ATTACKED BY NATIVES.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1876, 10 June 1886, Page 3

ATTACKED BY NATIVES.

A 11 OK BIBLE STORY. Dunf.uin, June S. 1 A Hobart paper by the Doric contains A tin' following ti b grain from Brisbane : || Die schooner Young Dick, which Inis ar•J nvul nt Maryborough, reported tlint a P ii»H'(*ratf conllict with natives occurred || »t Mnlayta M'mul on May ,'iO, resulting in l| 'lie ileioli of aboutls persons, including J| i'oph in, the Governtnent agent and 1| Mfiitin the cook, the sailmaker, a recruit 1 mill übou* a dozen natives. While the | 'O'biin and two boats crews were ashore If neruitiiiii, alout 50 natives with their 1 jctimliawks eoneealed in yams and leaves, i f I'nriletl the vessel in canoes, ostensibly I to recruit, am] at a signal given by the 1 Cjdrl, ihe entire party attacked the crew, I Du 1 uiiuc, Marr, threw oil' his assailants I mal sei/c,| the (ho arms on boaul aiul sue- | wisliillv defended himself from the half I cli.sed door of the cabin. A seaman | l,a, ncil vJuttendin, who was asleep below, battened on dock with arms and cn'■omiitvod the natives. He then ascended die fnre-top and shot down a number of I'l'agiH and enforced them to reheat, i d fi tinn descended and telcased the mate "'lio?|. ride was broken, and who was invipahlo 0 f further fight, lie also shot ■mother savage whom lie found in the I 11 flits cabin. lie then armed the reI 'ftats. numbering 1-1, with tomahawks, | mid "ere prepared to resist a second aUack, which was threatened, but did not I <une oil. On I ln» captain's return tc the i 'i ssil mi awful scene of carnage met his l' (,| ir white men were hacked to I '! e, ' t ' s R, 'd their brains were bespattered ? 7' ! llu ‘. I ' ec ' c Mi' I’ophain was Iving Ins cabin with pen and paper in” his ll:1 !jds, anij his head split epen. One re--1 u 'w who joitjcl in (he resistance, and 'c natives who weie.sho,t were lying " miMlie deck. Marr and Chittenden "ir they p])ot many others who went "H-rboard. The bodies from the vessel were bnried at sea and the Young Dick * Dome. The brig Janet Stewart as attacked successfully and looted at ' v aonic plnce by the same tribe five Mara ago.