Massacre at New Hebrides
Attach by tlio Natives Recruiter and Several Others Shot A Body Mutilated Pr»u auiißutioii.- Cupjiiffm Nocmka, AU». !) Nkws from the New Hebrides stales that Dick Pentecost, tlio well-known recruiter, with four of his crow on the cutter Petrel, and two native women recruits, have been mimlorcd by natives on Aurora Island, Tlio Vo3sol was anchored close to tlio eliove, and Pentecost and tlio iwo women aboard were surprised by llio natives, who shot Pentecost, his body being then cut up mid thrown into the son, Four of tlio crew wore shot ashore, '"lie vessel was sacked and oust adrift, and was found by the eohooner Julia, which towod her to Aurora Island, Uuo member of tlio crew and a boy wero saved by swimming out to sea and afterwards regaining the cutter.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1063, 10 August 1904, Page 2
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136Massacre at New Hebrides Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1063, 10 August 1904, Page 2
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