TRAGEDY ON THE HIGH SEAS
CAPTAIN fcOOT DEAD.
MURDERER JUMPS OVERBOARD. By Cable. —Pww Association.—Copyright Received.August 23, 9.50 p.m. •New York, August 23. Fred Thomas, a passenger aboard the steamer Buckman, off Etoreka, for San Francisco, shot and killed Captain Wood. Meanwhile' an accomplice, who, endeavored to seize the engine-room, was overpowered and manacled. Thomas seized a lifebelt, and jumped overboard. He was not captured.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 116, 24 August 1910, Page 5
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65TRAGEDY ON THE HIGH SEAS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 116, 24 August 1910, Page 5
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