ISLAND MURDERS.
; Rashly massacred in solohons, | PUNITIVE -' :> GERMAN. KILLED-IN NEW GUINEA, v (By. ' A63oclatipn-Oopj,rlcht.) ■;. : . (Rec. October 29, 9.10 p.m.); ". ■-' Sydney, October 29. ,'! Island.news states.that a German explorer,lle,rr Dammkohicr', and a companion, who 1 were p'rospecting.for gold in German New Guinea, were' surprised' in their : camp by. natives,. who 'fatally•GpearedvHorr Damnikohler and wounded :his.conlpa,nion; : ;'rhe latter, escaped.. .A' puni;tivo: force: has. been sent.:..' .: .Another^tragedy-is reported from the Solomon.lslands;."Nativesattacked the/station of .Captain Joe Brinskin, a well-known trader.duririg 3rinskih's absence, and murdered his native wjfo; and;family':,b£ -young, children. They also looted the station. . Steps hare been taken to;punish;tho murderers.';,/ ''■''.
1 A DESPERATE DEFENCE-15 NATIVES KILLED, • ADDITIONAL MURDERS. (Rcc.October 30, 0.20 a.m) Sydney, October 29. Later dotails of the murder in German Now Guinea show that Herr Damnikohler and his companion shot down fifteen natives beforo thoy were overcome, With regard to the Solomon Islands tragedy, besides BnnskWa wife and two children, three natives—two men and a woman—attached to the station nere massacred.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 651, 30 October 1909, Page 5
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159ISLAND MURDERS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 651, 30 October 1909, Page 5
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