A DESPERATE NEGRO
SENSATIONAL OCCURRENCE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Lisbon, April 28. While the Portuguese steamer Africa was carrying 203 European passengers and 400 negroes in the hold for the cocoa plantations, a black, seven feet in height, and of giant strength, ran amok with a heavy axe. He killed six negroes and wounded 18. He escaped from the hold and killed two Europeans and wounded five, before being fatally shot.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 257, 30 April 1912, Page 5
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70A DESPERATE NEGRO Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 257, 30 April 1912, Page 5
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