OTHERS HAVE A NARROW ESCAPE,

(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Gisborne, this day. A sad boat accidenb occurred on Saturday evening at a quarter to six, by which two sons of Mr John Warren, County Clerk, loflb bheir lives. During the afternoon four of the Warren boys, tlie eldest being 14, accompanied by James Hall, 11, and William Coombes, 12, obbained their parenbs' consenb to row on the river, bub wenb in bhe bay round the Talune. On returning, the boab gob broadside break on bo bho bar. The lads nob being strong enough to pull off against bhe bide bhe boab was carriec" into the breakers and swamped. They wero half-an-hour in the water before assistance reached bhem. A youbh named James Thompson, seeing the accidonb, pulled oub, a llat-botbomod boat and rescued Coombes and Ralph Warron. ThelaunchSnark,returningfrom bhoTalune, also observed bhe boys sbrugglirig in bhe waber, hastened, and, throwing a life-belt to Hall, rescued him in an exhausted state. Walter Warren was picked up clinging to bhe boab. Cecil, aged 6, and Alleta, aged 10, wore drowned. When the four boys were baken on board tho Smirk, on which was the Italian Opora Company, the ladies of tho Company did all in their power to assist in resuscitating little Ralph, who was only four years old and very exhausted, and did nob recover for somo hours. The body of Cecil was recovered on tho beach on Sunday. The othor body has nob yeb been found.
Tho body lost when the boat swamped on Saturday evening, was found on the beach this morning, üboub half-a-mile from the scene of the accident, An inquesb is to be held this afternoon,

A WELLINGTON TRAGEDY.
FATAL RESULT OF A SAILOR'S QUARREL.
ONE MAN KILLED AND ANOTHER

WOUNDED.
TWO MEN ARRESTED.
