ISLAND TRAGEDY.
i GEIWAN CAPTAIN MUEDERED
(Bs Electhio Telegraph-Copyright,)
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) SYDNEY, Oct! 4,
A German mail steamer brings news of the murder of Capt. Broetters in Gorman New Guinea, Capt. Brocttcr's schooner, carrying a crew of four Europeans and twenty natives, was exploring the north-west of Friedrich "Wiihclm&haven. Captain Broctter and another European, when examining a river, were surrounded by natives, Captain liroetter being fatally scared. His companion escaped by floating down the river on a log. He found that the schooner had disappeared, and it is feared it foundered in a storm with all hands. The German authorities have despatched a punitive expedition to the scene of the murder.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9632, 5 October 1911, Page 3
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ISLAND TRAGEDY.
Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9632, 5 October 1911, Page 3
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