ISLAND TRAGEDY.
MASSACRE OP A CREW. THE BODIES EATEN. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH— COPYRIGHT). Sydney, September 4. News has bsen received from the Islands that the German cutter Sea Ghost was captured by natives at Bsika Island, one cf the Solomon Group, under German influence. They surprised the crew while the captain was aloft guiding the vessel among the reefs. They butchered Captain Kolshorn and four of the native crew, two escaping. The schooner was looted and sunk. Cannibalistic feasts were held on the bodies of the four natives.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 337, 6 September 1898, Page 2
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88ISLAND TRAGEDY. Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 337, 6 September 1898, Page 2
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