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Show j TORTURED BY CANNIBALS. I j tearful I-'ute of a Ships t'retr W recked iar cvv Cuiiiea. Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 29. After escaping- death by drowning, eleven of the crew of the ship Manbare were captured and eaten by cannibals of New Guinea. The Manbare was bound for Sydney, Australia, when it was caught in the terrible gale of December. Decem-ber. Near ( ape Nelson it began to sink. The crew, eighteen all told, left the vessel in two boat.i, and soon became be-came separated. One boat containing twelve men was finally throw n ashore teD miles from til e cape. The sailors were sei.ed by natives from the interior and hurried oft to the village of the chief. One man, James Green, escaped. The sailors were stripped and bound and killed, one each day. A wild orgie was participated in by at least a hundred hun-dred savages w ho had gathered for the feast. In several cases the sailors were tortured by the old women and children child-ren of the tribe. The eyes of one were gouged out. The doomed men stoically watched the elaborate preparations prep-arations for their death. A huge pot filled with boiling water was used for the feast, which, on the first day, was prolonged away into the night. In most cases the men were beheaded, be-headed, their heads being stuck on poles and paraded before the men who were to suffer the same fate. Greene was rescued by a steamer, after tramping without food a day and a night to reach the coast. The scene of horror he had witnessed turned his hair snowy white. |