ISLAND NEWS.
A STEAMER EXPLOSION. THE GERMAN PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. A TRIBE WIPED OUT. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, July 12. (Received July 12, at 10.28 a.m.) Island news states that the boiler of the small steamer Endeavor exploded at New Guinea. The engineer (Mr Pearson) was killed, and another man named Clarke was injured. The German punitive expedition killed 130 of the tribe whose member* murdered Mrs Wolff. The tribe are practically wiped out.
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Evening Star, Issue 11628, 12 July 1902, Page 6
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73ISLAND NEWS. Evening Star, Issue 11628, 12 July 1902, Page 6
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