MASSACRE AT CLIFTON.
[FEOi£ OUB OWN COBSESPONDENT.]
Wellington, Sunday, Feb. 21, 10 a.m.
The s.s. Rangatira has just arrived; from Wanganui and Taranaki. News arrived at Taranaki on the 15th inst. that the whole of the settlers at Clifton (White Cliffs) l*ad been massacred by Mokau. The s.s. Wellington went and; brought in the scattered families to= New Plymouth. Those murdered aie eight in number—Lieutenant Gascoigne, wife, and three children; the Rev. Mr Whiteby, Wesleyan Minister; and Edward and John. Milliner, settler* An armed force was sent to White Cliffs, an.d arrived there on the 16th.. They found all the bodies buried ex«. cept Mr Whitoby's, which was lyingoutside^ The murderers are supposed to b* Phillips, (half-caste), Te Hetere, T». Koko, and another native. Those murdered were in a blockhouse, and had arms; but no defence, appears to have been made. Mr Whiteby was on horseback, and hw. horse was also shot.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 658, 22 February 1869, Page 2
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152MASSACRE AT CLIFTON. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 658, 22 February 1869, Page 2
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