Over 400 Natives Missing
TOLL OF RABAUL ERUPTION. United Press Association—By Klectrlc Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Saturday, 12.30 a.m. SYDNEY, July 16. The New Guinea Administration reveals that 424 natives, adults and children of both sexes, are missing since the volcanic eruption in Rabaul. It is feared that the majority are dead. About 50 bodies have already been recovered and buried. The remainder are believed to have been overwhelmed and. to lie under the debris.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 168, 17 July 1937, Page 5
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