Missionaries Attacked by Natives.
Escape of British Mission. German Bisbop and Tio Companions Killed. (Received Oct. 18, 9.48 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 18. The British I'universities Mission at Ma&ai on being warned by two German Benedictine Fathers, fled to the ccast at half an hour's notice, walking 123 miles in three days. Though accompanied by three lads, the missionaries escaped attack, the brunt of the natives' violence falling upon the Bioedii-tiiie missions, whose Bishop and five companions were killed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7955, 19 October 1905, Page 3
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78Missionaries Attacked by Natives. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7955, 19 October 1905, Page 3
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