MURDER BY SAVAGES.
FRIENDLY MISSION PARTY
TWELVE HUNDRED ASSAILANTS,
(Received April 10, 8.32 a.m.)
CALCUTTA, April 8
Further particulars show that Mr. Noel Williamson and his party were annihilated by 1200 Adar savages in Assam.
Mr Williamson, Dr. Gregorson, and 50 coolies were ascending the Dihong River on a frinedly mission, and were unarmed. Suddenly they were attack ■ ed, and all were massacred except two natives, who managed to escape.
Two hundred military police have been sent out on a punitive expedition.
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Northern Advocate, 10 April 1911, Page 5
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