INTERCOLONIAL. (Per Press Association.)

Otago Witness, Issue 1918, 24 August 1888, Page 21

INTERCOLONIAL. (Per Press Association.)

Robert Stewart, who was convicted on a charge of causing the death of Thomas Park by assaulting him while confined in a cell at the Central Police Station on the 25th MayJ will be executed on September 11. Brisbane, August 22. The English football team played a match against 18 juniors yesterday, and won by 1 points to 3.

Thuijsday Island, August 22.

Details are to hand concerning a terrible eruption in Japan. The island of Bun Tig Yun, a tract of 100 square miles in extent, was the scene of the visitation, which took place on July 14. The shock was of a most violent kind, and almost paralysed the inhabitants, who number about 2000 The town was virtually split in two by the upheaval, and large numbers of the terrorstricken inhabitants were swallowed up in the chasm caused by the eruption. Many of the people rushed to the foot of the mountains and were killed by the falling lava and boulders. Nearly all the houses in the island were destroyed and most of the residents killed. The eruption lasted from morning till dark, and next day fire sprang out from the crater. It was in the panic that ensued that most of the lives were lost. The mountain virtually fell on the town, burning large numbers; and irany who escaped were subsequently starved to death. !

Sydney, August 22.