TASMANIA.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1681, 1 November 1861, Page 5

TASMANIA.

Daring Robbery. — We are informed that on Thursday last, three armed men, supposed to be absconders from Port Arthur, perpetrated a most daring robbery at Mr. Cowie's,. St. Paul's River, near Fingal. As Mr. Cowie was pioceeeding across his run, about four o'clock in the afternoon, he was met by a man, who told him that a great number of sheep were dead, and offered to show him were they were. Mr. Cowie, not suspecting anything, walked oa with the man, wbo suddenly caught hold of him, and at the same moment two armed men, who had been concealed, sprang out. ' They took Mr. Cowie up to the house, which they pillaged, taking several watches, jewellry, plate, &c, amounting in value to about. .^£9o. They then ordered .the copjc to boil, some 'eggs, and tbis having been done,.- they pinioned his arms and marched him into the parlour, where they plentifully regaled themselves, and .did not leave until about eight o'clock in the evening. Informatiou has, of course; been' given to the police, but none of the rascals haye 1 yet been found. — Launeeston Examiner. Native Woods for the International Exhibition. — Some fine specimens of musk | blackwood, myrtle, and other native woods, admirably adapted for cabinet wort, have arrived from the coast, to be forwarded .to the Commissioners, for the Gre^t International Exhibition, lo be held in London iv ; 1862. — Shocking Occurrence. — A melancholy accident occurred at the River Forth on.Saturday last, by which |,two men and a woman; lost their lives. It. seems that three men in the employment of Dr. Casey (Michael Hannon overseer; Quinlan and Kane) were engaged in boating potatoes from Hamilton to the shipping place at Leith : the boat was both large and strong, having been a ship's longboat In going down the river on the last arid fatal trip the men were accompanied by Hannon's wife and child; all were perfectly sober, arid' the men were pulling steadily, when the boat struck on a sunken log just above, the bridge, and being overloaded instantly wenf^down Kane succeeded in reaching the bank safely: vvith the child; Hannon swam to land, .but; on seeing his wife struggling in the water he returned to assist her, but she grasped hin) so tenaciously that he was helpless, and both sank together. Quinlan also was drowned. •'-' It is not a little singular that Kane, the only, man of the party who could not swim was the only one saved. All the bodies have been recovered. It was only the previous evening that Dr. Casey had cautioned Hannon against overloading the boat, as be was apprehensive of an accident but Hannon laughed at his employer's fears, saying he was not made to be drowned. How little the poor fellow knew of the future. — L. Examiner. Death by TNTEMPERANOE^-Henry Gane, aged 51, was found laying dead at , the M>t of the stairs in his house, in Hobart Town, on, the 21st ultimo. His wife had gone out about.two hours previously, leaving him drunk iv bed. — H.T. Advertiser. ■ ':*■