THE NEW GUINEA MASSACRE.
PFK PBUSS ASSOCIATION. Received 10, 9.59 a.m. TnunsDAY Island, Mny 10 Whi'e the punitive cspedi ion steamer was anchored near tb.9 s-e'.e of mas*r.cre tin - , e large war cii.oes full (f natives came al«ng s : de. The Nordecfelt gun w;,s got iea-ly, but the boats off" und wern not fired on. The wreckage [reported to have been found is sup p-scd to relong to a brig which left Sydney thirty years ago wi.h ninoty miners bound for Now Guinea, She I went ashore. Two of the crew esc.ipsd in a boat, and witnessed a general mas[sacre of the remainder of the crew and passengers,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 99, 11 May 1901, Page 3
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108THE NEW GUINEA MASSACRE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 99, 11 May 1901, Page 3
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