NEW GUINEA CANNIBALS.
MINERS SPEAKED AND EATEN.
( Iterelml February 19,10,10 a.m.) Svdxky, February 19, During tho cruise of the warship Faulke, which arrived here yesterday, f=ho came across three miners wlm T.irl a narrow escape from a band ut! New Guinea natives. When running tho gauntlet they learned thai twn whites named Laylar nnd Fry had been speared and caton by tho natives. The miners ilro|H)ol down a river on a ratt and lnul to keep at bay yelling .si mobs of savages. Tho raft was carried to sea and was for five days and nights drifting helplessly before vouching Sew Britiiin.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5563, 19 February 1897, Page 2
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102NEW GUINEA CANNIBALS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5563, 19 February 1897, Page 2
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