NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.
FATAL ACCIDENT. Auckland, January 18. i Joseph Edge, marriod, with a large family, wns killed near Whan^arei by a trco lulling on him. It was two hours before lie was extricated. His thigh was broken, and he received other injuries, which ended fatally. AERIAL DISTURBANCE. Wellington', January 18. Captain Killam, of tho barque Star of the East, reports having experienced a most unusual aerial Jistnrbnnco on the morning of January Btb, when abouf 110 miles off Cape Campbell. Tho morning was very clear, not a cloud to bo seen anywhere-. Aftor a few flashes of lightning, which prompte 1 the captain to shorten sail as quickly as possible, tho vnssol found herself in tho contro o[ v dome of extraordinary el?ctr"cal disturbance, which lusted about two and n-half hours. The vessel's head went to all points of the compass, anil at limes she was carried round in a circle, as if in ft whirlwind. Captain Kilhun ho never had such an experience during tho thirty yoars lie has beou at ten.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10212, 18 January 1895, Page 2
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174NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10212, 18 January 1895, Page 2
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