ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.
(PekElectbioTelegkaph. — Coptbioht.) 1 [Rbutbb'b Agency.] TEeoeived 1.30 p.m., July 30th. j ! London, July 28. The Homeward mails via San Fran- . ciaco, which left Auckland on June 19th, j were delivered in London yesterday, three , days before contract time. 3 [Received 3 p.m., July 30th. J 5 Naples, July 29. I A tnost disastrous earthquake has been ' experienced on the Island of Ischia, " situated opposite the Bay of Naples. The I town of Cassanuciola has been almost , totally destroyed, and it is estimated that , fully one thousand persons hare been > killed, besides a hundred more or less ; seriously injured. Boat-loads of killed ■ and wounded are arriving here hourly i from the Island, and much anxiety and 1 excitement prevails. ' New York, July 29. The body of Captain Webb has been 1 recovered in Niagara river, near Lewistoo. It is most terribly battered by its paisage down the stream. * —
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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2762, 31 July 1883, Page 2
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151ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE. Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2762, 31 July 1883, Page 2
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