a gooJs train . which was leaving KathursL The I front part cf U13 ei.clco or the lat tr train was seriously damaged, and the guard's van, icssenger car-1 riago and eml sheep tmcks of the I runaway Irain were conijkkh; -Tujalitii to atoms. Another collision, attended with faUl rc.ulL?, occurred on the Great Northern line, near harlij station, iwi uty-t wo miles from Newcastle, at lilUa. m , May 13th The mall train from Sidney tollrUbauewlikh leaMs eMcu.liu at ltrSS p iu , dashed into the mall train from lirbbane to fcydnci, which at the time of thu dtsaer was being shunted to a siding to allow the down train to IlrLbaiM- to joss through The actual cauc of tho collision is not know u, lilt asa thick tog 1 revalled at the time It is possible possi-ble that tin driver of the mail train to liilsbaue did not observe the signal sig-nal to prevent his going The crash was so f,reat that the tender ard mo carriagta belouIug to the train from llnsbaiK. were thrown off" the line, vi Idle the horte Imx ail I a carriage and truck of tbe train from odncy weru hoi4.Iee.li smashed A man In the horfe box named licqrge Mel adyu, a Joekii, who was in charge of a racehorse, was kil.ed outright, as well as the uore he was taking care of i-l(,htpus--eugirswen also injured, but not sevireli, with one exec tion CLUlinui to HE.VTII. The steamer lUirooHjo, whlih returned Mai lt tob'diti.fell in wilh a steamer which cnil'Vu llirougli the New Hebrides k roup an 1 learned of the killing of auotlicrvthite trader Tlie luurdrr took laenat Devil's i'oint, Aol.3 This in not the first settler w ho has been killed at tbii lace, aud the other settlers 011 Voba are vcri anxious tiiat a inau of war should inquire into lliese outraj,e- The Inendli nathestill them that nn leSHSonieunbIinieut ialiutcd out to tlie criminals the lives of others will not licnafi About the begiu ningof the mouth Mc-rii rpalu tbu natives for a lot of cucoat tits thii had I rought him fltci wished to break the nuts fordrilng, but ax it was raining Mtreiir told thini to stop and wtntintuhU hotie, ttiiuk-iunoraoruaboutit ttiiuk-iunoraoruaboutit Thcnativestlien asked him out uudtr the tetell-i ol asking tbe naiuis of the surround in,; i-kiula timl thin, without aui I rovocutikU, clubbed him ainisi thu lacu ami left him fur deal The Ioorfclluw managed to imwi into thu house to ill fien while the natives I roke into tho hi ii-c and ilundtrctl it No motive can U. a-rlgneil for the murder, ixix'jt tlie desire to j hinder, as so tar as U k no a ll, Men It r aiwais lived 011 friend 1 terms v Ith theiiatlvi s vti cciuijt. The 1 !cnie racea at Uubbo pril I7thwtie marred Ii afatalaciHicii' Thomas M Ivrogh of Warrana tatiou was riding Ins own hone Darkie in tlie Maujuane hand hap On coming into tin slmiht lit u u observed to roll In lm saddle and soon after he fell and was dragged a shott distance An examination sliowed that he hail met with 1 fracture at the base of the skull He remained lini-oie-ciotis until his death Ti e deceast d w as not tliirti iin of ige It Ws rerted tliat Mr Kecgli ha I redueeu iikwtisht ton nuickli and ua ovenvnie ii weakness and fainted A c-.trrkr named Join Groom wlio uaou the way from l.tlbj to it George vtiih rations, blankets l,ns all wi-v was turned to death on Ajrii 13d mar Tei il station Win Groom sUted tlia lis father wassiikani lying under the waon kin 11 he left in 1 , about IU u'tleck In the iiiorniuK, to get meat from TVclbn Ititbn tin the IwvNre tin 11, about 1 o'ekjek, lie loeind the w. ii.u vts on tire, aud hl-fithir was hiug llisilisil k siw dl-tami otf He lulu Icu sevcriii bunieil tudUIed shui'li afterward The tire was u esse! tolutvuotiginateu thnmli sou e loose 1 1 xca of matches on 'he- w3j,ou latvlng bccoW ig lilted MPsCall wife of I (all, l M who lias Ions 1 resided ovtr tin bench at the tity court, was feu ml dead in her lieUroom at her real deuci at 1 Mernuhk on Mav 3d The unfortunatu Iad h 1 been reading In bed with a lighted candle ind set lire to tlie lied clothes The medical ojln'on Is that she vvaasuf fneated ly the siuokt before the llatiu-4 icachtd hir The bed and bedding win cuimleltli liu-retl A terribl at ci lint occurred In !Iij;li street ltusiworth, sin ttlv ifttrmidiiiglitoii Mai s"' Itieliard ChrMIe 1 linsiiitl who trnved from New Zealand sK weeks igo had lf!i drmkii g The hcui it ckieiilallv took II re, ami Mug a w r old luilding of weal! t boards and slal, it UHseoLstinit-l in five mi 1 lite? Tlie lire al.inil drew 1 crowd Christie was seen inside the burning building with his head enveloped iu a I tanktt. 1 ir rts were male t. rescue ( nri'tle I v pul ing dow 11 the slal s at the bat k of ihel ulhiing, I ut he was seen roasting alive The rot f II ill fill Iu bubHtphiitlv tie chaired lioli warecovuvd fromtle dibri" KVSK KOBBEIS AN SIIOkMIC Ti e Hahirtlorf agenci of the Mount lUrker branch of the ltank of Australasia tt Adelaide was broken into between 1 iisl Jo clock on Aai iml and fj" Hi Id iu noter, gold ami silvir wire to!eii The money vrs iotlge J iu an mil.ketl drawer of the lnk cuunte- and during the ibsinci of tin 1 fticiali in charge of the bank at Iuueh in 1 hotel 1 joining some pera n at 1 tes eiitunk wan tlleittil an entrance bj uiiHrewimc tlie loikof the door at the -ear He took all tin inouev in thebank txce4 -uisilvcr 'tuck Iiicctor iveeuliant of lturra reporl-t a serious ili-ean- be-tiered be-tiered to U intiuenzi, mgu g among horses iu tbe north On one farm six valualie horses died within 1 dai or two On two other fanns four dltd w Idle on an other two tiled Several case9 ate reported of hoies being unwell Ml the cases werunoituof lturn tml eath from tifli to 100 miles apart. Chief Insf-ettor i.entlne rtceivtd several communicHUons from far niers that a number of sheep died abo.it lam) ing timi It is thought thev were ittaeked ti fever aicuiu ranletl Iv Intlamnulioii mint tnlicte the cause to stinkwort Several Sev-eral ca.-es are repotted iu which the disease was cured li chauge ot die An port from ll.ur sties that very Krious damage ha been doi. in some parts bi the locusts A letter from the neighborhood of llaroqga states that sheep are in a irj low condition through the laik of feed The condition of afiairs is made all the more serious as there is no nourishment for cither ewes or lambs, an I so weak aro sen e ewes that tin crows are picking out theireyes vrlille thei are Iving on the- ground, too heirless to defend thim-tltc An- the run himd-' reds of sheen, tro n Jjced li hunger to walK, vtenseen bo general ha-been ha-been tho ( ligue throughout tin district tliat it is useless to move stock, other places lieing as tad Tlie instils are flying towards MulwalaantI Corown, where grass Ispletitlfulaml green |