Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-24

high wages are being paid The wool clip is rather
light, and eighty below the average.
The steamer New England 10 the Clarence river
trade, struck bar in Clarence river the evening
OF the 27th, and became n total wreck Heavy seas
washed completely over her, and few persons were
saved. number OF the passengers end crew man.
aged to reach the shore in beats, but the others,
left elnging to the shrouds were washed off There
were fifty.three persons in all aboard and about
sixteen were drowned.
The Queensland Government has concluded a con.
traeE with Henry Kimbee, representing an Aus
tralisn syndicate for the construction of a trans
continental railway from Chrsville to Point Parker,
to be finished within and a half years, under
the land grant system-l0 COO acres from Charlevile
10 the gulf watershed, thence to Point Parker 12,-
coo acres per mile.
MELBOURNE, December 30th
railway collision at Hawthorn caused injuries TO
100 persons, with only one desth The Coroners
jury found the Hawthorn station master and guard
Of the special train cupably negligent Both were
arrested for mansaughter.
In the Legislative Assembly the motion Of Munro
for the appointment Of committee toinvestgate the
railway administration was treated as vote Of want
Of confidence and negatived after three days debate
by "A to 49, The Government introduced a bill
proposing the appointment OF Board of Railway
Management, the members Of which are removable
by the Governor.
WELLINGTON December SO,h.
Jeryois arrives next month to assume Gov
ernorship.
Native affairs are quieseent The native Minister
is still negotiating with the king of the natives
Voge is visiting the chief towns of the colony,
being well received and banqueted.
The crops in the south Of the island we're bene
fitted by the recent rains, and prospects are good.
FriGhtfuI Mine Disaster - Twenty-Five
Lives Lost.
SAN Francisco, January 2Sd.-From the
Sydney Herald the following deteil5 OF the
disaster at the Australian mine December
18th ere obtained The accident occurred ct
$50 A. NJ in the diff from The No. shaft,
which unex pectedly broke into the cd enter
ings of No. l shaft. Water rushed through
with great force, and in few u,iantes the
lower levels were flooded, ana the food rose
thirty feet in the shaft. TIE men employed
at this point fad for their lives along the drift
to the station, where twelve reached the cage
and were hoisted TO The suIfsce. Twenty
seven men in ohe- parts of the new workings
were unable to reach and ascend The distant
wings leading 20 tEe upper lsvels Tbs scene
at tbs top of the shaft was pitabie. Mothers,
wives, children aud friends were gathered
there, waisiny, almost without hope, for
news from below. The pumps were at
once started, throwing Al GOO gallons per
hour, and sill the miners in the district assem-
bed to lend assistance. TIE body Of water
was SO great that the pumps lowered it very
slowly, and a diver was sent for to attempt to
penetrate the mine 70 Learn the fate Of ih3se
below. This ejsc5 w.s foUEd impracticable.
In the afternoon of the 18Th, the water was
only breast high in the diff where the men
were supposed to be, aud an attempt was
made to reach than by wadiug but the vi
tiated air drove back tho Itlisf party. Sew.
eral similar attempts we're made during The
night, and about o'clock il the forenoon of
the 14th two searChers csne up the shaft
chesriog. One reported that n the new wirza,
No. IL, they heard the words, It's all hight.
We are all safe About P NJ word came
up the shaft that the les! were fCuEd, and
the news spread like the wind. TIE whole
neighborhood focked TO tbs snaft Tanks
were improvised as carIisgeP, ia which to
raise the men, to the surface, snd half an
hour later John Manly was brought up alive.
He was caught by going to warn his COM
rsdes of the danger when he might have es-
capped. Soon four others were brought up,
all greatly exhausted, but in a fair way TO
recover. The cage rose again, when the ter.
rible truth was learned that the twenty-five
men remaining in the mine had persisted.
The whole party had been caught in the
drift, the water rising so high that only by
clipgiDg to the timbers could they keep their
chins above the water. One By one, during
the sixty hours struggle, they had dropped
off exhausted, and were drowned in tbs food,
the strongest only holding out until relief
came. The bodies were found lying scattered
about the floor of the drift. The victims
were inferred on the 10Th. the day being OBJ
served as holiday. Liberal subscriptions
we're taken up for the families Of the de-
ceased.