THE LATEST.
OMINOUS INDICATIONS. Wellington, June 14. O.to a.m. Mr Gray, Secretary of Telegraphs, lias received the following from Maketu:--“7.30 p.m. Gordon, the po (master at Whakatane has just reported the following .— 1 At 11 a.m. a Native who escaped from Ruawahia on the Whakalene side of Lake Tarawera said that from where he was he could see the settlement of Te Alike be’ween Rotoinahana and Wairoa, destroyed, killing Samuel Brown and about 40 Natives. Another Native warned Mr McPherson, Matata, and Geo. Creek, Whakatane, that lake Tarawera lias risen about 30 or 40 feet, and also that before the late eruption it rose. This last information was received by Mr Gordon from Mr Creek at 330 pm, but he emnot find out if the rising occurred to-diy, Mr Gordon also states that the Whakatane settlers waited watching to-night for flood or other disturbance. The Native who wa-ned Creek left immed ately for other settlements-’”
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1879, 14 June 1886, Page 2
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