A NEW GUINES MURDER.
SPEARED BY NATIVES. Sydney, Sepembor 4. The German mail steamer Ininas news of the murder of Captain Broctter, in German New Guinea. Broetter’s schooner was carrying a crew of four Europeans and twenty natives, and was engaged in exploring north-west of Friedrich Wilhelmshaven. Brocttor was fatally speared. His companion escaped by floating down the river on a log, but found that the schooner had disappeared. It is feared the vessel foundered in a storm with all hands. The German authorities despatched a punitive expedition to the scene of the murder.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 43, 5 October 1911, Page 6
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94A NEW GUINES MURDER. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 43, 5 October 1911, Page 6
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