TRAGEDY OF THE SEA.
! Horrible Tale of tbe Sea. Mutiny and Murder. , Captain and Mate Shot Dead. Victims thrown Overboard. (BY : BLECTBIO TELEGRAPH— COPYRIGHT.) (BBTJTfeR'S TELEGRAMS.) Brisbane, isovember 31. An extraordinary case of Jmutiny and murder occurred on the Swedish brig fratal. On the 26ih of November last, while bound from Boston to this port, the captain 'and mate were attacked m tlißir cabins and wounded; and simuljtaneously the second mate, (the captaiu's son) was killed and thrown overboard. In the scrimmage which took place afterwards, the captain was shot de&d'&y- the murderers. One of the sailors and the carpenter obtained the assistance of a passing i essel, and arrived here when the three mutineers were arrrested.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 27, 31 December 1883, Page 3
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117TRAGEDY OF THE SEA. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 27, 31 December 1883, Page 3
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