MASSACRE AT PENTECOST ISLAND.
Auckland, August 12,
The brigantine Meg Merrilecs has arrived. She reports the massacre of a boat's crew from the Auckland schooner Agnes Donald, at Pentecost Island. The Agnes Donald returned to Levuka from a labor cruise 011 the 2nd instant, and the captain reported that at Pentecost a boat's crew landed, and were attacked on the beach by natives. The crew of the boat were under the charge of the mate, a young man named George Simpson, well known in Auckland, whence he came. He fired his revolver and wounded one of his assailants. He was struck on the head and killed on the beach. Three natives, who comprised the crew, were literally hacked to pieces. A lad escaped. Simpson lias a wife and family in Auckland.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1034, 13 August 1879, Page 2
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131MASSACRE AT PENTECOST ISLAND. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1034, 13 August 1879, Page 2
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