TRAGEDY OF THE SEA.
NATIVES SUSPECTED OF
MURDER
fßy Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 9.35 a.m.)
Perth,\ July 24. The ketch Wander 11. was found abandoned at New Derby.
The owners, Macguire and Bieos, and a companion named Newman, who were engaged in a prospecting tour, are missing. It is supposed that they were murdered by natives. Their personal belongings were strewn on the decks and there were blood-stains on the hatches. A couple of heavy native sticks were found. The last entry in the log is on June 25th, and mentions that four natives were aboard.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 67, 24 July 1913, Page 4
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