Shocking Affair.
Phb Press Association— By Electric Telegraph — Copyright. Beoeived September 5, 1.20 a.m. x Sydney, September 4. island news states that the German cutter Sea Ghost was captured by natives at Brioka Island, oneof the Solomon Group which is under ' German influence. The natives surprised the crew while the captain was aloft guiding the vessel among the reefs. They butchered the captain (Kolshorn) and four of the native orew, " two escaping. The schooner was l;oted and sunk. ■ A cannibalistic feast was held on the bodies of the four natives.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 4030, 5 September 1898, Page 2
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90Shocking Affair. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 4030, 5 September 1898, Page 2
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