NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.
SUICIDE AT NAPIER. Napier, January 5. . A man named John McDongall was found hanging dead in Bolt's Mill yesterday. Papers found on him showed that ho had belonged to Queensland, and had substantial bank balances at Brisbane and Auckland. He worked on the wharves here for a few days, seeming somewhat morose and reserved. Tho jury returned a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind. QUARANTINE GROUND NOT AVAILABLE. When tho Inverurie arrives here, if there is still yellow fever on board, : she will be ordored into quarantine at .Wellington, as the quarantine buildings We aro out of repair and the ground is how surrounded by small farms. • „ ; ; COLLISION IN NAPIER HARBOR. On Saturday evening the steamer Ahuriri's steering gear went wrong as she was entering the inner harbor, and she struck the s.s. Fairy, making a largo hole in her bows. That vessel sank immediately. Sho had about 200 bales of wool on board for one of tho ships laying in the bay. Steps are being taken to raise her at once, as! she obstructs navigation.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9280, 5 January 1892, Page 2
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180NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9280, 5 January 1892, Page 2
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