ATTACK ON A CREW.
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Received November 27th. L*s ajs. Thursday Island, November 26. While a party from the schooner Forest King were on shore among the islands obtaining water they were attacked by Natives. Qpe sailor was killed by a spear, and another severely wounded. The vessel was compelled to take her departure without replenishing her casks, and the crew suffered from thirst. One succumbed on the voyage here.
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Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7214, 27 November 1888, Page 5
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