Speared to Death by Natives.
"—0 (Per Press Association.) Adelaide, This Day. A telegram has been received from the leader of the relief party searching for Wells and Jones, the missing members of the Calvert exploring expedition. They discovered the skeletons of two white men who had been murdered by the natives. They were two much decomposed to clearly identify, but are believed from information received from captured natives who took part in the murder, to be those of the missing men. There were indications they were speared to death after a desperate resistance.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 210, 9 March 1897, Page 2
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94Speared to Death by Natives. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 210, 9 March 1897, Page 2
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