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*• [BY ELECriUC •JTECBGHUPU. [>RR PBKS9 ASSOCIATION.} Hoeitika, September 20. Scarlet fever prevails among children to an alarming extent. Several deaths luive occurred this week. Judge Weston has lost a s>n and daughter t The steamer Wallace got ashore on the North Spit on entering the river this morning, but expects to get off next tide, > .Robert Hogg for the Bank robbery was sentenced to twelve mouths imprisoument ' with hard labor. ! At the Supreme Court, <J\ Heenan, for perjury, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. The case of Knopp v. Lnpham is proceeding, and will occupy j all day. j Departures : Prosperity, for Melbourne, Isabella Anderson, for Dunedin. Nelson, September 20. The schooner Zior, which left Tinviru for Hokitika on August 12tb, put in here last night She had been for a long time in company with a fleet of other small vessels waiting to enter Hokitika. Last Sunday the whole fleet had to run for it. On that evening a tremendous sea broke on board, bursting in the cabin house, one of the limbers striking Clihs. Aitken in the face with sufficient force so as to kill him instantly, nnd washing Matheson who was steering overboard. The vessel was considerably damaged, and will huve to repair heiv. Auckland. September 20. An extensive fire occurred this morning at the Lunatic Asylum, which destroyed all the left wing and upper portion of the centre ot (he m^in building. A female nntipnt named Fortune was burned to death. The fire broke out in a shed at I lie Iwk pan. of the building. All (lie patient? were got out •successfully, exc<u>t the one mentioned. Comparatively little confusion occurred amongst the inmates, they behaved remarkably wpII considering the clrcurastHUft's. Beyond a few cries I there was no disturbance amongst the patient-'. Jiome excitement occurred when it was discovered there wns another female patient slill in the buildine, but »he was rescued in safety. A female patient «"iid s'u> lit tlie fire because she was ])iit to sleep in the sanvs apartment with a I i Maori wom.in. j
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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 71, 21 September 1877, Page 2
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