A Mutinous Sailor Shot
■ ♦ (PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney. January 12. During the voyage of the ship Peter Stuart, from New York, a mutinous sailor named Curry attempted to stab the second officer while arresting him on a charge of assaulting the chief mate The latter had Curry covered with a revolver* and as the sailor drew the knife he fired, mortally wounding him. Curry died shortly afterwards, and the first mate gave himself up to the police on arrival here.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 87, 13 January 1891, Page 3
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80A Mutinous Sailor Shot Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 87, 13 January 1891, Page 3
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