SHIPWRECK AND MURDER.
(Per Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, August 30. By the Navua from the Eastern Pacinc, news came from Papeete of the disaster which overtook the barque Eton HalJ, bound from Newcastle to Valparaiso. On August 9th she was picked up by the Tamaru, of Tahiti,, in long 144 west, lat. 34.3 south. She was dismasted and was towed into Papeete. \\hen the master was about to abandon the Eton Hall, two members of the crew broached a demijohn of rum and one stabbed the other to death The prisoner was lodged in the gaol at Tahiti.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 31 August 1908, Page 5
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97SHIPWRECK AND MURDER. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 31 August 1908, Page 5
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