THE KUCHENG MASSACRE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5122, 5 September 1895, Page 2

THE KUCHENG MASSACRE

FURTHER DETAILS,

Received Septembers, 11.35 a.m.

Sydsky, September 5,

b'urtlior particulars of the Kucheng massacre recount tlio plucky conduct on the part of Dr. Stewart's little girl Kathleen.

It appoars that the day of the massacre was the birthday of Herbert, one of Stowart's children, and tho three oldest went away to tho hills early iu the morning, beforo their parents, to gather wild flowers. While walking they heard tho noicc of horns and drums, and the children thinking it was a procession ran to soe it go by. On their getting to the road, one of the men seized Kathleen by the hair and beat her.

ller companions ran away screaming, and eventually Kathleen escaped and ran homo behind tho others.

They told their father—who was then up—of what Ji.id happened, aiul he immediately went to Mrs Stewart's room. This was the last seen of him. Kathleen hid under tho bed, and Mildred, unable to do so, lay upon it. At that moment the supposed procession, which followed the children very rapidly, entered tho house immediately and attacked Mildred, who wjis wounded.

Kathleen was not discovered, and on finding the house had been fired, slm dragged Mildred off the bed, and took her outside.

She then ivent to the nursery and pulled- the baby from' under the body of the dead nurse.

She next carried out in safety, one by one, her two wounded broUieis, carryiug each of the children a short distance in turn. Later on, she started for Miss Hartford's, and meeting a native half-way, induced him—after some trouble—to ltolp her to get her wounded brothers and sisters to Miss Hartford's residence.