THE MASSACRES AT NEW GUINEA

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1675, 29 September 1887, Page 3

THE MASSACRES AT NEW GUINEA

A telegram from Cooktown, dated September 19, gives the following particular of the massacres at New Guinea : — " H. M.S. Harrier arrived yesterday from Dinner leland, H. M.S. Diamond, with Admiral Fairfax onboard, and accompanied by H.M.S. Rapid, have gone to Orangerie Bay for the purpoee of punishing the murders of Heeret and Hansen. Private letters received from Dinner Island by the barrier give farther particulars respecting the massacres. The Cecillia was taken there to olean her bottom, and ootain wood and water. The natives appeared friendly, but suddenly attacked the crew, when Heeret and Hanson were transfixed by several Bpears each, and thrown ovorooard, where they were done to death with Btone clubß Kicclns was Biiuck over the head with a stone axe, and knocked overboard, where, while swimming, he had hla arm piaicad by a spear. He BWam ashore, a diatance of four milts, and was followed by the natives afcer they had looted the boat, who surrounded him In the bash. He made a ran for f>, bat was speared m the back and olubbed. When he regained consciousness he found himself m a native housa, where the inmates treated him klud'y, and jrnected him from the tribe who wanted to kill and eat h'tn. One gun waa h;m ion* him whs a he was able to get about a 11 1 1 10, and he had to ehool birds, only ono cartridge being hindod bim at a Unas. The laat otrtrijo'i m the cua exploded, through a native creltas'y handling the we;pin m the hut. It ehot the nat vo m the* side and he oventoally died. Ricoicß had n very narrow escape m oonatqaer.co of th a nißhap, as the tribe wanted to Rye- go the death on him. Eventually, a/tv- being three weeks m the village, h« was rescued by Captain Ah Gan, who heard from the natives of Dufauro Jalaud that he was alive. The caster Albatroßß, which was supposed to have beau seized by the natives of Wocdlark, has tamed up all well at Dinner Island Whitten and Oaoar Solberg loat the dingey, bat otherwise they had no trouble.