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COLONEL FAWCETTS FATE. . SEARCH PARTY'S MESSAGE. RIO DE JANEIRO, August 21. The expedition which left New York on December 10 under Commander G. M. Dyott, to search for Colonel P. H. Fawcett, the British explorer, has sent a wireless message saying it thinks it has established that Colonel Fawcett was killed by Indians in July, 1926, in the Zinga region. Colonel Fawcett's mission was to explore the headwaters of the Amazon, which he believed to be the cradle of civilisation, in search of a lost city. Since he felt Matto (Brazil) in February, 1925, nothing definite had been heard of him, <
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20501, 31 August 1928, Page 9
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103LOST EXPLORER Otago Daily Times, Issue 20501, 31 August 1928, Page 9
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