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Show ritit.it i m AHprrlal llnrll alalrAaenl I'erlslirs Intlia IVat Chiouio. Nov. 1 Chief t earn of tho fort Ign allalrs department has Just been Informed of tho traglo end ol W. li. (Illes ond family, who perlsbe I oil Iho coast at I.oma l.orus, In the Western West-ern l'aclflo Islands, ou tieiteraber 1J. (lllea waa a special agent for tho exH-slllon, exH-slllon, sent to l'olynrtla by Iielglt Lynch tn bring back exhibit! for the lair. Willi n crow of three pallor. Olleeand family started from Loma Loma In a smsll boat to catch the ateaincr Maori, homeward bound. At Mango a sharp squall came up and the boat wint down with tbo crew and imMongeri. tarl I tree. IlnowNSTOwr, Itid, Nov. 1. Por est Urea are raging with great fury south aud eouthwmt, four miles away. The roar of the llames can bo beard here, and tho ht avent aru lighted with a glare vlsiblo fifty miles. Northing except a heavy rain can )revvnt tbo entire destruction of the most valuable timber of this section of the slate. The loss already amounts to a huudred thousand dollars. |