The Warwickshire Herald. — 1895-08-22 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICA.  Iminsu OFFICERS WOUNDED. The Punitive Expedition, under Admiral RaW3Oll and Gwiieral Sir Lloyd William Matthews, which left Zanzibar on the rah inst for Mombasa, in order to attack M'weli, has been successfully carried out. The native stronghold of 31'weli was stormed and taken by the British force on Saturday last. Zahran was killed in the fighting, bat the insurgent Chief, 3lbaruk Bin Rashid, escaped. Of the British force, seven Europeans and three porters were wounded, while two nativo regulars were killed and one was wounded.  The following is the official list of casualties received at the Admiralty: KILLED.—One Soudauese soldier, one Zanzibar Askari, one guide. SEVERELY WOUNDED.—George H. Rogers, A. B. or ordinary, official number 159,150. of H.M.S. Phoebe; William C. Tundall, bugler, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham, 6,250, of H.M.S. Phiebe; and ono carrier.  SLIGHTLY WOUNDED. —General Sir Lloyd Matthews; Lieutenant Kennedy, of 11. XS. Phoebe ; Midshipman Grogan, of St. George; Caleb, J., A. B. or otdinary, official number 153,485, of Phcebe; Joseph IL Page, privote, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth, 5,567. of Phcebe ; William S. Goodwin, leading signalman, official number 142,521, St. voyge ; Henry Meadow, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, 954, St. George; and one native carrier.  EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ZEALAND. A severe shock of earthquake. was felt at Taupo, a tourist resort in the district of Tauranga, and at some other places on Saturday night. Considerable damage was done at Taupo, where the inhabitants -sera panic-stricken and camped out all night.  AN AMERICAN HOTEL WRECKED. The Gumry Hotel at Denver, a five-storey build. ing, has been wrecked by a boiler explosion. Half the building immediately collapsed, and a fire broke out among the ruins. Five persons who were injured after the explosion occurred have been rescued alive. According to the latest telegram from Denver the disaster was caused by the carelessness of an engineer, who was intoxicated at the time, in turning cold water into the hot boilers belonging to a steam engine in the hotel. The latest estimate places the number of the killed at 20, while many others were injured. The engineer himself escaped. Although the rescue parties succeeded in helping some persons to extricate themselves from the debris immediately after the explosion, the flames soon put a stop to all such efforts, and those who had assisted a few to escape were compelled to watch the victims being burnt to death. Fourteen corpses have been taken out of the ruins. One man has been recovered still alive after keying been terribly burnt. The Gumry Hotel was formerly used as a place of entertainment. It was built by the widow of "General" Tom Thumb. Subsequently it was converted into an hotel by Messrs. Gumry and Grenier, both of whom have lost their lives in the explosion.  BARRISTER KILLED ON THE ALPS. Mr. Benjamin Eyre, a well-known Chancery barrister, has been killed on the Alps. A few days ago the deceased gentleman went to Switzerland for his holiday, and on Friday last, when walking by himself from llelalp up Sparrenhorn, he appears to have fallen over a precipice, at the foot of which his dead body was shortly afterwards discovered. Mr. Eyre was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple an Novenae- 17th, 1839, and he devoted his a tten. bion to Chancery practic,.  A private telegram has been received at Lincoln's Inn, stating that B. Eyre; a well - known Chancery barrister, w;ici was spending the long vacation in Switzerland, had fallen over a precipice, and wee instantly killed. Mr. Eyre, who was much respected, had a large practice. Ile was called to the bar at the Inner 'temple in 1869. The commission which left Fu-Chaa on the 13th inst, to hold an inquiry into the recent massacres of British missionaries has arrived safely at KuChang. Important ar•csts hays already been made. The natives are quiet, and appear to be much alarmed by the arrival of the commission. A man named John Kavanagh committed suicide on Saturday in a cell at the police depot at Ballybrack, county Dublin, by hangmg himself. The condition of the heir-apparent to the Austrian throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, is now declared to be very critical indeed. Professor Schroetter, one of the leading authorities on diseases of the chest, has ordered that the Archduke_ who, by the way, is spitting blood in considerable quantities—shall receive the most careful attention. At Bantry, on Saturday evening, a man named Connor was returning from the market, when he fell from his cart, and sustained tatal injuries. Two youths named Bookerfield and Freir have been, at Birmingham sent to prison Lir a fortnight for robbing gardens. So numerous arc these thefts •hat special constables are employed to detect the offenders. 

Article type: Incident