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[press association.] New Plymouth, This Day. The Bell Dairy Factory, Henwood-road, owned by Mr. ,1. Crockett, was destroyed by fire at half-past 1 o'clock on Sunday morning. The insurances were — Building, £200 ; plant, £400 in the Norwich Uniou. The loss is estimated at 50 per cent. more. It is supposed that the cause was a spark from the boiler fire. Napier, This Day. John P. Smith, Empire Hotel, was fined £1 for a similar offence, his license also to be endorisd. Poet Chalmers, This Day. Mr. Chamberlain, Collector of Customs, opened an enquiry to - day touching the death of Captain Anderson as the result of an accident at Cuttle Cove during the Waikare's trip to the Sounds. The officers of the ship, Captain Straug, and Mr. Cook (superintending engineer) were examined. The evidence went to show that the accident was entirely due to the breaking of a defective link in the hydraulic gear, which caused the crane to drop and swing inboard, sweeping the decks. This fault was due to the bad quality of the iron used iv the construction of the particular link, and it could not have been detected. It was also shown that the ship proceeded on her voyage at the request of Captain Anderson and the injured passengers, and with the concurrence of the two doctors on board. The enquiry has been adjourned till to-morrow. [our own correspondent.] Mangamahoe, This Day. The train which, left Wellington at 7 a.m. collided with a sheep train on the main line at 12.25 o'clock. The brakes of the engines attached to the sheep train would not work, and she ran past the station, and the Wellington train then came in. No passengers ■were hurt, but the sheep-train's engine was disabled. The mail train proceeded on its northward journey at 1.5 p.m. Carterton, This Day. An unoccupied four-roomed cottage, in the centre of Ihe town, was burned down early yesterday morning. The lire is sup-, posed to have been the work of an incendiary. The house is insured in the Commercial Union office for £750.
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Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 61, 14 March 1898, Page 6
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