NINETEEN NATIVES LOST
CAPSIZE OF CUTTER TEN OF CREW SAVED THREE BODIES FOUND (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Private advice received in Auckland from Nukualofa by the motor ship Matua stated that severe loss of life occurred early this month when a cutter capsized on a voyage from Eua to Kologa, a coastal village on the main island. Of the cutter's crew, 19 natives were lost and at the time the Matua left Nukualofa three bodies had been recovered. Ten members of the crew were saved. No advice had been received of the name of the cutter.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19891, 20 March 1939, Page 14
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98NINETEEN NATIVES LOST Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19891, 20 March 1939, Page 14
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