CUTTER CAPSIZED
19 Natives Drowned
NUKUALOIGX TRAGEDY
By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 19. Private advice received in Auckland from Nukualofa by the motor ship Matua stated that severe loss of life occurred early this month when a cutter capsized on the voyage from Eua to Kaloga, a coastal village on the main island. Of the cutter’s crew, 19 natives were lost, and at the time the Matua left Nukualofa, three bodies had been recovered. Ten members of the crew were saved. No advice has been received of the name of the cutter.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 149, 20 March 1939, Page 6
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92CUTTER CAPSIZED Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 149, 20 March 1939, Page 6
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