WRECKED AMONG SAVAGES.
Sydney, April 3. News received from the New Hebrides reports that severe weather has been experience there. During a gale at Mallicold the labour schooner Eliza Mary,, with 79 souls on board, was wrecked. The first boat launched from the ill-fated vessel was dashed to pieces and four Europeans were drowned, The other occupants of this boat were natives, and they were either drowned or killed by hostile natives on the shore. Another European was drowned in attempting to swim ashore. One of the natives managed to fight his way through to the missionary station and secured assistance for the remainder. Altogether 47 natives perished. The names of those drowned were : —Holt, Taylor, M’Donald, Sinclair, and Dibbs. Those who stuck to the wreck were rescued. The ketch Adams was wrecked at the same time and place and three natives were drowned, fhe schooner C, Walker was wrecked at the Loyalty group, but no lives were lost. The majority of the victims of the wreck of the labour schooner Eliza Mary were tomahawked by the natives after reaching shore.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2029, 5 April 1890, Page 3
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181WRECKED AMONG SAVAGES. Temuka Leader, Issue 2029, 5 April 1890, Page 3
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