The Port Darwin Massacre.
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association)
(Received December 18, at 9.57 a.m.) POET DAKWIN, This day. Further news regarding the Port Darwin massacre states the other whites strongly objected to Braushaw knocking the irons oft" the blacks. After some altercation Bradshaw got his own way. The party weut to sleep and apparently no watch was kept. Late in the evening "Bobby," the black boy who escaped, saw the prisoners kill Sheehan and Dannock. Almost simultaneously Eggeroff and a native in the engine room were killed. Bradshaw was awakened by the noise and was struck down by a tomahawk. " Bobby " was twelve nights reaching the station, which places the late tragedy approximately as Nov. 26.
[The first cablegram received in reference to the massacre appears on page
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19051218.2.25
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8169, 18 December 1905, Page 5
Word Count
130The Port Darwin Massacre. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8169, 18 December 1905, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in