A MAD NEGRO.
WOUNDS TWO SEAMEN. AND AFTERWARDS DISAPPEARS. JiIUSHANI;, Nov. 9. The well-known Australian ship Blengfell, from New York, reports that during the voyage the negro cook, a man named Godfrey, became insane and lireil at and wounded two seamen named Wicks and Silva. The crew were called aft for safety, when Godfrey again tired ami shot dead a sesmian named Lewis. The madman then took possession of the forecastle, and kept it for three days, when the crew decided at any risk to rush the place, but on doing so found Godfrey was missing, having apparently jumped overboard.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 167, 10 November 1896, Page 3
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100A MAD NEGRO. Hastings Standard, Issue 167, 10 November 1896, Page 3
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